Cooking with Leftovers

With Christmas right around the corner and parties to attend, I decided this week to cook a pork roast in the crock pot and then use the shredded meat all week long.  So far, I have not been disappointed.  To the crock pot, I put the pork roast down covered with chopped onions a can of diced tomatoes, 1/2 cup of water, garlic power, onion powder, worchestersire sauce, and Nunu's (a cajun seasoning).  I cover and cooked on low for about 4 hours.  The meat just fell right apart.  On the first night, I made a pot of rice and served the pulled pork over the rice and topped with gravy.  For the gravy, I took some of the juices out of the crock pot, heated it on the stove and added a slurry of 2 Tbsp of water and 1 Tbsp of flour to thicken.  Great use of the shredded pork.

On night 2 with the same shredded pork, I made open face BBQ pork sandwiches.  They were delicious!  I started with a homemade BBQ sauce:
1/2 c ketchup
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 Tbsp worchestersire sauce
2 Tbsp mustard
1 Tbsp brown sugar (honey could be substituted)

Mix the shredded pork with BBQ sauce and set aside.  I also sauteed an onion to add, but that is optional, I just like the flavor.  Here's how the sandwich stacked: slice of bread then sauteed onions, then BBQ pork and topped with cheese.  Bake in the oven til the cheese is melted.  They were awesome and so easy!

The next recipe I'm going to try with the shredded pork is enchiladas.  I found a great recipe for a homemade enchilada sauce that uses a can of tomato sauce, sauteed onions and garlic, and spices (cumin, salt, onion and garlic powder).  Roll the pork in corn tortillas with a little cheese.  Ladle a spoonful of sauce in the bottom of a baking dish.  Place all the rolled tortillas seam side down and top with sauce and cheese.  Bake and enjoy!

I'm not a huge fan of having the same thing over and over again, so when I can reuse a main ingredient in a new way, I'm all about it!  It's also helped take a little stress out of dinner since the main part is already cooked.  Any other ideas for what to do with shredded pork would be greatly appreciated!

Keep Calm and Cook On!