Pork

Sesame Pork Loin Noodle Bowls with Basil and Lemon

Here’s a perfect dish for a hot day: A delicious cold noodle bowl topped with thin-sliced sesame-crusted pork loin. It tastes light, but it’s also hearty enough to satisfy. And it’s deceptively easy to make: First, you toss noodles in a chili-garlic oil with sesame, ginger, scallion and fresh herbs. As […]

No-Grill Guajillo Pork Ribs

Here’s a secret about cooking ribs: You don’t have to fire up the grill to make them taste like you spent hours outside cooking. In this recipe, a marinade made with Guajillo and chipotle chilies, tomato paste, brown sugar and garlic gives the ribs a deep, sweet and smoky flavor. […]

Pork Chops with Sweet and Spicy Peppers

Here’s a quick and easy meal with plenty of complex flavor that really shows off ButcherBox’s Boneless Pork Chops and summer’s bounty of fresh peppers. All you do is sear the chops, then cook up a tangle of fresh summer peppers and onion in the same skillet. The dish gets […]

Grilled pork and stone fruit skewers

Pork and Stone Fruit Skewers

When we say, “pork shoulder,” you may think of pulled pork (and hey, we love pulled pork)–but this economical cut also works beautifully cut up, skewered and grilled. Here we do just that, grilling pork shoulder pieces alternated with one of our summer favorites: Stone fruit. We call for peaches […]

Hot Dog Party

Your summer barbecue will be everyone’s favorite event when you make it a hot dog party, with perfectly grilled hot dogs and tons of fun toppings. Made from grass-finished and pasture-raised beef, ButcherBox “dogs” taste great however you cook them–but when you grill them, the meat’s sugars caramelize, adding a […]

Quick-Grilled Pork Ribs with Charred Scallion Sauce

Instead of slow cooking or braising for hours, like in our no-grill Guajillo rib recipe, here the ribs are cooked hot and fast. Are they the melt in your mouth, fall off the bone kind of ribs? No, but they have a delicious meaty chew and a lot of flavor […]

Charcuterie and Seasonal Veggie Board

Celebrating the deliciousness of charcuterie can also mean pairing them with seasonal vegetables that balance out all the extra richness and saltiness that cured meats tend to have and honestly, why we like them so much. ButcherBox’s charcuterie is made from pork including thinly sliced prosciutto, garlicky Genoa salame and […]

Breakfast Sausage Scramble with Spring Onions

With just a few ingredients including ButcherBox’s sweet and savory breakfast sausage, this quick and extremely satisfying scramble can help jump start any day of the week. The other main characters: sautéed spring onions (AKA young onions) and pillowy goat cheese help make this simple scramble feel nourishing, light yet […]

Instant Pot® Baby Back Ribs

Cooking ribs, especially ButcherBox’s Ribs, in an Instant Pot® will make you a believer in pressure cooking if you’ve at all been skeptical. For one, it cuts the normal cooking time down by a lot. Plus, with this recipe you’ll see how tender and flavorful these baby back ribs can […]

Pasta Bolognese with Spinach and Parmesan

This makes quite a large batch of saucy and savory slow-cooked bolognese, famed meaty sauce that hails from Bologna, Italy. Here, ground beef, pork and bacon are the main characters, but they are supported by a vegetable medley, warm and cooling spices, orange peel and tomato to keep things bright […]

Pork Chops in Peppery Gravy

ButcherBox’s Pork Chops get seared until golden brown and then braised on the stovetop in a savory gravy that acts as a sauce, but also the cooking medium—efficient and genius, really. It’s a method called smothering and rooted in the American South’s cajun and creole cuisines. This technique works very […]

Pan-Roasted Pork Steaks with White Bean and Radish Salad

Richly marbled ButcherBox Pork Butt, usually destined for low and slow cooking, is sliced and seared on high for a steak-like meal that’s similar to cooking a pork chop, but more forgiving if you overcook it. The salad of peppery crunch from radishes and creamy white beans, tossed in a […]