BBQ Pork & Bean Pita Pockets

BBQ Pork & Bean Pita Pockets

🥘 Ingredients

  • BBQ sauce
    1 c
  • cannellini beans
    2 unit
  • cilantro
    ½ oz
  • lime
    2 unit
  • paper towels
  • plastic wrap
  • pulled pork
    1 lb
  • red onion
    1 unit
  • salt
  • whole wheat pitas
    4 unit

🍳 Cookware

  • small bowl
  • large pan
  1. 1
    Wash and dry produce.
  2. 2
    Halve, peel, and thinly slice half the red onion (whole onion for 4 servings). Halve lime . Drain cannellini beans . Roughly chop cilantro .
    red onion: 1 unit, lime: 2 unit, cannellini beans: 2 unit, cilantro: ½ oz
  3. 3
    In a small bowl (microwave safe), combine sliced onion, juice from whole lime (both limes for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt . Cover with plastic wrap and microwave for ⏱️ 30 seconds ; stir to combine. Set aside to pickle.
    salt, plastic wrap
  4. 4
    Heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Add pulled pork ; cook, breaking up pork into pieces, until warmed through, 2-3 minutes. Add BBQ sauce and beans; cook, stirring occasionally, until pork and beans are coated, 1-2 minutes.
    pulled pork: 1 lb, BBQ sauce: 1 c
  5. 5
    Meanwhile, wrap whole wheat pitas in damp paper towels and microwave until warm and pliable, 15-30 seconds; halve crosswise.
    whole wheat pitas: 4 unit, paper towels
  6. 6
    Fill each pita pocket with pork and beans, cilantro, and as much pickled onion as you like (draining first). Divide between plates and serve. Pulled Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.