Healthier Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Some easy tricks to making healthier pulled pork sandwiches include using a leaner cut of meat, choosing a lower-calorie barbecue sauce, and serving your sandwiches with smaller buns and a lower-fat coleslaw. To top it all off, this recipe is made in the slow cooker, so it doesn’t get easier than this!

Step: 1

Put onion in a 4-quart slow cooker; top with pork. Stir chili powder, paprika, cumin, chipotle pepper, black pepper, and dry mustard together in a small bowl; sprinkle over pork. Pour water over pork. Cook, covered, on Low until pork is very tender, about 6 hours.

Step: 2

Remove pork from slow cooker and shred with 2 forks. Return pork to juices in the cooker. Stir in barbecue sauce.

Step: 3

Spoon 1/3 cup pork evenly onto each bun bottom; top each with 1/2 cup slaw and top bun.

Per Serving: 351 calories; protein 17.9g; carbohydrates 49.7g; fat 8.5g; cholesterol 39.9mg; sodium 516.7mg.

Getting stay in and make food your dinner instead of eat in the evening out is already a step in the right direction if you’re more point on eating healthier. There’s no better way to know exactly what’s going into the food you’re eat than by making it yourself! Mastering the main dish is only half the battle , like that . And once you’ve mastering your chicken, steak, or fish, it’s time to make your attention to the ever- important side dishes.

A side dish can easily derail your health goals, as sweetness , sodium, fat, and calories would all get than high quickly if you’re not think about it . But with our good practise of cook on side dish recipes, you won’t ever run into that problem .