Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Works-for-me-Wed. - freezer cooking - pork

I am a freezer cooking fanatic - nothing consistently works better for lessening the stress and increasing the peace around here. Last time I posted, I shared chicken recipes. My new favorite thing to freeze, cook and eat is pork loin. It's almost too easy.
1. Wait for pork loin to go on sale (around here it goes as low as 1.88/lb. and is often 1.99/lb.) Buy a big one (or two).
2. Label four quart freezer bags (not generic) "pork steaks", "pork roast", "pork tacos" and "pulled pork sandwiches".
2. With an electric knife, Cut the pork loin in half lengthwise and then each of those in half (like little bricks - faux tenderloins). Continue cutting one of the bricks into thinish "chops". Place these in the "pork steaks" bag.
3. Brown remaining three 'bricks' in a pan. Cool and place one in each of the other bags.
4. Add your favorite BBQ sauce to the "pulled pork sandwiches" bag.
5. Mix together 1/3 c. olive oil, 1/4 c. lemon juice, 1/4 c. soy sauce and 2 T Worchestershire sauce. Pour into "pork steaks" bag.
6. Seal bags well (squeezing out extra air)
7. To cook:
"pork steaks" - grill, discard (or boil for sauce) marinade
"pork roast" - use like a beef roast in a crock pot with onion soup mix, a little water and potatoes and carrots
"pork tacos" - add pork, package of taco seasoning and about 3/4 c. water to crock pot. Cook on low all day, shred by cutting with kitchen shears and add water if necessary. Serve on tortillas with taco/fajita toppings.
"pulled pork sandwiches" - cook in crock pot all day on low. Shred by cutting with kitchen shears and add more BBQ sauce if necessary. Serve on buns with extra sauce if desired.

You don't freezer cook? Try it - you'll like it!
Have no idea where to start? You could try my method here. My last post was also freezer cooking tips.

Head on back over to ROCKS IN MY DRYER for oodles of ideas!

7 comments:

The Apron Queen said...

We've tried all of these except for the pork tacos. Will have to give those a try. Thanks for sharing.

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Anonymous said...

Just in time! Pork tenderloin was on sale this week. Made 2/3 of it into pulled pork (freezing half), was trying to come up with an idea for the last piece. Tacos sound good....

Thanks!

Brooke said...

chops are the only thing pork i've been brave enough to try. but pork tacos sound interesting

Kama said...

Be sure and stop by our blog this weekend and add your recipe to our link list as we're doing "Please Pass the Freezer Meals." It's always good to share a great recipe with others, right??

Sherry @ Lamp Unto My Feet said...

Great ideas! :D Thanks for sharing! I always am thinkign of what to do with pork. :D

Mary said...

Great ideas! I have good luck getting the marked down soon-to-expire deals, but then I have to freeze them right away and the only option I knew was to put them in a bag with a marinade. Which is good, but gets a little boring week after week. What a great plan for 4 different meals my whole family will love!

Sonshine said...

thanks for the ideas. :) I am working at getting back on the freezer bandwagon. :)

I just posted some tips today about it. You can read about it here.