Insane Carne Adovada Recipes

CARNE ADOVADA RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large pot to medium-high heat. I use my Dutch oven for this.
• Pat the chopped pork dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper and brown the pork a couple minutes per side. You may need to do this in batches. Remove the pork and set it aside for now.
• Heat 1 more tablespoon oil in the same pot and add the onion and peppers. Stir cook them down for 5 minutes to soften.
• Add the garlic and cook another minute, stirring, until the garlic blooms and becomes fragrant.
• Add the remaining 2 tablespoon olive oil and stir in the 2 tablespoons of flour. Cook, stirring constantly for 5 minutes to cook out the raw flour flavor. You can cook stirring longer if you'd like.
• Add the chicken broth, orange juice, chili powder, oregano, coriander, cumin and a bit more salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 5 minutes to thicken the gravy and develop the flavors.
• Return the browned pork to the pot bring the pot to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover, then cook the entire pot of pork in the gravy for 2 hours, or until the pork is fall-apart tender. The sauce should be nice and thick, like a chili gravy.
• Stir in the vinegar and honey. Season with a bit of salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve!

CARNE ADOBADA

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring the dried chiles and water to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for about 5 minutes, until the chiles have softened. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature. Drain.
• Blend the softened chiles, garlic, onion, vinegar, salt, cumin, pepper, oregano, and cinnamon in a blender until smooth.
• In a large bowl or baking dish, mix together the pork and chile purée until the meat is coated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours and up to overnight.
• In a large skillet, heat the oil over high heat. Add the carne adobada and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, until the meat is cooked through. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 12 to 15 minutes, until all of the juices from the meat and adobo sauce have evaporated and the meat has started to brown. Serve with beans and rice, or use as a filling for tacos.

CARNE ADOVADA

Steps:

• For the Marinade: Put the pork in a roasting pan. Combine the Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and some granulated garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Pour the marinade over the pork and massage it into the meat. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Transfer the roasting pan to the oven and roast, covered, for 1 hour.
• For the Italian Dressing: Vigorously mix the olive oil, cider vinegar, oregano, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and a pinch of salt in a small bowl; set aside.
• For the Salsa: Put the tomatoes, onions, celery, garlic, bell pepper and 5 cups water in a large pot over medium heat and bring to a boil. Cook for 15 minutes.
• Over an open flame, or on a grill or griddle over high heat, roast the chiles de arbol, California chiles and ancho chile for approximately 2 minutes. Toast the sesame seeds in a small skillet over low heat. Set aside.
• Add the roasted peppers, sesame seeds and boiled vegetables to a blender along with the Worcestershire sauce, oregano, granulated garlic, hot sauce, bread and cilantro leaves. Blend until smooth.
• Add the Italian dressing and blend thoroughly.
• Put the mixture into a large saucepan over medium heat and bring to boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Transfer the pork to a cutting board and cut into bite-size chunks.
• Add the pork to the saucepan and simmer for 25 minutes.

CARNE ADOVADA

Steps:

• Toss pork and 1 ½ teaspoons salt together in a bowl; refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Combine New Mexican chiles and 4 cups boiling water in medium bowl. Cover and let sit until chiles are softened, about 30 minutes. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325ºF (162ºC) degrees.
• Drain chiles, reserving 2 cups soaking liquid. Process chiles, honey, vinegar, garlic, oregano, cumin, cayenne, cloves, and ½ teaspoon salt in a blender to a thick paste, about 30 seconds.
• With blender running, slowly add reserved soaking liquid and blend until smooth, about 3 minutes.
• Combine pork and chile sauce in Dutch oven, stirring to coat, then bring to a boil over high heat. Cover pot, transfer to oven, and cook until pork is tender and fork inserted into pork meets little resistance, 2 to 2½ hours.
• Using wooden spoon or rubber spatula, scrape any browned bits from sides of pot and stir into pork until sauce is smooth and homogenous. Let stand, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Season with salt to taste. Serve with lime wedges.

CARNE ADOVADA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
• Brown the meat in an ovenproof saucepan and add the salt. Keep browning until all the liquid it releases is cooked and the meat is nice and brown. Add the spices and cook for about 1 minute. Add the red chile sauce and 2 quarts water and stir to deglaze the pan of the spices and fond. Put in the oven, uncovered, and cook nice and slow until it is fall-apart tender, about 6 hours.

INSTANT POT® CARNE ADOVADO

Steps:

• Place New Mexico chiles in a heat-proof bowl.
• Bring chicken broth to a boil in a small saucepan. Pour over the chiles; left soften, about 30 minutes.
• Turn on a multi-cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and the select Saute function. Coat pork with flour and add to pot in batches; saute until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer soaked chiles to a blender. Add broth, garlic, and chipotle peppers; blend until smooth.
• Combine blended chile sauce, onion, vinegar, salt, oregano, and cumin in a bowl; pour sauce over the pork.
• Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 20 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove lid.

CARNE ADOVADA

Steps:

• Put all ingredients in a Dutch oven. Cook uncovered for 4 hours. Turn off heat and check for tenderness, but do not stir.

CARNE ADOVADA

Steps:

• In a skillet or frying pan, heat oil over medium heat. Stir in flour and brown until light golden brown. Blend in chile powder. Slowly add water, stirring until lumps are removed. Add garlic, oregano, cumin and salt. Simmer on medium heat for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Place pork in a large baking pan or casserole pan. When chile mixture has cooled, add it to pork and mix until pork is covered with chile. Marinate pork for at least 12 hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Bake pork in preheated oven for at least 4 1/2 hours, or until meat is well cooked, tender and falls apart.

CARNE ADOVADA SOPES

Steps:

• In a large shallow dish, combine 1 cup broth, chili powder, vinegar, cilantro, honey and seasonings. Add the pork; turn to coat. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight., In an ovenproof Dutch oven, brown pork in 4 tablespoons oil in batches. Remove and keep warm. In the same pan, saute onions in remaining oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 2 minutes longer., Return pork to pan; add remaining broth and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Cover and bake at 350° until meat is tender, 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours. With a slotted spoon, remove meat to a large bowl. Skim fat from cooking liquid. Bring to a boil over high heat; cook until slightly thickened and reduced to about 2 cups, stirring occasionally. Return meat to pan; set aside and keep warm., For sopes, in a large bowl, combine masa harina and salt; stir in water. Knead until smooth, adding additional water, 1 teaspoon at a time, if necessary. Divide into 12 portions, about 1/4 cup each. Roll each to form a ball; flatten to 4-in. patty. Cover with plastic wrap., Heat a large ungreased skillet over medium heat until hot. Cook sopes in batches until lightly browned, about 1 minute on each side. Remove from pan. Immediately pinch edges to form a 1/2-in. rim; set aside., To serve, in same skillet, cook sopes in hot oil in batches over medium-high heat until golden brown and slightly crisp, 15-30 seconds on each side. Drain on paper towels. Using a slotted spoon, place pork on sopes; serve with toppings of your choice.

INSANE CARNE ADOVADA

Steps:

• Slice loin into six cutlets and pound to about half their thickness between waxed paper.
• Place cutlets in a glass dish and set aside.
• Mix together all other ingredients and pour over the top of pork cutlets.
• Cover the top of the glass dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.
• Prior to cooking, drain marinade and reserve.
• Broil cutlets for 10 minutes or until they are just cooked through.
• While they are cooking, place the reserved marinade in a saucepan and cook for about 5 minutes over medium heat.
• At serving time, pour the cooked sauce over the cutlets.
• The cutlets go nice with Mexican rice and refried beans.
• You can also serve more Insanity sauce if you dare!