Food Ennui: What to do with leftover Pernil?
Lately I've just not been that hungry or food inspired. A couple days ago I roasted a 6lb pork shoulder. We (two people) ate a good amount of it the first night, but now I have pounds of juicy, falling-off-the-bone roast pork just sitting in my fridge with no plans for consumption.
Ideas?
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15 Comments:
I'll be over at 6.
juliebugsmama at 3:01PM on 01/09/09
I'll be over at 5:45
MrChow at 3:13PM on 01/09/09
Haul out another chair for me. Or: FREEZE IT! A couple of months from now you'll be glad to know it's there some crazed night when you really need something tasty.
Otherwise, think about filling an omelet, putting it, warm, on top of a salad with some fresh orange segments along with the greens, using it in a wrap or stuffing it in a pita with feta or another cheese, a yogurty dressing and some diced cucumber. Give me a while and I'll come up with some more.
lemons at 3:27PM on 01/09/09
I put this in the talk column by accident! Actually I had pernil the other night--Lefotvers were grilled cuban sandwiches....delish!! Everyone loved them...
Italiancupcake at 4:07PM on 01/09/09
can you define and break down a cuban sandwich please.......
poeticalmath at 4:33PM on 01/09/09
no problem...you need cuban bread--similiar to Italian but much softer-(for grilling purposes) layer in no particular order...Ham, (Virginia ham is nice for this -it's smokey sweet tastes compliments the pernil) Swiss cheese, sliced thin pickles and last but not least, the pernil-- and chipotle mayo (with chipolte in adobo and mayo, pureed together) if thats not handy use sliced pickled jalapenos with mayo....assemble sandwich---either bake in overn 350 until cheese is melted (8 minutes) or use a grill press--(the best way)--a proper cuban should be compressed....Oh, yeah, almost forgot--use any pan juices from the cooked pernil to dip the sandwich!! Really good stuff....
Italiancupcake at 5:07PM on 01/09/09
Pickles should be dills, is my understanding, and I love the idea of a chipotle mayo; our local Cubano only uses the plain stuff. Am I salivating at the thought?
lemons at 5:28PM on 01/09/09
dills-you're absolutely right!!! Provides a great contrast to the ham, swiss and pernil..some people even use mustard combined with mayo--I haven't tried it, so I can't say..maybe a tangy, grainy mustard with horseradish?
Italiancupcake at 5:36PM on 01/09/09
Pozole. Or skip the pozole corn and just do the pork in the sauce and serve with tortillas and maybe some pickled onions.
dbcurrie at 6:05PM on 01/09/09
If you get some empanada dough (if you don't feel like making your own), you can stuff it in with some cheese and make some quick empanadas.
plantainsandkimchi at 6:06PM on 01/09/09
carnitas .... make some taco's .... or freeze it for a later use .... make a nice chipotle bbq sauce and simmer the pork in that.... put on a nice roll.... or over some rice.
pooch at 11:57PM on 01/09/09
Shout out to hungryinhouston, he's ALL about pork. He somehow missed this one.
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 1:32AM on 01/10/09
I've made strudel with roasted pork. Or pocket pies. Or stuffed crepes. Or even spring rolls. Or stuffed puff pastry. You got the idea - use it as filling for pretty much anything.
Or make a stir-fry with some veg and noodles (this seems to be a very popular way to deal with leftover meat and veg in our household lately).
brooke29 at 1:46AM on 01/10/09
On the rare occasion we have leftover pork roast in the house, I've frozen chunks of it to use later, in several of the aforementioned ways, especially sandwiches.
But the last time I had leftover pork, I did something REALLY good: I cubed it, then mixed with green chiles, LOTS of garlic, cumin and oregano. Then slow cooked it for about six hours. I then browned a pound of breakfast sausage with chopped onion, more garlic, added some Mexican salsa, black beans, the stewed pork mixture and cooked until thickened. I put that mixture on top of plain hash browned potatoes in a large casserole, poured eggs on top, and covered with shredded colby jack. Baked and served with fresh cilantro for a friend's brunch. It was delicious!
And hi Carol! Yes, I somehow missed this one. I was scanning and read the title as "What to do with leftover Pernod?"
hungryinhouston at 12:30PM on 01/10/09
Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions a couple months ago! I've got a pork shoulder slow cooking at home as we speak. I can't wait to get home and finish it up with a quick high heat and then we're making burritos this first night.
I returned to this post because I know we'll have pounds and pounds leftover, and I'm going to try some of these ideas. (After my original post we ended up just making some burritos and pulled pork sandwiches.)
@hungryinhouston that brunch casserole sounds amazing.
semarr at 4:45PM on 03/16/09