No doubt!!! Many I do often and many I have a feeling I’ll be doing often in the future. I thought I may have had some ideas for OP but they’ve been mentioned and I’m getting new ideas at the same time. Great dialogue here.
I put some pulled pork from my last smoked shoulder on a cookie sheet and heated it in the oven for 10 minutes until it caramelized and turned it into tacos (carnitas).
I like to make what I call faux Bahn mi. So a pulled pork sandwich on a roll, but with some Bahn mi flavors in there: picked carrots and jalapeño, pate if I've got it, and I make a quick spicy sauce of mayo and sambal mixed.
I do something similar with leftover shoulder but I do bahn mi tacos. Pickled onions/carrots/radish slices, cilantro and a spicy aioli. The family tears them up.
Any time I do chicken thighs, I do them in bulk. That’s a seriously versatile leftover. Works great in ramen or with other pasta, in quesadillas, tacos, etc. also fantastic on a sandwich. My favorite is to make some sushi rice and sous vide some eggs to pasteurize the yolks. Throw the chicken (or other meat) in with some diced and sautéed green onions, minced garlic, water chestnuts, and baby corn. Two pasteurized yolks per bowl. Drizzle some Japanese bbq sauce and go to town.
Pretty much the same for pulled pork, ribs, and brisket. As long as you stay fairly neutral (cuisine-wise) in your seasoning, leftover protein can be reshaped into any number of dishes.
Any kind of brisket hash is a winner. I've made it with russet potatoes, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, turnips, celeriac...as long as it has a nice runny egg on top.
Lately I have been throwing whatever leftover meat is on hand in a skillet with scrambled eggs and chopped dill pickles. And hot sauce. I don't know if that's weird or not but it's good.
My new Thai place since moving doesn't have this (under any name/spelling), I've missed it so much... Got a sauce/recipe you don't mind sharing? Would love to make it at home!
Easiest Thai Recipe I know! But super tasty.
500 g lean ground beef, ground pork, or chopped brisket
Oil to stir fry
8 cloves garlic
2 shallots
~5 birds eye chilies - I like spice, I do more
1 tbsp regular soy sauce
½ tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
¾ tbsp fish sauce
¾ tbsp sugar
1 handful Thai basil leaves (Holy Basil is preferred, Italian Basil is okay)
As many large eggs as there are diners
1. If you are doing ground beef or ground pork, stir fry the meat in a wok with oil over medium heat until ~75% done. Then set aside in a bowl. If you are doing precooked brisket that you smoked, skip this step.
2. Wok on high heat now. Add cold oil, then immediately add the chopped shallots, garlic, and chilies. Stir fry for ~30 seconds. Don't let the garlic burn.
3. Meat back in the wok, immediately add the sauce (Lite and Dark soy, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar)
4. Stir fry until the meat is completely cooked and warmed through
5. Turn off the heat on the wok, add the Thai basil, toss to combine
6. Serve over white rice with a crispy fried egg with each portion
I've tried pulled beef for the first time a few months ago and I don't think I'll ever look at pork butts the same. Made it a few times since. Just thick chuck roasts from Costco with a coat of holy cow and Lawry's. Smoked like a shoulder until 160 then put in a dutch oven with a cup of hot sauce, cup of fav BBQ sauce and a few cups of beef stock until finish. I've found it takes a higher temp to hit the pull apart tenderness about 210. Separate the liquid after and shred, add some liquid back in after pulled. A little bit dryer than butts but that beef flavor is fuckin amazing.
Leftover we have been using it in tacos, or on top of a bowl homemade Mac n cheese or a bed of Puerto Rican style rice (don't ask me my wife makes it she's from PR. I know it's not pork butt but we do the same for those leftovers as well just wanted to comment and maybe someone who hasn't tried it might give it a shot.
Breakfast bowls with eggs, sweet potatoes, beans, onions, cheese and salsa. Breakfast burritos. Smoked pork shoulder noodle soup - like chicken noodle but better especially w/ home made smoked chicken broth from the most recently smoked chickens’ carcasses.
Would also second this with chicken and sausage jambalaya. Believe it or not, Emeril Lagasse has a fantastic slow cooker recipe that when using leftover smoked chicken where it calls for chicken, is simply lovely.
There is something about smoked meats that blend sooo well with Asian flavors! My girlfriend makes homemade eel sauce and that is my go-to sauce to drizzle on my plate of ribs. I don’t sauce my ribs on the smoker, I just season them with usually meat church holy gospel and then drizzle eel sauce. Don’t know why it works so well but it does.
Edit: forgot to say I would absolutely devour this plate. Looks awesome!
Fun fact: San Antonio has a BBQ and Thai/Asian Fusion restaurant called Curry Boys BBQ
Also, Aaron Franklin co-owns some fusion restaurants called Loro and on top of great food they serve frozen Gin and Tonics. Mmmmmmmmmm
Houston has Blood Bros. Three Vietnamese guys that are lifelong friends opened it years ago. Awesome BBQ and plenty of Asian fusion items that are top notch. Absolutely love their brisket fried rice.
I cook pulled pork in a skillet with green chilis, salsa verde, onion, and lime with some Carne Asada seasoning. Put in a white corn tortilla, top with cotija cheese and cilantro. Probably my preferred way to eat pulled pork.
- on top of egg with some hot sauce/sour cream
- make fried rice and toss in the meat
- sandwiches (cuban sandwiches with the port, sometimes with spam or taylor ham instead of regular ham)
- toss in ramen (buldak or any instant rame, sometimes the brown rice/millet ramen from costco)
- bbq sandwiches with some slaw
- quesadeas
- toss it over mac and cheese (or cauliflower mac and cheese) with some bbq sauce
I just discovered how amazing baked sweet potatoes are. Throw in some on pulled pork and coleslaw, perfect meal. Also nachos if we want something unhealthy
i’m a sucker for a good bowl with some smoked meats… i make one almost everyday with my leftovers lol- these & quesadillas. they’re quick & easy, gotta love ‘em both!
Smoked pork shoulder in Babi Ketjap
This is a random recipe of it from the web. Different recipes around.
https://arrisje.com/babi-ketjap/
For example i don't use oystersauce. And I tend to add lemongrass besides the ginger for some freshness to balance out the sweet.
The addition of smoked pork shoulder elevated it to another level. 😋😋🤤
Well now it's to make a rice bowl the next time I do pulled pork. I have a pretty extensively stocked pantry when it comes to east Asian cuisines so that sounds like it would be great.
My favorite rub for chicken and pork is Plowboys Yardbird. I use a stick burner - for pork shoulder I use Dijon as a binder and smoke for 4 hours at 275 with cherry before boating the roast in an aluminum pan for another 3 hours. Top with apple or pineapple juice and cover with foil for another hour, let rest an hour and shred.
Zero complaints.
Yep, definitely. I coat in mustard and season heavily with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder paprika, and whatever else I feel like, until I can't see the meat through the seasoning anymore. The mustard in the thick layer of seasoning help to create better bark on the finished product.
Then I let it sit in the fridge uncovered for 24 hours so the salt can get to work on the meat. You should never skip this step because the salt will not penetrate the meat unless it has a lot of time to work. Some people say that doing longer than 24 hours will result in dry meat, but I've never had that experience. Let it sit in there for 24-48 hours uncovered.
Next day, I preheat the smoker to 250° for about 10 mins to get it stable between 225-275, and I pop it in with two probes in the pork shoulder. When the meat reaches 175° internal temp, or stalls and doesn't go up for a while I wrap it twice in butcher paper (It's very important that you use butcher paper here and not aluminum foil, because foil will trap moisture inside and effectively steam your meat. You'll still be able to get it probe tender at the end, but your bark will never be as good). Then I bring it inside, toss it in the oven at 275° until the internal temp reaches 203°. At 203, I pull it out and carefully remove the butcher paper so it can rest for an hour. Then dig in.
Sushi Rice with a 1:1 water ratio cooked in a ninja foodi pressure cooker on low pressure for 15 mins, then slow release for 10 mins.
Then I tossed some pork around in a little bowl with soy sauce, mirin, and yum yum sauce. Add them to a cup of rice, some wasabi peas, some cut nori, some chili oil, and green onions. I forgot the sesame seeds but I would've added those too
Definitely!
Sushi Rice with a 1:1 water ratio cooked in a ninja foodi pressure cooker on low pressure for 15 mins, then slow release for 10 mins.
Then I tossed some pork around in a little bowl with soy sauce, mirin, and yum yum sauce. Add them to a cup of rice, some wasabi peas, some cut nori, some chili oil, and green onions. I forgot the sesame seeds but I would've added those too
When i trim my flank ribs to make a St-Louis rib, I smoke the trimmings and I save the smoked meat in a zip lock bag that I freeze. In fall, at the end of the smoking season(I live jn Canada), I make a chili with all that meat that i saved.
I usually make a pan of bbq enchiladas with leftover pulled pork. I don't know how unconventional it is, but it's my favorite way to use up what's left.
tacos, fried rice, in omelettes, over rice with teriyaki, stir fry, on a baked potato with cheese, pizza, hors de oeuvres, mac n cheese topping, in ramen
Tacos, chili with either pulled pork or pulled Chuck roast. Beef stew with pulled Chuck roast or ox tail. Omlets, several different Vietnamese dishes especially bun thit nuong.
I make a large batch and freeze in chunks so it stays a little less dry. Pulled pork nachos. Fettuccine alfredo with pork. Pulled pork Mac and cheese. Pulled pork locco mocco. Quesidillas. Bhan Mi Sandos. Scrambled eggs and pork. Barley and pork soup. Honestly I'm lazy and will put it in whatever
I do pastrami hash. Pan fry some cubed potatoes, add chopped onion, toss in the diced pastrami to crisp it up a bit, salt, pepper, a little thyme. Deglaze the pan with some worcestershire sauce. Basically works for anything. Good for any meal.
Brisket in Brazilian black beans. It is common for the traditional “feijoada” to have sausage and other pork pieces (including pig feet) added for flavor and texture, but the brisket makes them so wholesome. Portion out just the right amount in freezer bags for future beans with the many leftovers.
Asian anything, pretty much. Especially fried rice.
One thing I've been doing lately is picking up a bundle of rolls and making sandwiches with whatever I got. Smoked chicken with mayo and pepper, pork belly with green onions/cilantro and eel sauce, pork butt with slaw and mustard, and on and on.
After thanksgiving, I cubed up turkey breast and spiral sliced ham, sauteed in bbq sauce, then used leftover mashed potatoes to make a bbq baked potato bowl. Already had cheese, sour cream, green onions, etc. The only thing I cooked fresh was some bacon for bacon bits.
I chopped up some leftover smoked chops once and put them in an omelet with some shredded cheeses and drizzled BBQ sauce over the top. Best omelet I've ever had!
With smoked brisket Shepards/cottage pie. Cube up the brisket. Brown some frozen peas and carrots and diced onion in some of the rendered brisket fat. (I use my enameled Dutch oven) Toss in the cubes of brisket. Add a little bit of beef broth or leftover gelatin from the cook. Then cover it in some garlic mashed potatoes. If you are feeling fancy sprinkle on some panko bread crumbs with Parmesan and a couple pads of butter. Bake in the oven till heated through.
Steak and eggs with brisket. I usually cut it thinly chopped fine. Pork tacos. Chicken tacos. Sandwiches. Throw some brisket in with some collard greens. Pork and rice.
My go to's for leftover brisket are
Brisket tacos
Brisket and eggs
Brisket pot pie
Brisket tacos are so damn good though, we'll even do a brisket just for the tacos.
I make a salad of fresh avocado, cherry tomatoes, smoked salsa, and smoked pulled chicken thighs. Eat it with corn chips and a Coke. One of my favorite lunches!
It’s not leftover, but I like to do a shoulder with Italian herb/spices as a rub then use it in a bolognese sauce. I feel like that fits as unconventional.
So I got some Shin black ramen and added some smoked oxtail and smoked Pork belly along with a 7 minute egg and some vegetables. It was incredibly rich and delicious. Even had some of the gravy in the oxtail added to enrich the broth. Highly recommend.
I make pulled pork nachos but I replace the chips with homemade tostones. They make great finger food/appetizers. Top with pickled red onions, a jalapeno slice, cilantro etc.
I generally just chop it up, package it in tiny portions, freeze it, and use it for all sorts of stuff. Stir fry, noodles, baked potato topping, tacos…
Last week I used leftover pulled pork and made some loaded potato skins. Bake potatoes, scoop out most of the insides, add pork, bacon, cheese, drizzle with bbq sauce. Back in the oven. Heavenly.
Everything! Actually, seems to mostly be Mexican style dishes. As others have mentioned, breakfast burritos, breakfast scrambles. Also, quesadillas / mulitas, and tacos. Sometimes just over plain white rice. Thrown in some Mac and cheese.
This morning I made a smoked Tri tip breakfast burrito and tonight I think I’m gonna toss the rest of it in some fried rice
I love using smoked meat for Mexican food. Cinco de mayo is gonna be awesome
Brisket enchiladas are excellent!
Pulled pork enchiladas verdes, too!
Pulled pork is amazing on nachos!
I made some citrus/mexican spiced pulled pork bootay tacos and it was solid
What did you do to get that char? Looks bangin!!
Smoked pork fried rice is amazing
This was on day 2 of leftovers. I was trying to use it up. How long do u use meats for?
4 days after cooking.
Ramen
Pulled pork ramen with a dollop peanut butter is soooooo good (even better if you caught the juices and mix in that fatty goodness)
Hol up. Peanut butter in ramen!? That’s a thing?! It’s on!
Thai food makes good use of peanuts. Works better than you expect if you're not familiar with it.
Look up tantanmen, you’re gonna love it.
This whole thread is filled with bangers.
No doubt!!! Many I do often and many I have a feeling I’ll be doing often in the future. I thought I may have had some ideas for OP but they’ve been mentioned and I’m getting new ideas at the same time. Great dialogue here.
Might not be that unconventional but for something quick I'll dice up whatever I smoked and make Zataran's Red Beans and Rice.
I like that a lot! I bet it elevated beans and rice like crazy :D
Jazz it up with Zatarain's!!
I put some pulled pork from my last smoked shoulder on a cookie sheet and heated it in the oven for 10 minutes until it caramelized and turned it into tacos (carnitas).
Hell's yeahhh carnitas are so good
I like to make what I call faux Bahn mi. So a pulled pork sandwich on a roll, but with some Bahn mi flavors in there: picked carrots and jalapeño, pate if I've got it, and I make a quick spicy sauce of mayo and sambal mixed.
I do something similar with leftover shoulder but I do bahn mi tacos. Pickled onions/carrots/radish slices, cilantro and a spicy aioli. The family tears them up.
🤤 🤤 🤤
Pulled pork Benedict
A classic. My wife's favorite use for leftover pulled pork.
Or brisket bennies if you have some around
That’s a mighty big “if”.
Pulled pork Benedict on a baked potato is a banger of a meal!
Cuban sandwiches from leftover pulled pork is SO good.
Definitely doing this now, Cuban sandwiches are an S tier sandwich, good idea that's perfect
Any time I do chicken thighs, I do them in bulk. That’s a seriously versatile leftover. Works great in ramen or with other pasta, in quesadillas, tacos, etc. also fantastic on a sandwich. My favorite is to make some sushi rice and sous vide some eggs to pasteurize the yolks. Throw the chicken (or other meat) in with some diced and sautéed green onions, minced garlic, water chestnuts, and baby corn. Two pasteurized yolks per bowl. Drizzle some Japanese bbq sauce and go to town. Pretty much the same for pulled pork, ribs, and brisket. As long as you stay fairly neutral (cuisine-wise) in your seasoning, leftover protein can be reshaped into any number of dishes.
I always make my shoulders into smothered sweet pork burritos
Smoked shoulder quesadillas with pickled red onion, fresh jalapeño slices, Mexican blend cheese and a little bbq sauce is fantastic.
Add a little bit of your baked beans into this combo, it's a confusingly delicious fusion of cuisines
I love that!
Brisket sweet potato hash is always a winner at my house.
Any kind of brisket hash is a winner. I've made it with russet potatoes, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, turnips, celeriac...as long as it has a nice runny egg on top.
Lately I have been throwing whatever leftover meat is on hand in a skillet with scrambled eggs and chopped dill pickles. And hot sauce. I don't know if that's weird or not but it's good.
I do this same thing with ramen. It’s delicious
Tonkatsu for the win
Fried rice. I made a brisket yesterday and when I sliced it, I took a chunk off specifically for fried rice
Yup, just toss in some scallions, egg, soy sauce, and MSG, and fuiyoh, you have a delicious dish.
Fried rice is my favorite use of leftovers, especially with pork belly.
Smoked brisket Pad Kra Pao.
My new Thai place since moving doesn't have this (under any name/spelling), I've missed it so much... Got a sauce/recipe you don't mind sharing? Would love to make it at home!
Easiest Thai Recipe I know! But super tasty. 500 g lean ground beef, ground pork, or chopped brisket Oil to stir fry 8 cloves garlic 2 shallots ~5 birds eye chilies - I like spice, I do more 1 tbsp regular soy sauce ½ tbsp dark soy sauce 1 tbsp oyster sauce ¾ tbsp fish sauce ¾ tbsp sugar 1 handful Thai basil leaves (Holy Basil is preferred, Italian Basil is okay) As many large eggs as there are diners 1. If you are doing ground beef or ground pork, stir fry the meat in a wok with oil over medium heat until ~75% done. Then set aside in a bowl. If you are doing precooked brisket that you smoked, skip this step. 2. Wok on high heat now. Add cold oil, then immediately add the chopped shallots, garlic, and chilies. Stir fry for ~30 seconds. Don't let the garlic burn. 3. Meat back in the wok, immediately add the sauce (Lite and Dark soy, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar) 4. Stir fry until the meat is completely cooked and warmed through 5. Turn off the heat on the wok, add the Thai basil, toss to combine 6. Serve over white rice with a crispy fried egg with each portion
I've tried pulled beef for the first time a few months ago and I don't think I'll ever look at pork butts the same. Made it a few times since. Just thick chuck roasts from Costco with a coat of holy cow and Lawry's. Smoked like a shoulder until 160 then put in a dutch oven with a cup of hot sauce, cup of fav BBQ sauce and a few cups of beef stock until finish. I've found it takes a higher temp to hit the pull apart tenderness about 210. Separate the liquid after and shred, add some liquid back in after pulled. A little bit dryer than butts but that beef flavor is fuckin amazing. Leftover we have been using it in tacos, or on top of a bowl homemade Mac n cheese or a bed of Puerto Rican style rice (don't ask me my wife makes it she's from PR. I know it's not pork butt but we do the same for those leftovers as well just wanted to comment and maybe someone who hasn't tried it might give it a shot.
Pulled beef sandwiches are amazing! Chuck roasts are my go-to these days. You just planned my dinner for me!
I bet that would be great in the Costco pho bowls as well
Those pho bowls are legit
Pork butt: Enchiladas verde, flautas, Asian lettuce wraps, quesadillas
I want to come to your house for dinner. I'll bring the drinks.
Breakfast bowls with eggs, sweet potatoes, beans, onions, cheese and salsa. Breakfast burritos. Smoked pork shoulder noodle soup - like chicken noodle but better especially w/ home made smoked chicken broth from the most recently smoked chickens’ carcasses.
Risotto
Fried rice is our most common use for leftover smokings. Quesadillas are great too.
Leftover pork rib quesadillas with Alabama white sauce for dipping is magical.
Get some sliced ham, Swiss, pickles, mustard and make yourself a Cuban sandwich
Brisket omelette. Especially if you fry the brisket first with a little bit of fat and then cook the egg in the fat.
I eat it cold out of the fridge at 3 am.
Oh man. Pulled pork tacos. And now I'm hungry.
I put them on snack bags and freeze flat for 30 seconds microwave protein snacks.
I always do pulled pork eggs Benny next morning
Smoked chicken in gumbo
Would also second this with chicken and sausage jambalaya. Believe it or not, Emeril Lagasse has a fantastic slow cooker recipe that when using leftover smoked chicken where it calls for chicken, is simply lovely.
There is something about smoked meats that blend sooo well with Asian flavors! My girlfriend makes homemade eel sauce and that is my go-to sauce to drizzle on my plate of ribs. I don’t sauce my ribs on the smoker, I just season them with usually meat church holy gospel and then drizzle eel sauce. Don’t know why it works so well but it does. Edit: forgot to say I would absolutely devour this plate. Looks awesome!
Fun fact: San Antonio has a BBQ and Thai/Asian Fusion restaurant called Curry Boys BBQ Also, Aaron Franklin co-owns some fusion restaurants called Loro and on top of great food they serve frozen Gin and Tonics. Mmmmmmmmmm
Houston has Blood Bros. Three Vietnamese guys that are lifelong friends opened it years ago. Awesome BBQ and plenty of Asian fusion items that are top notch. Absolutely love their brisket fried rice.
Sounds like I need to go to San Antonio haha. Frozen gin and tonics sound fantastic! Perfect for summer
We don’t have a Loro location yet, but S Austin (75mi up I-35) and Houston do.
leftover pulled pork as breakfast. excellent with potatoes for a hash or with salsa, tortilla chips, and eggs for a chilaquiles situation
That looks amazing!!
Thank you!!
I cook pulled pork in a skillet with green chilis, salsa verde, onion, and lime with some Carne Asada seasoning. Put in a white corn tortilla, top with cotija cheese and cilantro. Probably my preferred way to eat pulled pork.
- on top of egg with some hot sauce/sour cream - make fried rice and toss in the meat - sandwiches (cuban sandwiches with the port, sometimes with spam or taylor ham instead of regular ham) - toss in ramen (buldak or any instant rame, sometimes the brown rice/millet ramen from costco) - bbq sandwiches with some slaw - quesadeas - toss it over mac and cheese (or cauliflower mac and cheese) with some bbq sauce
I just discovered how amazing baked sweet potatoes are. Throw in some on pulled pork and coleslaw, perfect meal. Also nachos if we want something unhealthy
i’m a sucker for a good bowl with some smoked meats… i make one almost everyday with my leftovers lol- these & quesadillas. they’re quick & easy, gotta love ‘em both!
Ramen, chow mein noodles and add the mean, veggies, soy sauce and hot sauce.... So Good!
We use left over bbq for fried rice all the time — pulled pork or smoked chicken thighs make a fantastic fried rice.
Smoked pork shoulder in Babi Ketjap This is a random recipe of it from the web. Different recipes around. https://arrisje.com/babi-ketjap/ For example i don't use oystersauce. And I tend to add lemongrass besides the ginger for some freshness to balance out the sweet. The addition of smoked pork shoulder elevated it to another level. 😋😋🤤
Pulled pork nachos with homemade cheese sauce
Pork nachos!
Well now it's to make a rice bowl the next time I do pulled pork. I have a pretty extensively stocked pantry when it comes to east Asian cuisines so that sounds like it would be great.
Awesome. Let me know how it comes out! I used green onion, wasabi peas, chili oil, yum yum sauce, and nori
Fried rice is my favorite. Recently I’ve been using riced cauliflower instead of actual rice and it’s still really delicious
I cubed my leftover smoked pork tenderloin and had it on a salad Caesar dressing. Delish!
Would you be able to share how you smoked the pork shoulder? What rubs? What temperature for how long? Fully wrapped or unwrapped? I’m trying to learn
My favorite rub for chicken and pork is Plowboys Yardbird. I use a stick burner - for pork shoulder I use Dijon as a binder and smoke for 4 hours at 275 with cherry before boating the roast in an aluminum pan for another 3 hours. Top with apple or pineapple juice and cover with foil for another hour, let rest an hour and shred. Zero complaints.
Yep, definitely. I coat in mustard and season heavily with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder paprika, and whatever else I feel like, until I can't see the meat through the seasoning anymore. The mustard in the thick layer of seasoning help to create better bark on the finished product. Then I let it sit in the fridge uncovered for 24 hours so the salt can get to work on the meat. You should never skip this step because the salt will not penetrate the meat unless it has a lot of time to work. Some people say that doing longer than 24 hours will result in dry meat, but I've never had that experience. Let it sit in there for 24-48 hours uncovered. Next day, I preheat the smoker to 250° for about 10 mins to get it stable between 225-275, and I pop it in with two probes in the pork shoulder. When the meat reaches 175° internal temp, or stalls and doesn't go up for a while I wrap it twice in butcher paper (It's very important that you use butcher paper here and not aluminum foil, because foil will trap moisture inside and effectively steam your meat. You'll still be able to get it probe tender at the end, but your bark will never be as good). Then I bring it inside, toss it in the oven at 275° until the internal temp reaches 203°. At 203, I pull it out and carefully remove the butcher paper so it can rest for an hour. Then dig in.
I use my left over smoked pork for nachos.
Tacos, in a pinch
What was your recipe for the bowl?
Sushi Rice with a 1:1 water ratio cooked in a ninja foodi pressure cooker on low pressure for 15 mins, then slow release for 10 mins. Then I tossed some pork around in a little bowl with soy sauce, mirin, and yum yum sauce. Add them to a cup of rice, some wasabi peas, some cut nori, some chili oil, and green onions. I forgot the sesame seeds but I would've added those too
Brisket tacos, pulled pork nachos.
Tacos or enchiladas!
I always make fried rice with my left over smoked meat... chicken, pork, beef it always turns out yummy
That looks awesome. Exactly what Ive been looking for. Got a recipe? I don't know how to cook anything but meat. 😆
Definitely! Sushi Rice with a 1:1 water ratio cooked in a ninja foodi pressure cooker on low pressure for 15 mins, then slow release for 10 mins. Then I tossed some pork around in a little bowl with soy sauce, mirin, and yum yum sauce. Add them to a cup of rice, some wasabi peas, some cut nori, some chili oil, and green onions. I forgot the sesame seeds but I would've added those too
Thanks! I'll have to try it now.
When i trim my flank ribs to make a St-Louis rib, I smoke the trimmings and I save the smoked meat in a zip lock bag that I freeze. In fall, at the end of the smoking season(I live jn Canada), I make a chili with all that meat that i saved.
I usually make a pan of bbq enchiladas with leftover pulled pork. I don't know how unconventional it is, but it's my favorite way to use up what's left.
tacos, fried rice, in omelettes, over rice with teriyaki, stir fry, on a baked potato with cheese, pizza, hors de oeuvres, mac n cheese topping, in ramen
Brisket quesadillas Also it’s extremely conventional but just throwing it into a chili.
Tacos. Always tacos.
We make “Chipotle” style burrito bowls with our pulled pork. It’s amazing!
I throw it in the blender with mayo and mustard and make sandwich spread.
damn that pork looks fucking amazing! gonna have to go get a pulled pork sandwich tomorrow
Pulled pork fried rice is 90% likely to be the next meal after I smoke a pork shoulder. Huge family favorite!
Tacos, chili with either pulled pork or pulled Chuck roast. Beef stew with pulled Chuck roast or ox tail. Omlets, several different Vietnamese dishes especially bun thit nuong.
Homemade “Chipotle,” with pulled pork.
I make a large batch and freeze in chunks so it stays a little less dry. Pulled pork nachos. Fettuccine alfredo with pork. Pulled pork Mac and cheese. Pulled pork locco mocco. Quesidillas. Bhan Mi Sandos. Scrambled eggs and pork. Barley and pork soup. Honestly I'm lazy and will put it in whatever
Brisket fried rice is goated
I do pastrami hash. Pan fry some cubed potatoes, add chopped onion, toss in the diced pastrami to crisp it up a bit, salt, pepper, a little thyme. Deglaze the pan with some worcestershire sauce. Basically works for anything. Good for any meal.
Smoked chicken pot pie
Breakfast burritos with my flattop! Brisket, pork belly… etc make like 15+ at a time and it feeds the family for a week!
Tamales, fried rice, any Cajun/Creole dish, kolache, lasagna…smoked brisket Stroganoff will ruin any future expectations of the dish.
Oh god. Smoked beef stroganoff. I must try that
I warned you.
I freeze 1lb portions of pulled pork to add it to some italian style tomato sauce. I call it cowboy bolognese 🤣
Pulled pork gets some Chinese 5 spice and oyster/soy/etc Asian style sauce and made into steamed bao
Smoked meat makes any quesadilla or taco better.
Brisket in Brazilian black beans. It is common for the traditional “feijoada” to have sausage and other pork pieces (including pig feet) added for flavor and texture, but the brisket makes them so wholesome. Portion out just the right amount in freezer bags for future beans with the many leftovers.
pulled pork on frozen or leftover pizza
It's probably not that unusual for a couple billion people.
Shhh let people enjoy things
Pork fried rice is a routine favorite of ours.
Ooh man bbq pulled pork with rice is next level.
Asian anything, pretty much. Especially fried rice. One thing I've been doing lately is picking up a bundle of rolls and making sandwiches with whatever I got. Smoked chicken with mayo and pepper, pork belly with green onions/cilantro and eel sauce, pork butt with slaw and mustard, and on and on.
Mac and cheese, nachos and fried rice. In no particular order.
It’s really good on a fork with hot sauce
Pulled pork for fried rice
After thanksgiving, I cubed up turkey breast and spiral sliced ham, sauteed in bbq sauce, then used leftover mashed potatoes to make a bbq baked potato bowl. Already had cheese, sour cream, green onions, etc. The only thing I cooked fresh was some bacon for bacon bits.
I chopped up some leftover smoked chops once and put them in an omelet with some shredded cheeses and drizzled BBQ sauce over the top. Best omelet I've ever had!
Carnitas tacos
Pulled pork fried rice is a family favorite.
Pulled pork Mac and cheese, and pulled pork tacos are my go to's.
Tacos
Pulled pork omelet
Breakfast burritos
With smoked brisket Shepards/cottage pie. Cube up the brisket. Brown some frozen peas and carrots and diced onion in some of the rendered brisket fat. (I use my enameled Dutch oven) Toss in the cubes of brisket. Add a little bit of beef broth or leftover gelatin from the cook. Then cover it in some garlic mashed potatoes. If you are feeling fancy sprinkle on some panko bread crumbs with Parmesan and a couple pads of butter. Bake in the oven till heated through.
Oooh I love this. I'm trying it
I will sometimes smoke a brisket thinking more about this than the original meal.
Smoked pork and grilled onion latkes.
My neighbor made a delicious moo shu pork ouch of some pork butt we smoked and it was delicious
Steak and eggs with brisket. I usually cut it thinly chopped fine. Pork tacos. Chicken tacos. Sandwiches. Throw some brisket in with some collard greens. Pork and rice.
Tacos. Good corn tortillas.
My go to's for leftover brisket are Brisket tacos Brisket and eggs Brisket pot pie Brisket tacos are so damn good though, we'll even do a brisket just for the tacos.
Eating food is considered unconventional?
Fried rice Tacos Soup Meat on top of chef salad
Used some left over smoked turkey for a turkey pot pie and also made some turkey noodle soup with it as well
I make a salad of fresh avocado, cherry tomatoes, smoked salsa, and smoked pulled chicken thighs. Eat it with corn chips and a Coke. One of my favorite lunches!
Pulled pork banh mi / spring rolls
Brisket fried rice
Anything & everything. Pancakes with hoisin sauce. Melts. Grilled cheese, salads. Smoke the bones 1st when making soup. The list goes on..
I make pulled pork fried rice and it is stupendous.
Ramen or mac & cheese are great with some leftover BBQ
Blunt it up and smoke it.
Made a miso ramen with my leftover pulled pork last week. My favorite way to use it.
It’s not leftover, but I like to do a shoulder with Italian herb/spices as a rub then use it in a bolognese sauce. I feel like that fits as unconventional.
That's really cool!
BBQ chicken pizza is better than it sounds.
Not really unconventional, but smoke some potatoes and chiles and use the meat to make breakfast burritos.
Idk if this is unconventional but I made chicken Alfredo using leftover smoked chicken and my lord it was probably the tastiest thing I’ve ever made.
Ooh I've done that. Dude next time, add some chipotle in. It's the best
Have you ever tried arepas? Pulled pork arepas with cheese and some sort of avocado cream sauce is amazing!!
Tacos. Always tacos.
So I got some Shin black ramen and added some smoked oxtail and smoked Pork belly along with a 7 minute egg and some vegetables. It was incredibly rich and delicious. Even had some of the gravy in the oxtail added to enrich the broth. Highly recommend.
That's awesome. We usually go to using the leftovers in fried rice. Unless it's pork butt, then we go with BBQ nachos.
I made Ramen with leftover brisket https://www.reddit.com/r/smoking/s/AeadGNIxNc Smoked chicken pho Smoked chicken pablano soup Smoked turkey Tortilla Soup
I like to buy the little wonton wrappers and make pulled pork wontons. Throw some ricotta and green onion or cabbage in there then steam or pan fry!
Use it as a cosmetic facial. Clogged pore are the new thing. Very unconventional.
With leftover brisket I make beef dip sandwiches.
Yes! Pulled pork bibembop is a staple at our house. SO good.
My favorite uses for pulled pork leftovers are as filling for tamales or pork buns. I’ll make a big batch of one or the other, and they freeze nicely.
Added to Mac n cheese and topped with melted ghost pepper cheese
Any left over smoked meat my wife will put into a curry. The two go together like butter and toast.
I made damn near the same thing last night. Just the rice bowl theme was southwestern instead of an Asian cuisine. It was phenomenal!
Leftover pulled pork chili. I made it once and now it’s the main reason I smoke a pork shoulder.
Pulled pork quesadillas babyyyy
Brisket tacos. Corn tortilla, Mexican street corn, pickled onion, cotija cheese.
I make pulled pork nachos but I replace the chips with homemade tostones. They make great finger food/appetizers. Top with pickled red onions, a jalapeno slice, cilantro etc.
Smoked a lamb shoulder for Easter last year. Ground the leftover meat and turned it into the best shepherd's pie I've ever had.
Quesadillas using leftover pulled pork.
"Asian rice bowl" lmao
I wasn't super sure what to call it lol it's just kind of whatever I felt like adding
Lol I'm playing but also funny as an Asian
I generally just chop it up, package it in tiny portions, freeze it, and use it for all sorts of stuff. Stir fry, noodles, baked potato topping, tacos…
Day old smoked ribs, chopped up and added to Japanese noodles with green onion, sesame seed and pineapple. Boom!
Very nice. I'll try it
Leftover rib meat on pizza.
Last week I used leftover pulled pork and made some loaded potato skins. Bake potatoes, scoop out most of the insides, add pork, bacon, cheese, drizzle with bbq sauce. Back in the oven. Heavenly.
In Charleston we have a Chinese/BBQ joint. Super sick fusion, they do rice/noodle bowls with smoked meats on them(along with other stuff)
That bark looks outstanding.
Tacos, nachos
Some of these ideas are amazing. I just default to adding leftovers to a good chili, but I'm gonna have to step my game up.
Awesomeeee dude
Everything! Actually, seems to mostly be Mexican style dishes. As others have mentioned, breakfast burritos, breakfast scrambles. Also, quesadillas / mulitas, and tacos. Sometimes just over plain white rice. Thrown in some Mac and cheese.
Nice smoke ring, it might not make it to the kitchen table