Do you ever struggle to come up with meal ideas? We had a farm hand who worked with us for a few years in high school and then through college. When here, I always made him lunch, supper, and snacks. One day, he made the comment to my husband, “Doesn’t Miranda ever make leftovers?” My husband responded that it’s against the rules to feed our guests leftovers! However, that’s SO not true! I just prefer to repurpose the leftovers into something new. So that way, we’re not doubling up the same meal all the time. I really try to not let much food go to waste and this is a great way to manage that. So today, I’m sharing a variety of ways to use leftover pork chops.
Leftover Pork Chops? No Problem! Repurpose Them Into Something New
- Chop Them Up And Make Pork Fried Rice
- Cut Up And Add Them To Stir Fry
- Fry Up In The Morning And Add To A Biscuit For A Breakfast Sandwich
- Top With BBQ Sauce And Serve In A Tortilla With Shredded Lettuce And Cheese
- Make Pork Egg Rolls
- Chop Into Fine Pieces And Sprinkle Over Loaded Nachos
- Add To An Omelet
- Slice Up And Place In A Salad
- Ramen Pork Chops: Grab a package or two of ramen noodles. Pan fry thinly sliced pork chops along with onions, garlic, and slivered colored peppers. Stir in the cooked ramen noodles.
- Taco Pork Chops: Warm the meat back up, add taco seasoning, and serve in tortilla shells.
- Serve With White Rice & Soy Sauce
- Shredded Pork Chop Sandwich: Shred the leftover pork chops and toss into BBQ sauce. Top with coleslaw and serve on a kaiser roll.
- Make Pork Chop Burrito Bowls: Tacos-cube leftover pork chops, add a can of black beans + whatever spices you like (I usually do garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper, etc.). Put in some corn tortillas with avocado or salsa/pico.
- Pork Chop Sandwiches With Mustard
- Tortilla Pork Chops: Fry pork chop leftovers with chopped cabbage, can or fresh diced tomatoes, salt, and pepper. A side of refried beans and warm tortillas.
- Hawaiian Style Tacos: Slice leftover meat thinly and add pineapple/mango salsa and cilantro to make tacos! Serve with a side of cilantro rice.
- Google “Pyttipanna”: Cut up potatoes, cut up the pork chops. Chop and fry some onions, mix all together with salt and pepper, fry a few eggs, serve with pickled beets.
- Sweat And Sour Pork
- Scalloped Potatoes And Pork: Bake them in some scallop potatoes and serve.
- Breakfast Sandwich: Pork chop and scrambled egg sandwiches. Serve on a bun.
- Egg Roll In A Bowl: Dice them up and use in an egg roll in a bowl.
- Pork-Chop Quesadillas
What’s your favorite way to spice up leftover pork chops?
And don’t forget to make some dessert! These 4 Minute Air Fryer Donuts are so quick and easy and always a hit!
I use left over pork frequently in stir fries or just along with a rice pilaf and veggies.
We don’t eat pork, but I love the idea of using left overs in other meals. I haven’t tried to do that before, but it would definitely save some money! My mom likes pork chops… I’ll have to pass on the info.
All these sound delicious. I will try these when I have left over pork.
Great suggestions. For some reason I always have left overs and never know what to do with them. Thank you so much for sharing
I never know what to do with leftover pork chops. Thanks for the ideas!
I love pork chops thanks for the info
I like using leftover pork to make pork fried rice. It’s a family favorite
I think the fried rice idea appeals to me the most. I love rice dishes. You could add chopped veggies and have a great stir-fry with rice. Yum.
You guys must eat a lot of pork to have so many different ideals. I usually just fix 2 or 3 and eat as left overs. I do like the thin pork chops with biscuits. Do you ever fix pork chops in the air fryer?
If I’ve done it right, we don’t usually have leftovers. Stir fries are a great go-to for me.
You can stuff pork roast with cream chees and a little hot pepper so I bet you could serve cream cheese on the side so left over pork chops wouldn’t be so dry.
I only cook for two so we don’t have leftover pork chops but these are great ideas!
I use left over pork frequently in soups
Yummmmo I love all your suggestions!! I’m especially going to try the Asian ones!!
Wow, I never realized there were so many options. Going to have to try some of these.
I reuse everything when we have leftovers. Pork chops usually are easily managed. I bet you could apply these same recipes to say a larger cut like a pork roast.
Wow, I am amazed that there are so many different ways to use leftover porkchops! Thank you so much for sharing all of these ideas!
Super ideas for left overs. I do like to come up with super dinner ideas like these.
I want to tr these different ideas, Sounds yummy.
I enjoy making egg roll in a bowl for my family since it is low carb. It’s so easy to throw in leftover pork and make a quick dinner!
I like making pork fried rice.
I love all of the great suggestions. They would be great for a quick dinner.
This looks oh so yummy!
This is a great list. We eat pork chops often and I’ve never thought about making anything besides my usual recipe with them. Not that we have any leftovers, but now I may make a couple of extra ones so I can have them ready for a quick dinner the next night.
Thank you for these ideas! I never know how to serve them leftover.
I love the idea of using left over pork chops in a fresh way in fried rice. There are so many great ideas in this article.