Main Braised Roast Pork Tofu Cabbage Recipes

GERMAN BRAISED PORK & CABBAGE - SCHWEINEFLEISCH UND KOHL

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a 4- to 6-quart Dutch oven . Add the diced onion and sauté until translucent, then add the thinly sliced cabbage and stir to coat with the fat.
• Place 1 bay leaf, 3 juniper berries, 3 whole cloves, and 10 peppercorns in the middle of a square of cheesecloth. Tie it into a bundle with butcher's twine and place on top of the cabbage (or throw them in loose, if you do not mind).
• Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon cider vinegar and 2 cups dry white wine and bring to a boil.
• Lay the pork on top of the cabbage, cover with a tight-fitting lid and reduce heat.
• Simmer for three hours, or until meat is tender and easy to cut.
• Remove meat to a platter and keep warm.
• To finish the cabbage, you have several choices. You might want to cook down the liquid, then thicken it by adding 1 to 2 tablespoons of flour made into a slurry with part of the liquid and cooking it until thick. Another option is to add a few tablespoons of sour cream to the cabbage (do not boil afterward).
• Season to taste with salt, pepper, mustard and maybe a pinch of sugar.
• Serve the pork and cabbage with potatoes, mashed or boiled, and mashed fresh peas (without mint).

BRAISED CABBAGE WITH PORK

Steps:

• Finely slice the onion and put it and the dripping in a heavy-based, flameproof casserole dish. Fry the onion over a medium heat, stirring frequently, for about 5 mins.
• Cut the core from the cabbage and finely slice the leaves. Add this to the dish and toss everything together, cooking over a low heat while you peel and slice the apple.
• Crush the juniper and caraway seeds together and add these and the apple slices to the pan. Season and pour in the cider. Stir well and bring to a simmer, cover the dish and cook for 20 mins.
• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 4. Season the chops on both sides. Heat a heavy-based frying pan on a medium-high heat with the oil and brown the chops on both sides. Remove from the pan and place in the casserole dish on top of the cabbage, adding the stock cube, crumbling it over. Put the lid back on and cook in the oven for a further 30 mins. If there is a lot of liquid in the dish, place on the hob and simmer until it evaporates a little. Check the seasoning and serve with mashed potato.

SIMPLE PORK AND CABBAGE SKILLET

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the pork chops in the hot oil until well-browned on each side, about 10 minutes per side.
• Add the cabbage, onion, apple, 2 cups of water, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper to the skillet; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and place a cover on the skillet. Cook at a simmer until the pork chops are completely tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Remove the pork and vegetable mixture from the skillet, leaving as much of the liquid in the skillet as possible. Whisk the water and flour together in a small bowl. Raise the heat under the skillet to medium-high. Pour the flour mixture into the remaining liquid in the skillet. Cook, stirring constantly, until the gravy thickens and begins to boil. Reduce heat to low and continue to simmer an additional 5 minutes. Pour the gravy over the pork and vegetable mixture.

MAIN: BRAISED ROAST PORK, TOFU & CABBAGE

Steps:

• Combine the stir-fry sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• Reconstitute the dried shitake mushrooms in 2 cups of boiling water.
• Heat the oil in a wok and sauté garlic and green onions.
• Add Chinese cabbage and cook for 3-5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, steam the roast pork in a separate saucepan until heated through.
• Set the cabbage and green onions aside on a plate.
• Add the stir-fry sauce to the wok and simmer until thickened.
• Drain the shitake mushrooms and add to the sauce and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add the cabbage and pork to the wok and stir through the sauce.
• Add the tofu to wok and gently stir through, cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Serve with steamed rice.

RED ROAST PORK WITH SHANGHAI CABBAGE (DAD)

Steps:

• Put all liquid ingredients and sugar in a tall stockpot and bring to a boil. Add pork and reduce heat. When boiling again, turn down to a simmer and skim off the 'scum.' Add the rest of the remaining ingredients, except cabbage. Taste for seasoning; it should be fairly sweet. If not, add more brown sugar. Remember that the taste of the braising liquid will ultimately be the taste of the pork, so make sure it tastes good! Simmer slowly for 6 to 8 hours, or until pork is very soft. Carefully remove the pork, place it on a large platter and cover with foil to keep hot. Strain the liquid and reduce until a syrupy consistency is achieved, this will take 20 to 30 minutes. In the last 5 minutes of reducing, add the cabbage to cook until soft. Place cabbage around the pork and glaze pork with reduction. Serve with side of sambal oelek.

JUICY TENDER (CABBAGE WRAPPED) PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Remove 6-8 outer leaves of cabbage.
• Cut thick rib out of the center of the leaf, just the thick part only, cutting in no farther than 1/4-1/3 of the leaf.
• Cut off root ends of green onions, (you'll need a small bunch), separate leaves.
• In dutch oven or pot, bring 3 qts. water to a boil. Cook cabbage leaves in boiling water for 3-5 minutes til pliable.
• With tongs, remove cabbage leaves to colander.
• Add green onions to boiling water and blanch 10 seconds til just wilted.
• Drain and pat dry with paper towel.
• Preheat oven to 350º. Trim all fat from roast.
• In very small bowl, mix thyme, pepper and 1 teaspoons salt. Rub roast with thyme mixture.
• Wrap roast in wilted cabbage leaves.
• Tie leaves with green onions. If you have trouble with this, you can always use string. (You kinda have to tie 2 green onions together to be long enough.).
• Place roast in roasting pan, add 2 cups chicken bouillon.
• Roast 1 hour, basting 2-3 times with bouillon juices.
• Remove and let set at least 10 minutes. Remove cabbage and green onions. Discard or coarsely chop and serve with roast.
• Slice, and serve with strained pan juices.

ROAST PORK WITH CABBAGE AND CARAWAY

Steps:

• Combine 2 teaspoons caraway, garlic, salt and pepper in bowl. Place pork in glass baking dish. Rub pork with spice mixture. Cover and chill up to 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots, bay leaves and 1 teaspoon caraway; sauté until softened, about 8 minutes. Transfer to roasting pan. Heat 1/2 tablespoon oil in same skillet over high heat. Add half of cabbage and 1/2 teaspoon caraway; sautéuntil cabbage begins to wilt, about 4 minutes. Repeat with 1/2 tablespoon oil, half of cabbage and 1/2 teaspoon caraway. Add to onion mixture; mix to blend. Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in same skillet over high heat. Add pork; brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Set atop vegetables in pan. Add beer and molasses to skillet; bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Pour over vegetables. Add broth.
• Roast pork and vegetables 45 minutes. Turn pork over and roast until thermometer inserted into thick part registers 150°F., about 45 minutes or less Place pork on work surface. Discard bay leaves. Using slotted spoon, place vegetables on platter. Slice pork; place atop vegetables. Transfer Cooking juices to small saucepan. Boil 5 minutes. Spoon over pork.