Recipe: Pulled BBQ Pork

Jul 13
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Main Meals, Gluten Free Main Meals with Pork

This is my absolute favorite barbecue sauce, and it doesn’t even need Worcestershire sauce, which is a huge bonus for us gluten-free Canadians!

Mix together sauce:

  • 1/2 c. chili sauce
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar
  • 1/3 c. white vinegar
  • 1 c water
  • 4 Tbsp mustard powder

Pour over 1lb pork tenderloin, cook in slow cooker for 2 – 4 hours.  If you have more time, use ‘low’ heat, if you have less time, use ‘high’ heat.  Either way, it gets sooo tender and juicy, then pull apart with 2 forks.  And serve over gluten free dinner rolls (we prefer English Muffins) with a side of coleslaw.

Absolutely DIVINE!!

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Pork Tenderloin with Hot Apple Relish

May 22
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Main Meals, Gluten Free Main Meals with Pork

A little explanation: I was going for the Sweet and Tangy recipe that I haven’t posted yet, but I’d ran out of cranberries so we used tart Granny Smith apples instead…. the girls couldn’t get enough and were licking the plates.  (And then I yelled, and then they quit that.)

Ingredients:

  • 2 granny smith apples, finely chopped
  • 1/3 c. chopped onion
  • 1/2 c. + 1/4 c. water
  • 1/8 c. lemon juice
  • 1/4 c. white wine vinegar
  • 3 g. splenda
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • dash nutmeg
  • 1 lb pork tenderloins

Directions:

  1. Place tenderloin in roasting pan with 1/2 cup water.
  2. Bake in 350°F oven  until meat thermometer reaches 160. (approx. 20-30 minutes)
  3. Combine remaining ingredients in saucepan.  Heat over med-low heat for 20 minutes, stirring often.  (adding a couple tablespoons of water if it becomes too thick)
  4. Remove tenderloin, slice into rounds and arrange on plate.  Top with hot relish.
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Diet Friendly Pulled BBQ Chicken

May 16
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Main Meals, Gluten Free Main Meals with Poultry
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So I’ve been a little adventurous this week with a new ingredient – White Wine Vinegar.  And I’ve had to be a little less kitchen-averse on this diet.  You just can’t pull out a bottle of BBQ sauce and expect to loose weight.  And this recipe?  I’ll never use a bottle of BBQ sauce again – it is THAT good!  If you try this with regular vinegar, let mek now how it works.

Homemade Special BBQ Sauce

  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 4 grams Splenda (or 2 Tbsp brown sugar)
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1/4 cup water

BBQ Meat:

  • leftover pieces from yesterday’s baked chicken or
  • thinly sliced chicken breasts or
  • thinly sliced pork tenderloin

Cook meat first, or use leftover pieces.  Mix the sauce together, and pour over meat in large skillet.  Heat over medium until boiling.  Reduce heat and simmer for 10 – 20 minutes.  Serve over rice or with potato wedges.

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Pork Roast

Apr 05
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Main Meals

Roasts are something that I love to make.  They get shoved in the oven (even half frozen) and come out looking like you just slaved away.  And I’m all about looking like a good cook.  Seriously – there is NOTHING to making gluten free meat.  Why?  Meat is gluten free!  All of it.  All the time.  What is NOT gluten free is the ‘marinades’ or ‘breading’ or whatever else the packaging plants do to contaminate it.  When you’re shopping, there should be NO ingredient list – other than the title, or perhaps a little collagen for packaging or color.

I used:

1.5 lb  pork roast (shoulder butt, I think?)  I just love pork, and use whatever roast is middle of the road for price.

salt & pepper to taste

1/4 cup water

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Rub roast (I sprinkle, I’m not really into giving a hunk of raw meat a rub-down)with salt and pepper.  Place water in bottom of roaster.
  2. Cover and place in pre-heated, 400F oven for 1/2 hour.
  3. Turn heat down to 325F and cook until thermometer reads 160 (medium) – 170(well done)F.
  4. Remove from oven and let sit, covered for half an hour.  (just long enough to cook potatoes!)

Serve with a large plate, wear an apron, and splash water on your face so you look flushed.  Voila!  You LOOK like a great cook.  :)

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Apricot BBQ Pork Tenderloin

Nov 22
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Main Meals

I made this last week, and lost the scribbled note on the ingredients that I used!  Drat!  So here’s what I remember, if you give this a try, let me know how it goes!  I’ll confirm this next time I make this dish.  It was VERY yummy.  We ate it up, and the kids wanted more.  This idea was sprung from tons of recipes on RecipeZaar pairing fruit with pork, and my over-abundance of dried apricots.  Using up old stuff – isn’t that where the best recipes come from?  lol

  • 3/4 cup packed dried apricots, chopped
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1 Tablespoon chicken bouillon (enough to make 1 cup broth)
  • 3/4 cup barbecue sauce (your favorite – I used original Kraft)
  • approx 2 lbs pork tenderloins
  • 1/4 onion, chopped
  1. Place all ingredients into casserole dish or roaster, except the pork, and mix.
  2. Sear the pork in frying pan over med-high heat.  A few minutes on each side.
  3. Place pork on top.  Baste.  And cook.  Covered for 1 hour 350°F.  And then uncovered for 1/2 hour or so.

Serve with hot rice, veggie and salad!  Yummmmmmy.

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