Freeze!
Freeze!
After getting a few requests from relatives and work mates for leftovers, I'm curious if anyone has had any success with freezing pulled pork amongst other things without losing too much of the flavour when reheating. Was maybe thinking vacuum sealing with a bit of the juice. Anyone else tried it?
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keith157
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Re: Freeze!
I've had good to great success. Okay I cheat in that I'll do a slow roast in the oven in an oven bag in the spring which gives me lots of jus (pure stock) and freeze that in ice cube trays till needed. I separate the pork into healthy portions then add sufficient cubes then vac-pac it and freeze it.
Re-heating;- I always try and let it thaw to room temp, then heat it up in a frying pan, flavouring it with BBQ sauce and the stock.
Sadly I've not found a way to keep the bark crusty, but it's certainly good enough for a starter or a quick "blast of summer BBQ" in the depths of winter (usually around September these days
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Re-heating;- I always try and let it thaw to room temp, then heat it up in a frying pan, flavouring it with BBQ sauce and the stock.
Sadly I've not found a way to keep the bark crusty, but it's certainly good enough for a starter or a quick "blast of summer BBQ" in the depths of winter (usually around September these days
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I do it all the time. Just as well, or I'd be the size of a house (instead of just a small bungalow).
Having found that my pulled pork tastes quite a bit better the next day, anyway (presumably due to sitting in its own juices overnight in the fridge), what I do is:
1) Cook it
2) Pull and sauce it
3) Eat a bit
4) Allow to cool
5) Eat a bit
6) Put in the fridge overnight
7) Next morning, put some aside for eating in the next day or so, and freeze the rest in reasonable portions.
8) Oh, and eat a bit more.
Although I have a vacuum sealer (somewhere), all I do with it is pack it into a mixture of small plastic containers and larger foil ones. The plastic ones are individual portions for me, to be defrosted and cooked in the microwave - enought to fill a lunchtime roll. The larger portions are for when I next have people round - it gets defrosted overnight, and then heated throroughly in my pellet grill, before putting on whatever else we are going to eat.
It tastes fantastic, in my opinion, and it gets rid of all of that aggravation about worrying if it will be ready when people are ready to eat, and if it will pull properly etc. You can cook it in your own time, at your own convenience, with no-one looking over your shoulder.
The last pulled pork I did was back in March, and I've just used the last of it. Am due to do some more, as I have family coming for BBQ in a few weeks.
Having found that my pulled pork tastes quite a bit better the next day, anyway (presumably due to sitting in its own juices overnight in the fridge), what I do is:
1) Cook it
2) Pull and sauce it
3) Eat a bit
4) Allow to cool
5) Eat a bit
6) Put in the fridge overnight
7) Next morning, put some aside for eating in the next day or so, and freeze the rest in reasonable portions.
8) Oh, and eat a bit more.
Although I have a vacuum sealer (somewhere), all I do with it is pack it into a mixture of small plastic containers and larger foil ones. The plastic ones are individual portions for me, to be defrosted and cooked in the microwave - enought to fill a lunchtime roll. The larger portions are for when I next have people round - it gets defrosted overnight, and then heated throroughly in my pellet grill, before putting on whatever else we are going to eat.
It tastes fantastic, in my opinion, and it gets rid of all of that aggravation about worrying if it will be ready when people are ready to eat, and if it will pull properly etc. You can cook it in your own time, at your own convenience, with no-one looking over your shoulder.
The last pulled pork I did was back in March, and I've just used the last of it. Am due to do some more, as I have family coming for BBQ in a few weeks.
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Thats great. Thanks for the responses. Proper takes the weight off. I'll be freezing leftovers from now on and the ice cube idea was a good one.
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keith157
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Re: Freeze!
Sadly too much Q puts the weight on 