I am new to slow cooking. In fact my mantra of late has been fast cooking: the kind of cooking that can be whipped up in twenty minutes from when I come downstairs having left The Girls screaming put The Girls to bed to when DH walks through the door. My life involves short-cuts and cheats (hence the -esque in the blog title, in case you were wondering).
Now what better cheat could there be than to take a bunch of prepared ingredients, shoving them into the cooker and leaving them for eight hours. Seriously? Why has it taken me so long to get behind the slow-cooker movement?
Anyhow, back to Tescos last week. I saw the hugest lump of meat joint of Pork on special offer. I bought it because it was on offer, not having the first clue what to do with it, but when you are buying over 5kg of meat for a tenner, you know you’ll be able to find something. And I did:
Pulled Pork in the slow cooker
The recipe called for pork butt, not that I have a clue what that is, and I had shoulder, but I figured it would work anyhow.
The recipe also called for Diet Pepsi. I didn’t have that, so I used Diet Coke.
The recipe called for Barbecue Sauce. Nope, not that either. HP Fruity.
It’s kind of pathetic when a recipe calls for three ingredients and you have to use a substitute for every single one.
And do you know, it was awesome. So awesome that we are still eating it. So let me tell you a few things that you can do with 5kg of delicious pulled pork:
Freeze it, in batches. A little goes a long way.
Serve with mashed root vegetables, broccoli and some of the reduced sauce.
Slap in a bun with a dollop of applesauce.
Spoon over rice with a side of stir fried vegetables.
Make pulled pork tortillas with avocado, refried beans and some sour cream.
Put it between two tortillas, sprinkle with grated cheese and microwave for a minute or so.
Mediocre Mum says
Pork Butt??? I’m in stitches! However, can’t wait to try this one and thanks for joining into Slow Cooker Sunday.
Domestic Goddesque says
I know- as if you;d want to eat something called pork butt!!
I have also just discovered the wonders of slow cooking (I bought my slow cooker for just £12 a few weeks ago – absolute bargain!). Haven’t tried pork yet, but my chicken & beef have gone down a treat with the whole family. This sounds great….will let you know the verdict on diet coke pork (my kids will be so excited if I call it that!). Hopefully this will be another dish I can add to the ‘I know they will always eat that’ list!
here’s hoping, Kirsty!!