How many calories in pulled pork
A pulled pork sandwich has about 590 kcal, with 35 g of protein from the pork.
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To burn it off
Pulled pork is pork shoulder cooked low and slow until it falls apart, then mixed with barbecue sauce and piled into a soft bun. American barbecue, now on every street food market and pub menu.
One sandwich is about 590 kcal, with 35 g of protein, 55 g of carbs and 25 g of fat. The sauce and the bun bring most of the carbs.
It usually comes with coleslaw, fries or mac and cheese, which is where it really adds up. The sandwich on its own is a decent lunch.
Tips
- 1Go easy on extra barbecue sauce, it's mostly sugar.
- 2Swap the fries for a side salad or just the coleslaw.
- 3Have it in a smaller bun or on a plate with salad.
Where it comes from
Pulled pork grew out of Southern barbecue. The word comes from barbacoa, the Spanish name for the wooden frame the Taíno of the Caribbean cooked on, and Hernando de Soto brought pigs to the American South around 1540. In the Carolinas, cooking whole hogs and shoulders slowly over coals became a tradition long before anyone called it pulled pork.
Where does our food come from? · Source: The Lexington Collection (ibiblio, University of North Carolina), Origins of barbecue
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Questions
How much protein is in a pulled pork sandwich?
About 35 g.
Is pulled pork fatty?
The shoulder is a fattier cut, but a sandwich comes out at about 25 g of fat.
How many calories with coleslaw on the side?
A portion of coleslaw is about 150 kcal, so together that's about 740.
Is pulled chicken lighter than pulled pork?
Usually, chicken is a leaner meat than pork shoulder, so a pulled chicken bun tends to come in lower, with a similar amount of protein.
Does slow cooking get rid of the fat?
Some of it melts out into the cooking juices. Pour those off or skim them before you mix in the sauce and the meat ends up a bit leaner.
