Salsa Pulled Pork Soup -- A Leftovers Recipe
Comforting, easy, and slightly spicy: Salsa Pulled Pork Soup is a fantastic way to turn leftover pulled pork into something completely new!
As some of you may remember, earlier this week I made up a big batch of salsa pork in the slow cooker -- and yesterday I told you about the salsa pork naan pizza I made with some of the leftovers. Well, we're not done yet! Here's another easy 30 minute weeknight dinner recipe that takes advantage of our seemingly endless supply of leftover salsa pork: Salsa Pulled Pork Soup. Because nothing is better than flavorful leftovers as ingredients, right?
This simple salsa pulled pork soup recipe was originally inspired by the pulled pork tortilla soup recipe on the National Pork Board's site, but I changed it up a bit for our tastes -- and used both homemade fire roasted tomatoes and homemade vegetable broth to kick up the freshness factor. The end result: Everything you could ask for in a homey taco soup recipe, with all the flavor of slow-cooked pork in a quick-cooked weeknight recipe.
Salsa Pulled Pork Soup
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ a medium yellow onion, chopped (about ½ cup)
4 cloves garlic, chopped (or 2 teaspoon minced)
4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
1 cup salsa verde
14.5 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes (or 1.5 cups homemade!)
14.5 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
Kernels cut from 2 ears cooked corn (about one cup packed, or one can, drained)
½ teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
Two cups leftover cooked & shredded salsa pork, carnitas, or pulled pork
Juice of ½ a lime
Directions
Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until shimmering, then saute onion for four minutes, or until it begins to brown and soften. Add garlic and saute another 30 seconds or so. Add in broth, salsa, tomatoes, beans, corn, and spices, then bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low and stir in shredded pork.
Cover pot and simmer for 15 minutes, then stir in lime juice and serve. Optional: Garnish with cilantro, shredded cheese, avocado, tortilla chips, sour cream, and/or other toppings of choice.
Leftovers ftw!
Salsa pulled pork soup is the quintessential comfort food: It's just a touch spicy, it's hearty & filling, and a big bowl of this soup just makes life seem a little bit better. Mr. 10 was a huge fan of this one, and put away his bowl with an inordinate number of tortilla chips + a little shredded cheddar cheese. This easy pulled pork soup recipe is naturally gluten free.
Salsa Pulled Pork Soup, printable recipe
Salsa Pulled Pork Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ a medium yellow onion, chopped (about ½ cup)
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped (or 2 teaspoon minced)
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 cup salsa verde
- 14.5 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes (or 1.5 cups homemade!)
- 14.5 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
- Kernels cut from 2 ears cooked corn (about one cup packed, or one can, drained)
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- Two cups leftover cooked & shredded salsa pork, carnitas, or pulled pork
- Juice of ½ a lime
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until shimmering, then saute onion for four minutes, or until it begins to brown and soften. Add garlic and saute another 30 seconds or so.
- Add in broth, salsa, tomatoes, beans, corn, and spices, then bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low and stir in shredded pork.
- Cover pot and simmer for 15 minutes, then stir in lime juice and serve. Optional: Garnish with cilantro, shredded cheese, avocado, tortilla chips, sour cream, and/or other toppings of choice.
Notes
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I wish i had this recipe last week! I had so much pork left over! We had quesadillas, pulled pork baked beans, burritos, eggs and pulled pork. pork pork pork! looks delicious!
Thanks! And that's a good problem to have, right? 😉
I did this vegetarian and served kielbasa on the side- excellent and very pretty too!
So much flavor!
I made this for a work potluck, using left over bbq pork tenderloin. It was amazing, got tons of compliments. The only thing i did differently was add bay leaf.
Thank you for this! Sooooo yummy!!
I had leftover pork shoulder I made in the crockpot with just garlic salt for pulled pork sandwiches on Super Bowl Sunday and went on a hunt tonight for a soup recipe for supper and came across this gem!
I substituted the fire roasted tomatoes (I didn’t have any) for two 10 oz. cans of Rotel diced tomatoes & green chilies, and added 2 additional cups of chicken broth plus a good sized bunch of fresh cilantro. I also let it simmer for about a half hour or so on very low heat and served it with flour tortillas I warmed directly over the fire burners on my stovetop.
This recipe is absolutely delicious! I caught myself fantasizing about a third bowl while I was in the middle of eating my second bowl lol Will definitely make again for sure!
Awesome soup! Love how flavorful and quick it was to whip up. Perfect way to get rid of a large amount pulled pork sitting in the fridge. I had some left over wild rice, so I added that as well. Tasty!
Thank you so much for this recipe. The flavors are amazing!
Thank you. 🙂 I really enjoyed it.
Just made it tonight and it is delicious. I used Homony instead of fresh corn. Other than that I pretty much followed the recipe. Really a spicy and nourishing delight
I made this for dinner tonight, it reminds me of chicken tortilla soup. I didn't have tomatoes on hand so I substituted traditional mild salsa instead of using the salsa verde. I sauteed diced green bell peppers along with the onions. It came out well, I would make this again.
Made it last night. Doubled the corn and black beans because I had double the left over meat. Also added a little more seasoning and about a cup more water. It was great! The hubby really liked it and he is picky! Will make it again.
This soup was so easy and beyond delicious! I had left over baby back ribs and found your recipe. I can’t wait to eat another bowel. ( I did remove the corn and beans for a lower carb soup, ). But with the addition pull cheese sour cream and avacado I was was in keto heaven. Perfect flavor combination!!
Very Yummy!! Made BBQ Pulled Pork for Superbowl and had leftover. Other changes were what I had on hand. Beef broth, Italian diced tomatoes and corn and black bean salsa and a whole med. onion.