Slow-cooked Korean BBQ Pork Butt

** I thought I'd try another version of this yummy Korean BBQ sauce that I found at Super H Mart. So, here goes!

Pork Butt roast
BBQ Sauce (see picture)
( I will be coming up with a recipe for this sauce, homemade, since I cannot get it here, in France. Stay Tuned. )
Crock Pot
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It is so simple, it seems silly to write it. But all I did was put the roast into the crock pot at 9AM, pour about 1/4 of the bottle of sauce over the roast, cover and cook on low until 6PM when we ate. It turned out delicious and tender. Not at all spicy hot. Very flavorful and saucy. If you want to use the gravy, make rice or noodles. I served ours with green beans, biscuits and red salad.

Lots of leftover. It will make some extraordinary BBQ sandwiches. :) I can hardly wait!

Large pork butt roast. This is boneless. It doesn't matter if it has bones. It will get so tender it'll fall off the bones if there are any. 9:00AM

Pour sauce over.

I used a spoon to spread the sauce over all of the meat.

Cover Crockpot. Set to LOW. Cook for 8-10 hours. Longer will not hurt it.

Here's the sauce. I used about 1/4 of the bottle.

6:00PM. All done, and scrumptious. Next time, I'll trim the visible fat off the roast. It was a little fatty in the gravy. There's plenty of marbleized fat in the meat, don't worry about it being dry.

There's lots of gravy in the Crockpot. Feel free to serve over noodles or rice. The incredible part was really enjoying this roast for the next couple of days. I pulled the meat off the fat and laid the cooked meat into tortillas with cheese and it made FANTASTIC pork and cheese quesadillas. Lay it on top of hot biscuits and make pulled pork sandwiches. It reheats in a flash and my family fought over who was going to eat the last of it!

Irish Boiled Dinner

Not just for St. Patrick's Day! 

Corned Beef Brisket
Cabbage
Carrots
Potatoes
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You can make this on the stovetop or in the crockpot. I thoroughly enjoy letting my crockpot do the work while I'm not home. So, that is my preferred method.

I like to lay the carrots on the bottom of the crock pot. They need to be submerged to cook well.

Lay your corned beef into the crockpot, on top of the carrots, pouring any juices in the bag, into the pot. Save out the spice packet. I shouldn't need to say this, but DO NOT cook the spice packet... :)

Cut up your cabbage into nice wedges. If you cook your corned beef in a large pot on the stove, you can get away with leaving the cabbage in quarters or even halves. To slide them in next to the meat in a crockpot, slice them into thinner wedges. I only used 1/2 of the head of cabbage here. Use as much as your family will eat.

If you will not be home all day, add your potatoes now. If you will be home, add the potatoes a couple hours before dinner. Just push them down into the pot so they are under water.

Pour enough water to submerge the vegetables in the bottom of the crock. Only up to about half of the meat. The food will also make more juices. We don't need a flood.

Pour the spice packet over the meat and vegetables now. Put the lid on and cook on low for 8 - 12 hours while you are out having a fun day!

Not so many ingredients.

Lay cleaned carrots in the bottom of the crockpot.

Let's get that cabbage ready.

Cut the core out. I make stabs all around the core rather than trying to cut all around in one curvy motion. That's a sure way to lose a thumb. :O

Ok, now the core lifts right out.

Slice in half. A nice long sharp knife works best. Just get it started and push down on both sides of the knife, keeping your fingers out of the way!

Now, wedge the half.

Lay cabbage in the crock.

Slide meat out of bag into crock, allowing all the juices from the bag to go into the crock.

Pull out that spice packet. Set it aside.

Pour water in to cover veggies and up about half the side of the meat. Don't cover the meat completely.

Now, sprinkle the spices over the top.

Cover and turn crockpot on LOW.

I will be home later, closer to dinner time, so I'll add the potatoes later. About an hour or so before dinner. I choose smallish potatoes and add them whole. They won't fall apart then as the get tender in the water.

All done! All done! Where are the plates? Some nice crusty French bread to go with and you are all set! Oh, don't forget the mustard! :)

Roast Beast in the crock pot

Another really simple one...

Chuck Roast

Canned French Onion Soup

Dry Onion Soup Mix

Potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, any veggies you like

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If you want to get fancy, brown your roast in a hot pan before adding it to the crock pot. I never do. Mix together the two onion soups. Pour over meat and veggies in the crock pot.

Cook on low for 8-12 hours.

Makes GREAT gravy!!! 

One can of French Onion Soup

Chuck Roast. Yes, it's frozen. I forgot to take it out last night. :)

One packet of dry onion soup.

Mix the wet and dry soups. Do not add water. 

Put veggies into the bottom of the crock, meat on top. Veggies dry out if they are above the meat.

Pour soup over the top and spread around evenly.

Ten hours later....

On the platter, ready to serve, with gravy on the side. Add a loaf of crusty French bread and you're ready to roll! :)