Carolina BBQ Pulled Pork Frito Bites

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Carolina BBQ Pulled Pork Frito Bites are crunchy, tangy, sweet-with-a-little-heat, pork-tastic Frito bites! Carolina sauce never paired so well with pulled pork. It’s a perfect tailgating recipe!

Urban Dictionary, where have you been all my life???

I just spent a good hour looking up random words and laughing to myself. Sometimes, I’ll go to my HAHAHA pinterest board and just laugh and laugh. This one gets me every time.

Do you know what the definition of tailgating is? Drinking lots of beer or makin’ food in the parking lot before a sports or other large event, (usually football or a concert).

I would probably eat all the food and skip the sports event, thankyouverymuch. Sports are not my favorite….except maybe hockey. But that’s only because I used to work for the Ottawa Senators back in the day. Go Sens go!

Side note: after games, I used to ride up and down the elevators with some of the players of the team and tell them how well they played. This also happened when I worked at Starbucks a few years later. Lots of the players would stop by and get a coffee before their morning practices. I’d chit chat it up.

“Oh hi, how are you? Going to practice? Gonna beat the Maple Leaves on Thursday? You want a Venti Nonfat Extra Hot Latte? No I didn’t know they’re opening another gym over there. Are you sure you don’t want a pumpkin cream cheese muffin? There’s NO WAY your dog weighs more than 12 pounds. Ok, I’ll marry you!”

One of those players happened to be Mike Fisher. He’s a tallllllllll drink of water, lemmetellyou. Since high school I have quite enjoyed him.

Well, he ended up getting traded……..and also ended up marrying Carrie Underwood.

So, considering I’m basically good friends with Mike, I am by default besties with Carrie.

Aaaaaand, that’s the story of how Carrie Underwood and I are related. You’re welcome.

What does any of this have to do with anything?

Well, let’s start back where this all began with the tailgating thing. I usually don’t tailgate because that means sports are involved. BUT, in rare cases, I totally am down with that kind of stuff. SOOOO, here’s a fabulous sports/tailgating/all around yummy appetizer that you’re gonna love!  Carolina BBQ Pulled Pork Frito Bites. Crunchy, tangy, sweet-with-a-little-heat Frito bites! My husband and I have a new found love for pulled pork and this new mustardy, vinegary Carolina BBQ sauce. It pairs really well together and really isn’t very difficult to make at all. Here’s how you do it:

I started my pork shoulder cooking at 11 pm in a crockpot on my counter. {I was delirious and didn’t take a picture of that…oops.} I got my pork shoulder {or sometimes known as pork butt} at Fred Meyer, which is a Kroger affiliate store, a few days ago on sale. Holla! Can I just say that waking up in the morning to the smell of meat cooking is something I could get used to. Is that weird?

Don’t answer that.

Anyways.

After your meat is super fork tender, you can make the Carolina BBQ sauce. If you’ve never had a Carolina-style BBQ sauce, think yellow mustard jacked up with a bunch of yummy ingredients, such as but not limited to: brown sugar, smoked paprika, vinegar, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, molasses, etc.. I just dumped them into my pot, gave it a good stir and cooked it for a few minutes. THAT’S ALL I DID. Really simple. Also, the color of this stuff is INSANE! My husband literally told me to tell you it’s “liquid gold”. Tasty stuff.

Especially tasty when tossed with uber tender, buttery pulled pork. Once you add about half your bbq sauce to the meat, scoop 1 tablespoon or so into your Fritos scoops and drizzle over more sauce. Because I said so.

Top with a little bit of cilantro and that’s it! Super cute yet delicious appetizer, perfectly suited for any tailgating party.

If you love crockpot pulled pork, you’re gonna DIE for my Smoked Pork Butt.

Carolina BBQ Pulled Pork Frito Bites

Katie Cooksey

Carolina BBQ Pulled Pork Frito Bites are crunchy, tangy, sweet-with-a-little-heat, pork-tastic Frito bites! Carolina sauce never paired so well with pulled pork. It's a perfect tailgating recipe!

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 4 hours hrs

Total Time 4 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Servings 36 bites

Calories 73 kcal

Ingredients

 

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for the pork-

• 3 lb pork shoulder roast
• 1/2 onion chopped roughly
• 2 cups beef broth
• 2 cloves garlic smashed
• salt & pepper to taste

for the carolina bbq sauce-

• 1 1/4 cups yellow mustard
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce or more for spice
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 tablespoon molasses
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon white vinegar
• salt & pepper to taste
• Fritos scoops chips
• cilantro for garnish

Instructions

 

• Place all ingredients for the pork into a crockpot. Place the lid on and cook on high for 4 hours or until pork shreds easily with fork. Remove pork from crockpot and shred, discarding fat as you go.
• To make the carolina bbq sauce, place all ingredients into a saucepan and heat over medium, stirring as you go. Cook for 10 minutes and remove from heat. Pour half into the shredded pork and toss to coat.
• To assemble the Frito bites, place about 1 tablespoon of pork into each Frito scoop. Drizzle with more bbq sauce and top with cilantro. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 73kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 7gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 188mgPotassium: 139mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 49IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 1mg

Keyword Pulled Pork Frito Bites

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