We ate these pulled pork noodles around Chinese New Year last week. Using leftover roast pork from Sunday lunch you can whip up this speedy supper in around 15 minutes.
For the original roast meat I’d been inspired by a slow cooked pulled pork recipe in February’s Delicious Magazine. Waitrose were doing a similar piece already covered in herbs for £13; whilst the pork was slow roasting in the oven we had a wintery walk around Walthamstow. When we came home we were welcomed by meaty aromas and a perfect joint that set us up with enough leftover tender pulled pork meat for 3-4 meals at around £1.25 per portion.
The slightest toughness in meat has my six year old turning it down, he still has his baby teeth and it’s hard going for him. I’m pleased to report that he gobbled this juicy pork up without any question and has been delighted to be served more of it in meals made from pork leftovers during the week. You might also use it in a stir fried rice dish, or rolled up in wraps.
Cabbage isn’t always a favourite vegetable for kids but if you trim the spines from the leaves and finely chop them into strips not only will it cook more quickly but it resembles ugly boiled cabbage far less. Equally you could finely slice Brussels sprouts here. I had deliberately kept the flavour very minimal here but if your family are less fussy bunging in a teaspoon of Chinese five spice powder will make it more exciting. To ramp things up even more for the grown ups, try a zig zag of chilli sauce, either sweet chilli sauce or my personal favourite (even if it’s more commonly used in Thai dishes), sri racha chilli sauce.
For a similar recipe using leftover roast meat take a look at my leftover turkey teriyaki noodles.
Pulled Pork Noodles with Savoy Cabbage
Ingredients
- 225 g Leftover roast pork meat
- 2 bundles Dried egg noodles
- 1 onion finely sliced
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 5 leaves savoy cabbage cutting out the spines reduces cooking time
- 6 mushrooms cut into chunks
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, pour boiling water over the noodles and bring back up to a simmer for 2-3 minutes. Then turn off the heat but leave the lid on for a further 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the sesame oil in a large frying pan and fry the onion slices.
- When the onion has softened slightly add the shredded cabbage and mushrooms and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the pulled pork meat and pour over the soya sauce and heat through.
- Drain the noodles and tip these into the frying pan too. Toss the hot noodles in the meat and vegetables and serve.
Notes
Love savoy cabbage and pulled pork so this is a great combo. The Poles eat lots of pork and cabbage so you’re tapping into my heritage here with a nice noodle twist! Thanks for linking up to Simple and in Season x
Ha nice one, I never thought of that but you’re right!
Pulled pork is so delicious, I am really glad it is popular now.
Me too although I usually make in slow cooker.
A classic combo of Savoy cabbage and pork, and I love the noodles too for an Asian inspired recipe! Karen
We’re never without a noodle in our house 😉
Yes we, poles eat a lot of pork, but when I went to Budapest recently I realized that they acutally eat pork lot more than us 🙂 They even have pork burgers in McDonald 😀
I would love to try pulled chicken with noodle <3
I am so boring when it comes to using up left over meat – serving it up on a sandwich the next day is about as good as it gets in my house. Great inspiration and frugal too. Thanks for taking part in Credit Crunch Munch 🙂
Ooh you’re missing out! Curries, tagines, noodles, pasta, we’re always reviving our roasts!
I’ve never tried roasting pork at home but your version is making me want to try it. Great idea to serve the leftover meat with noodles and savoy. I’m also looking forward to seeing your version of the pork pibils.
I hope I get as far as making them!!
Mmmmm, I absolutely adore slow cooked pulled pork. Think I’m going to have to cook a joint this Sunday 🙂
Janie x
that pork roast looks amazing
Lovely! I love a bit of pulled pork. thanks for sending to both CCM and Extra Veg!
I think if you’re not veggie, you’ll be hard pushed to find anyone who doesn’t love pulled pork!
Fabulous use of tasty leftovers, usually turns up in sandwich round here too! Slow cooked pulled pork is next on my new slow cooker to make list, the reason I’ve finally taken the plunge and bought one.
Yes the lovely threads of pulled pork are a world away from the chewy lamb chops I remember as a child. You’d not know it was the same food.
I really need to start cooking larger joints of meat and experimenting more with leftovers too. I love pulled pork although I’ve never actually roasted a joint of pork.
You made me smile with your recipe variations, sounds just the way I cook! Lovely recipes and a great end result, I find cooking large joints quit easy as you cn go off and leave them!
Love pulled pork but never cooked it before. Great pairing with savoy cabbage – the king of cabbages.
That’s my kind of dinner! Assembled quickly, from precooked meat…
And I have pulled pork in the fridge right now. We may be having this tomorrow…
I’m sure I left a comment here before! Thank you so much for your entry – and what a fabulous idea. I love pulled pork too but I’ve never made it
Sounds great! Pulled pork is one of my favourites, but alas, not something I make as often as I would like. Thanks for linking up with #ShopLocal 🙂