Favorite Leftover BBQ Recipes

[chilerelleno]

I love to repurpose leftovers and create whole new dishes.
Really helps to break any monotony.

Do you have a favorite way to reuse leftover BBQ?
Please share.

Here is one of my family favorites.

Southwestern Pan Fried Corn
Corn, precooked taken off cob or canned whole kernel.

Any smoked/grilled meat, shredded, chopped or cubed.

Onion, bell pepper and chiles, chopped coarse. Use just one or all three.

Pan fried in just a touch of oil.
I love bacon grease.

Spiced with Sea Salt, Cumin, Cayenne and Smoked Paprika.
Whatever blows your kilt up.

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• chilerelleno
• Feb 5, 2017

 

[GoldenAmbers BBQ]

Nice. Might be good on rice.

 

[GoldenAmbers BBQ]

My lunch right now is a mix of rice with peppers, pineapple and onion from an Oxtail cook last Friday. I added pulled smoked pork belly in the leftovers today from Sunday's cook.
It's good for a lunch indeed.

 

[JC in GB]

I made some brisket hash with potatoes, and onions for breakfast. Some eggs and toast to top it off and bam, what a great breakfast. Better than bacon! Yes, I said it..

Leftover pulled pork makes great burritos.

I want to try some pulled pork pazole when the weather gets colder....

JC

 

[tallbm]

That looks great mmmmmmm :D

Most of my repurposed meat goes into tacos or enchiladas hahahaha. It is usually brisket or pork butt in these cases but sometimes chicken sliced fajita style, rarely ever pulled or shredded chicken here.

My other go to is to make bbq mac'n cheese mmmmmmm good!

With chicken and turkey I do like to make soups. Smoked chicken soups are awesome!

That is about it for me :)

 

[chilerelleno]

Tacos.... Tacos and burritos are always a hit with leftover BBQ.
One of my favorites with beef is Machado for breakfast... Yum!
Machacado con Cebollas y Pimientos

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• chilerelleno
• Sep 16, 2017

Or pulled/shredded meat in larger ABTs. Example, Pablanos and Anaheims.
Those are entrees.

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• chilerelleno
• Feb 12, 2017

Chopped pork loin or chops.
Fried rice!

 

[drdon]

Makes a VERY good breakfast meat piled on a toasted everything bagel with cheese and an sunny side up egg!

 

[xray]

That’s a hearty dish, looks satisfying and filling. I bet it would make a good burrito filling or add egg for a breakfast burrito.

Leftovers? What leftovers!? J/K

Since I mostly smoke for the two of us and hate to waste food, a vacuum sealer is my friend.

Pulled pork, shredded chuck or chicken gets saved for another meal or repurposed into tacos and nachos. Pulled pork with mango salsa is a common leftover dish here.

Meatloaf
Patty melts. Sliced meatloaf with caramelized onions and melted cheese (usually smoked swiss) inside toasted rye bread.

Smoked chicken/turkey and turkey roast
I usually only serve the white meat for dinner. The leftover dark meat gets mixed with chopped pickle, mayo and black pepper and repurposed into chicken/turkey salad served on toasted wheat or pretzel rolls for lunches the rest of the week.

Pastrami
If I’m not making Reubens, I’ll cube the rest of the pastrami up and freeze for pastrami hash. I hate when hash is the consistency of dog food...so I will reheat the pastrami cubes in a pan, remove and set aside.
Add oil, butter or bacon grease and add sliced potatoes and cook for a bit.

Add diced poblano and onions cook some more.

Add chopped garlic at the end so it doesn’t burn.

Return pastrami to the pan and season if desired.

Serve pastrami hash topped with a sunny side up egg.

 

[JckDanls 07]

I put left over smoked maple/bourbon ham (chunked) in a pan of home made scalloped potatoes... OMGGG... thinking it's about time to do it know after talking about it ... YUMMM YUMMMM

 

[Jonok]

What is this “leftover” thing of which you speak?

 

[chilerelleno]

What is this “leftover” thing of which you speak?

People always be saying " Dang! How many people are you cooking for?"

 

[gmc2003]

With leftover double smoked ham I either make ham salad or pea soup. With pulled pork I sometimes use it in fatties. Brisket is added to chili or hash.

Chris

 

[kansas smoker]

Depending on the leftovers I often keep them whole. As fall rolls around I will smoke a couple extra briskets for winter. Once they are done I cut them in half, vacuum pack them and freeze them. Around 10 a.m. on Christmas eve I drop a half into the crock pot set it to low and we have sliced brisket sandwiches Christmas eve. Nice in January and February as well.

Same thing with a pork but and ribs. A slow warm in the crock pot and you can't tell that they just came off the smoker. For the ribs I will put them under the broiler for a minute or so to crisp the bark.

With a partial leftover like pork butt, pulled pork tacos or enchiladas are excellent. I will usually chop up about about 3/4 of a pound of brisket and add it to my bottom round when I grind my own for burgers. I do a 5.5 oz burger and the brisket as a whole new dimension to the flavor. It as well as some ground up pulled pork is excellent in three meat meat loaf.

 

[bertman]

What a great post. How will I explain to the wife when she asks what I'm smoking that I'm making some leftovers?

 

[tx smoker]

Great thread Chile!! Always great to get new ideas for using leftovers. Here are a couple of our favorites.

Brisket nachos

Pulled pork stuffed baked taters.

We also do some soups with left over pork loin and turkey but these are our go-to meals when doling out the left overs. She prefers the taters, I prefer the nachos but either of us is ok with either.

Heading to the freezer. Some of this stuff looks REALLY good!!
Robert

 

[bertman]

This thread inspired me. A few days ago, I smoked some dried venison according to Bearcarver's instructions. The ends of each piece I sliced off with a knife to make slicing with the slicer easier, but I didn't want to waste them.

This morning's breakfast was a hash of crumbled tater tots. diced peppers, and some pieces of those ends with a sunny side egg on top. It was one of the best breakfasts I've ever had. JC in GB made me think about this with his post earlier.

 

[chef jimmyj]

7 Adults in the House... Leftover Q is rare and that won't likely see Daylight. My Wife has to Grab and Stash away a portion of whatever for the Breakfast Hash Burritos I LOVE!...JJ

 

[chilerelleno]

7 Adults in the House...

I know her pain, as I'm generally cooking for five adults and two sassy midgets.
Takes a lot of food to feed everyone and have leftovers, so mine are usually done with intent.
I cook on most Saturdays, I want leftovers for Sunday and work meals Monday and Tuesday, so I just about go half again or double my needs.

 

[chef jimmyj]

Gonna make 8 pounds of Carnitas today...Most put minimum toppings so they load up the meat! They will kill 90% at supper. Saturday night = late night. The rest will be gone by morning. What happened to Kids Leaving the Nest at 18???...JJ

 

[drdon]

.....What happened to Kids Leaving the Nest at 18???...JJ

Quit feeding them!