# Canned Pork with Juices **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 13, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228 "2024-11-13T23:35:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/1 "2024-11-13T23:35:44Z")
I am going through the pantry. I have a 600-gram can of pork with juices. I recall using a similar can for some project last year. It was nice, shredded pork. **What ought I to do with it?** I am thinking of adding barbeque sauce. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/2 "2024-11-13T23:47:38Z")
BBQ is always simple and easy. Alternately, mix it with a largish jar of Salsa Verde (green salsa) and a few handfuls of shredded cheese and heat in a pot for 20-30 minutes and serve over tortillas or chips, or pour over burritos/enchiladas. Similarly, if you want a smokier flavor, get a smallish can of jarred chipotle peppers in sauce, pulse the contents of the content, add a can of Ro\*tel, and similarly briefly heat together in a saucepan, with or without cheese. Serve as above, or similarly to pulled pork on buns, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/3 "2024-11-14T04:02:43Z")
The juices are gonna be mostly fat. A pig has a bunch of fat. Especially parts that would in a canned product. Because it would be the cheaper parts. So drain the crap out of it. You can season it with 5 spice powder and soy, wrap it in dumpling wrappers from the store. Steam them. I guess you could put them in a rice cooker or air fryer. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/4 "2024-11-14T14:12:12Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Alternately, mix it with a largish jar of Salsa Verde (green salsa) and a few handfuls of shredded cheese and heat in a pot for 20-30 minutes and serve over tortillas or chips, or pour over burritos/enchiladas. I’d do something along the Mexican lines myself. I’d probably figure out a way to integrate it into nachos or queso in some way, or I’d look into making Chile Colorado con puerco with it. [Authentic Chile Colorado with Pork](https://everydaylatina.com/chile-colorado-with-shredded-pork/) Based on the description and the pictures, a can of shredded pork could sub in for the pork in the recipe very well I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/5 "2024-11-14T14:48:40Z")
You could mix the cooked pork with some mac n’ cheese for a hearty side dish. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/6 "2024-11-14T19:58:53Z")
Agreed, my advice was based on my frequent tossing of inexpensive pork shoulder (boneless) in my slow cooker with ingredients like I mentioned and shredding it with a fork after 8+ hours. Works just as well for pulled pork variants, and the description of the OP’s product seemed similar enough. Note for anyone not using a canned, pre-cooked product though, it’s probably better to use 2/3 of the mix-in’s up front, and save the last 1/3 for the last hour of cooking, because the flavors will mute with a long slow cook. Or use a pressure cooker! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/7 "2024-11-14T20:33:44Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Authentic Chile Colorado with Pork That would get you shot twice in Colorado 1. Red chili 2. Pork in anything but green chili ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/8 "2024-11-14T21:05:05Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > That would get you shot twice in Colorado Oh, I disagree, it wouldn’t merit a shooting… but it’s be pretty close to the old [commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S828Y7Eais)! Although my opinions of people who consider said salsa good or authentic are quite low, as a good New Mexican boy by upbringing, and a resident of Colorado with access to decent Pueblo chile. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/9 "2024-11-14T22:03:26Z")
Good thing it’s a New Mexico dish then. It’s “colorado” as in “colored”, not the state. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/10 "2024-11-14T22:20:17Z")
Er… Mexican. I think I’m confusing it with something else that’s New Mexican. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228/11 "2024-11-16T16:44:00Z")
Probably carne adovada.