Calabrian Pork Stove Top Stew Recipes

SAVORY PORK STEW

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle pork on all sides with salt, pepper, and garlic powder, and lightly coat with cornstarch. Place pork in the skillet, and cook until lightly browned but not done. Transfer to a slow cooker. Place potatoes, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, onion, and corn in the slow cooker.
• In a bowl, mix the tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup, milk, broth, and Italian seasoning. Pour into the slow cooker.
• Cover, and cook 1 hour on High. Reduce heat to Low, and continue cooking at least 1 hour.

CHEF JOHN'S IRISH PORK STEW

Steps:

• Season pork cubes with salt and black pepper.
• Heat vegetable oil in a pot over high heat. Working in batches, cook and stir pork in hot oil until browned on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer pork to a bowl and reduce heat to medium.
• Melt butter in the pot. Cook and stir onion with a pinch of salt in hot butter until onion is softened and translucent, 7 to 10 minutes. Add garlic; saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir flour into onion mixture; cook and stir until flour is completely incorporated, about 2 minutes. Add bay leaf and caraway seed; cook for 2 minutes more. Pour beer into onion mixture. Cook and stir until thickened, 1 to 3 minutes.
• Stir pork, chicken broth, carrots, and celery into beer mixture; bring to simmer. Stir 1/4 cup parsley and balsamic vinegar into stew, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until pork is fork-tender, about 2 hours.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the Brussels sprouts and cook uncovered until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Drain.
• Stir Brussels sprouts into stew and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide mashed potatoes between 6 bowls. Ladle stew over potatoes and top each with a pinch of parsley.

CARNIVAL PORK STEW

Steps:

• STOVE TOP METHOD
• SEASON pork with salt. Heat oil in large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Brown pork on all sides. Add ham, salsa, tomatoes, preserves, corn and beans. Reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 20 to 25 minutes or until pork is tender.
• STIR in cooked rice. Simmer 5 minutes or until heated through. Stir in green onions. Garnish with cilantro.
• SLOW COOKER METHOD
• COAT slow cooker with Crisco® No-Stick Cooking Spray.
• SEASON pork with salt. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown pork on all sides. Place in slow cooker. Add ham, salsa, tomatoes, preserves, corn and beans.
• COVER and cook on Low 8 to 10 hours or on High 4 to 5 hours. Add cooked rice at end of cook time. Stir in green onions. Garnish with cilantro.

SPANISH BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Toss chuck roast pieces with flour, salt, and pepper in a large mixing bowl.
• Heat olive oil in a 6-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Toss 1/2 of the coated beef pieces in the hot oil and brown on all sides, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the pot and repeat with the remaining beef.
• Return all the browned beef back to the pot and reduce heat to medium. Be sure to scrape up all the browned bits from the bottom of the pot or they will burn. Add diced tomatoes with juice, crushed tomatoes, onions, carrots, bell peppers, garlic, sweet and smoked paprika, oregano, and bay leaves. Stir to combine all ingredients, and bring to a boil.
• Cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Allow to simmer for 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally to make sure nothing is sticking to the bottom of the pot.
• Stir in frozen green peas and olives. Cover and simmer for 15 more minutes.
• Remove bay leaves and serve warm.

CALABRIAN PORK STOVE TOP STEW

Steps:

• Toss pork cubes with flour and brown in hot oil in large skillet with lid. Remove pork and reserve. Sauté carrots in skillet, adding more olive oil if necessary, until brightly colored; return pork to pan with garlic, tomatoes, wine, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and cayenne. Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, until pork and carrots are tender. Stir in onions and green beans and heat through, about 5-7 minutes.