Spiced Pulled Pork
Succulent and packed with flavour, this slimming-friendly Spiced Pulled Pork is cooked with a bold blend of smoky-sweet spices. It's the ultimate filling for tacos, wraps, burritos, or even colourful salad bowls! Easy to prep, endlessly versatile and always a crowd-pleaser – what more could you ask for?
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NutritionPer Serving
- Calories541
- Carbs29g
- Protein37g
- Fat30g
- Saturates9.6g
- Sugars11g
For the full list of ingredients and comprehensive instructions, please see the recipe card below. Before you scroll, there’s important stuff in the blurb!
You can’t beat the delicious versatility of this slimming-friendly Spiced Pulled Pork. It’s packed with so much flavour, you could easily enjoy it on its own – but we’ve taken things up a notch by prepping a lipsmacking sauce and a zingy slaw to go with it.
Fold your pork into a taco, a wrap, a burrito or even a salad bowl. Our zingy homemade slaw is prepped simply with shredded carrots, cabbage, lime juice, rice vinegar, Sriracha and fish sauce. It’s inspired by our Edamame and Carrot Salad, and it perfectly complements smoky-sweet pork!
If you like things with a little more heat, feel free to add more Sriracha or even some chilli powder. Just remember our spicy sauce already has quite a kick to it!
You can also make this one in your slow cooker, if you’d rather leave it bubbling away for even longer.
What diets is this Spiced Pulled Pork suitable for?
This recipe is perfect for meat-lovers and batch-cook bosses.
As always, take extra care when cooking for people with allergies and be sure to use different utensils, cookware and preparation areas.
Do you need any special ingredients to make Spiced Pulled Pork?
You don’t need any fancy ingredients to make this simple dish.
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We use Sriracha to add a fiery kick to our sauce.
It’s easy to run the juices through a fat separator.
How many calories are in this Spiced Pulled Pork?
There are 541 calories per portion in this Spiced Pulled Pork, which means it falls into our Special Occasion category.
To cut down the amount of calories even more, you can simply halve the portion size and serve with a healthy accompaniment!
This Spiced Pulled Pork is perfect if you’re following a calorie-controlled diet, and fits well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers.
As a guide, an average man needs around 2,500kcal (10,500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000kcal (8,400kJ) a day. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 160°C.
To make the pork
Step 2
Rub the pork all over with the Chinese 5-spice and salt.
Step 3
To the water, add the chicken stock cubes, soy sauce, chilli flakes, rice vinegar, orange zest, Sriracha and sweetener and stir until dissolved.
Step 4
Add the spring onions, garlic and ginger. Place the pork into the casserole dish and submerge in the cooking liquid.
Step 5
Cover with a lid and cook for 2-4 hours. Until the meat is very tender.
Step 6
Remove the pork and shred with two forks. Pour the sauce through a fat separator and and transfer the sauce to a saucepan and set on a medium heat. Simmer until reduced by half. Pour over the shredded pork and toss to coat.
To make the spicy sauce
Step 7
Add all the sauce ingredients to a small bowl and mix until smooth.
To make the slaw
Step 8
Place the shredded cabbage and carrots in a bowl. Pour over the lime juice, rice vinegar, Sriracha and fish sauce and mix well.
Step 9
Place a little of the pork mixture onto each wrap, add some slaw and a drizzle of spicy sauce. Fold in half and serve!
What could I serve with this Spiced Pulled Pork?
This Spiced Pulled Pork is delicious as part of a slimming-friendly spread with any of these side dishes:
How do you know when Spiced Pulled Pork is cooked?
The pork should cook in the oven for 2-4 hours, until the meat is cooked through and tender enough to shred easily with two forks.
Standard advice here in the UK is to cook food until it has reached 70°C and stayed at that temperature for 2 minutes. This is to keep your family safe.
How long can you keep Spiced Pulled Pork in the fridge?
Once you’ve served this recipe, you’ll ideally need to eat it within 4 hours.
You can store any leftovers of this Spiced Pulled Pork in the fridge for around 3 days. Make sure that you allow them to cool before putting them in a container with a lid and chilling in the refrigerator.
Can I freeze Spiced Pulled Pork?
Yes, you can! This recipe can be frozen, but please remember to do the following;
- Freeze it as soon as it is cold enough in individual portions.
- Use a container or bag that is suitable for freezing.
Don’t forget to add a label telling you the name of the recipe and the date you’re stashing your leftovers away.
How do I reheat Spiced Pulled Pork?
From chilled: Place in a microwave-proof container with loosely fitting lid and heat for 4-7 minutes until piping hot.
From frozen: Allow to defrost, and heat covered in the microwave for 3-5 minutes. Stir, then cook for a further 5-7 minutes until piping hot.
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Spiced Pulled Pork
Succulent and packed with flavour, this slimming-friendly Spiced Pulled Pork is cooked with a bold blend of smoky-sweet spices!
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Prep Time
15 MINS
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Cook Time
4 HR
- KCals 541
- Carbs 29G
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160°C.
To make the pork
- Rub the pork all over with the Chinese 5-spice and salt.
- To the water, add the chicken stock cubes, soy sauce, chilli flakes, rice vinegar, orange zest, Sriracha and sweetener and stir until dissolved.
- Add the spring onions, garlic and ginger. Place the pork into the casserole dish and submerge in the cooking liquid.
- Cover with a lid and cook for 2-4 hours. Until the meat is very tender.
- Remove the pork and shred with two forks. Pour the sauce through a fat separator and and transfer the sauce to a saucepan and set on a medium heat. Simmer until reduced by half. Pour over the shredded pork and toss to coat.
To make the spicy sauce
- Add all the sauce ingredients to a small bowl and mix until smooth.
To make the slaw
- Place the shredded cabbage and carrots in a bowl. Pour over the lime juice, rice vinegar, Sriracha and fish sauce and mix well.
- Place a little of the pork mixture onto each wrap, add some slaw and a drizzle of spicy sauce. Fold in half and serve!
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