Pork, stewed with vegetables, for example, with potatoes and peppers - is an excellent option for an everyday low-cost dish. And if you just knock a lot of meat, then you can not think about what to feed your family for a few days: just change the garnish. Buckwheat, pasta, mashed potatoes or vegetable salads - braised pork perfectly matches with all these products.
Correct meat - pledge of a delicious dish
To cook stewed pork, we choose the meat correctly: the flesh from the back, the scapula, the ham or the neck will fit optimally. The color of the meat should not be dark (it's not beef or lamb - they can be dark red), best of all - light red or pink. Of course, the piece should not be weather-beaten. Press on the pulp - there should be no traces on it, at least for a long time.
Braised pork
So, the basic recipe for stewed pork does not contain a lot of ingredients, and the cooking process is very simple.
Ingredients:
- onion large - 2-3 pcs .;
- Freshly ground pepper fragrant and black - to taste;
- carrots - 3 pieces;
- broth of meat - 0,5 l;
- scapula or ham - 1,3-1,5 kg;
- fat pork - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- hops-suneli or a similar mixture of herbs - 1/3 tsp.
Preparation
We clean the vegetables and chop the onions finely. Carrots can be rubbed, or can be cut into small cubes - a matter of taste. Meat washed, cut into small pieces. In a cauldron or a saucepan, we warm up half the fat and quickly fry the pieces of pork - they should have a crusty crust, so the meat will remain juicy. Spread the pieces on a plate and in the second half of the fat begin to simmer onions and carrots. When the vegetables change color, return the meat, pour half of the broth, cover and leave on low heat. Cooking pork should be about half an hour, stirring occasionally and pouring broth as necessary. Next, salt, pepper and a spice of spices and languish for about 7 minutes. Turn off the fire and let the dish stand on the cooling plate for a while.
Dish can be varied
If you add 300 grams of fatty sour cream along with salt and pepper, you will get a thick, rich pork stewed in sour cream. Do not put sour cream before - it will curdle in flakes, the dish will not have a rich creamy taste.
If 15 minutes before the meal is ready add mushrooms (champignons, white, boletus) cut into plates - about 0.5 kg for the indicated amount of the remaining products and stew, stirring to quickly evaporate the liquid, you will get stewed pork with mushrooms - a hearty and delicious dish, true , it is better to eat it immediately, rather than cook for future use.
Pork stew with zucchini
A great combination - pork, stewed with zucchini, peppers and eggplant. Vegetables will add value to the dish, and its rich taste is sure to please everyone.
Ingredients:
- onions - 2 pcs .;
- zucchini squash - 1 pc .;
- peppers Bulgarian red - 4 pcs .;
- eggplant - 2 pieces;
- ham of pork - 0,7-0,8 kg;
- vegetable refined oil - 60 ml;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- Freshly ground pepper fragrant and black - to taste;
- garlic - 3 slices;
- parsley - 1 small bunch.
Preparation
We clean vegetables, washing and drying meat. We cut onions - finely, peppers - with straws, meat - by portions,