What's the best way to reheat frozen pulled pork? (Let me head off the wisecracks...)
I the oven, Duh! ;)
Not to forget ... with an adult beverage nearby. ;D
But here's the deal. My wife and I can't eat 9lbs of pulled pork at once. God knows, we tried. So we froze what we didn't eat in 1lb portions for later. On Wednesday, we pulled it out of the freezer and let it unthaw in the fridge. It was pretty well unthawed at that point. We put it in a covered baking dish with about 4 TBSP of water, and heated at 350F for about 10 minutes.
What happened? The beautiful succulent pig was now a football. What' the best way to make the most of the leftovers?
Knowing this crowd, I'm sure I'll get some clever replies...
Cheers!
Griffy
I vacuum seal the left over pulled pork. Drop it in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes, done
I reheat mine the same way acords does. Vacuum seal then in the boiling water. Still nice and juicy when its hot.
I do the same. Micowave works well also.
I have done the microwave thing and the reheat in a covered dish in the oven and didn't have any problems. Please describe what "Football" means. Dry, rubbery, bad tasting, rock hard, etc. I use more liquid in the reheat and will use apple juice, bbq sauce, or what ever flavor I am going for in the end result of the reheat. The amount of liquid will depend on how much is being reheated. I also shred up the pork before starting the reheat so it will heat more evenly.
Yeah same here, if there are ever any leftovers, i vacuum seal and freeze, reheat by boil in the bag, or microwave.
Sometimes i add a small ammount off bbq sauce before i vacuum, anyway always comes out nice.
Btw, i always make sure any of the pork is completely cooled before i vacuum, if it's been in the fridge a little while that's even better
LilSmoker(http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/Tip-Hat.gif)
On my last one, I vac sealed in portions that I was gonna eat, and knew it would be gone within a week so I only refrigerated it. Reheated in Microwave and it was as good as when I sealed it. Learned the fun way that ya want to cut a slit in the vac bag before nuking it.
Quote from: Tiny Tim on April 20, 2007, 06:55:20 AM
Learned the fun way that ya want to cut a slit in the vac bag before nuking it.
KABOOM!!! :D :D :D
Vac bags and boiling water for me most of the time. ;)
Griffy
Once unthawed. We done three ways and depending on what your doing do what you like. The boiling water method souind good but I never tried it.
Method a) If there is lots left and you are having a party, put in crock pot and mix with some applejuice and leave it there for the party or gathering. This enables frequent visits and good warm pork. Just keep an eye on it and add more juice as needed.
Method b) Just a small amount for a couple people (or solo) just place meat in small pot and add light juice and just stir and reheat. Takes about 5 to 10 minutes. Your just reheating it. This is great if you plan on eating along or in samich.
Method c) [my fav] Take some butter, your choice a couple tablespoons works good. Melt in a skillet and frey the Pork till kinda crispy. Then enjoy or mix with something else. We do Mexi dishes with the fryed stuff. Yum..
Either way its up to you.
Tell ya what Griffy , Bring me over a few pounds and I'll run several test and then I'll get back to ya
with the results that worked the best...........................I'm waiting. ;) :D ;D ;D
Coyote
Thanks for all the replies. Even the smart assed ones! :D
I never thought of the crock-pot, but that's perfect. Now if one of you techie wizzes can get right on building a teleporter, I can send you all some pulled pork from MN~
Cheers!
Griffy
Very 8)....I think Nepas can handle that. ;)
Quote from: coyote on April 20, 2007, 03:37:45 PM
Very 8)....I think Nepas can handle that. ;)
:D :D
nepas → vacuum seals his too
nepas®
I'll pile on: I vacuum pack, then just throw in boiling water. Takes about one beer to come back to boil... :D
Arcs_n_Sparks
I like IKW method C - once almost thawed add more butter and the hashbrowns and peppers.
Take two Lipitors, 1 or more crestor ;D
Covered dish in Oven should be ok but 350 is real hot to thaw, I use the oven for my two pound bags and temp at 150 - dont need to cook it again. Low and slow so it does not get hot. Just thaw.