From The TeamingUp Kitchen: Diabetes-Friendlier Pulled Pork

Time: 50 min      Yields: 4      Calories: 251

Bring all the flavor of a North Carolina barbecue to your table with a few tweaks to make it more quickly and healthier.

Ingredients

Pork

  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 pound pork tenderloin, trimmed of all visible fat
  • 3 teaspoons olive oil, divided
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 (8-ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon honey

Slaw

  • 2 cups thinly sliced cabbage
  • 1 medium carrot, peeled and coarsely shredded
  • 1 small Gala or other red apple, cored and cut into thin strips
  • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon celery seeds
  • pinch of black pepper

Directions

  1. To make the pork, stir together the paprika, chili powder, salt, and cayenne in a small bowl.
  2. Cut the pork across the grain into 2-inch slices. Sprinkle half of the paprika mixture all over the pork.
  3. Heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the pork and cook, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 6 minutes. Transfer the pork to a plate.
  4. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon of olive oil to the skillet. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, until it begins to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and the remaining paprika mixture and cook, stirring constantly until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
  5. Add the tomato sauce, vinegar, and honey to the skillet and stir to mix well. Add the pork and any accumulated juices, reduce the heat to very low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the pork is tender, about 25 minutes.
  6. Remove the skillet from the heat. Using 2 forks, shred the pork apart into chunks in the skillet. Stir to combine with sauce.
  7. Meanwhile, to make the slaw, toss together all the ingredients in a large bowl. Cover and refrigerate up to 1 hour. Serve the pork with the slaw.

Nutritional Facts

Serving Size: 2/3 cup of pork and 1 cup slaw
Total Servings: 4

251
calories
per serving

Total Fat 

8g

Saturated Fat

2g

Cholesterol

74mg

Sodium

397mg

Total Carbohydrate

19g

Dietary Fiber

4g

Total Sugar

13g

Protein

26g

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