Kristy's Kitchen

Ingredients: Huge hunk o' pork (butt or shoulder) 2-3 packages of sauerkraut Instructions: Poke pork with a fork all over. Place in a crockpot and top with the sauerkraut. Let it cook all day and serve with mashed potatoes.  A Pennsylvania New Year's Day tradition!

Ingredients: ¼ oz dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked in water for at least 30 minutes (I used fresh) ½ lb shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 lb ground pork 2 scallions, finely chopped ¼ cup cilantro, minced 1 TBSP soy sauce ½ tsp salt ½ tsp fish sauce ¼ tsp ground white pepper ¼ tsp toasted sesame oil Sriracha, to taste Instructions: Check that your dried ’shrooms are hydrated. I throw the dried mushrooms in a bowl of water in the morning so they’ll be ready by the time I make dinner.  Preheat the oven to 400°F, and squeeze the water out of the shiitake mushrooms. Cut off the hard stems, and finely mince them. Or if using fresh mushrooms, just chop them.  Finely chop the shrimp until you’ve got a chunky paste. Place the shrimp in a large bowl and add the pork, mushrooms, scallions, cilantro, coconut aminos, salt, fish sauce, white pepper, sesame oil and sriracha. Use your hands to squeeze and mix the meatball mixture until a sticky and tacky mass is formed. Form the mixture into 1½-i...

Ingredients: 4 cups water 1/3 cup soy sauce 1 tsp minced garlic 1/2 tsp onion powder 1 pork shoulder (or butt) 2 cups cider vinegar 1 TBSP sugar 1 TBSP red pepper flakes Instructions: Place pork in crock pot and add water, soy sauce, garlic and onion powder. Cook until pork is heated through (we start in the morning for dinner that night).  To make BBQ sauce, whisk together cider vinegar, sugar and red pepper flakes. Serve on a sesame seed bun topped with Oriental Coleslaw .

Ingredients: 2 bone-in pork chops 2 TBSP EVOO 2 garlic cloves Salt & pepper, to taste Instructions: Heat the oven to 350. Heat the EVOO at medium high in a frying pan on the stove. Add the garlic and let sizzle for just a few seconds. Season the chops with salt & pepper and add to the pan. Cook on each side for about 5 minutes to let them get a golden brown sear. Transfer the chops to a baking pan and top with the garlic & oil from the frying pan. Cook in the preheated oven until the chops reach a temperature of 180.

Ingredients: 3 pounds pork shoulder  2 tablespoon liquid smoke  to taste sea salt  Instructions: Place pork in a slow cooker. Add liquid smoke and sea salt. Cook for 8-12 hours

Ingredients: 1 or 2 racks pork baby back ribs 1 can beef broth Emeril's Essence Instructions: First slice the membrane on the back of the ribs several times. Next rub them with Essence. Then sear the ribs…for the best flavor use a grill but it can be done in the broiler or in a large frying pan. Preheat oven to 200. Place ribs in a deep cookie sheet or similar pan. Cover the bottom of the pan with beef broth and wrap tightly in foil. Cook 4-6 hours until very tender.