Slow Cooker Country Pork Stew Recipes

SLOW-COOKER HEARTY PORK STEW

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except flour and butter in 3 1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 6 to 7 hours (or high heat setting 3 to 4 hours) or until pork is no longer pink and vegetables are tender.
• Mix flour and butter. Gently stir flour mixture, 1 spoonful at a time, into pork mixture until blended.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

SLOW-COOKED PORK STEW

Steps:

• Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper; transfer to a 4-qt. slow cooker. Add carrots, celery and onion. In a small bowl, whisk broth and tomato paste; pour over vegetables. Add plums, garlic, bay leaves, rosemary, thyme and, if desired, olives. Cook, covered, on low 5-6 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender., Discard bay leaves, rosemary and thyme. If desired, sprinkle stew with parsley and serve with potatoes.

SLOW COOKER COUNTRY PORK STEW

Steps:

• Scrub the potatoes well then cut into cubes. Peel the carrots and slice into 1/2-inch rounds. Dice the onion and zucchini. Place the vegetables in the bottom of the crock pot. Cut the pork into 1-inch cubes and place on top of the vegetables. Combine the tomatoes, water, beef bouillon granules, salt, pepper, and paprika in a small bowl. Pour over the pork and vegetables (do not stir). Cover the crock pot and cook on low heat for 4-6 hours or until the pork and vegetables are tender. Increase the heat to high. Mix together the cornstarch and cold water until smooth. Stir into the stew and cook until the sauce has thickened, about 20-30 minutes. Serve hot.

SLOW-COOKER COUNTRY STYLE PORK RIBS

Steps:

• Spray 4- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place ribs in slow cooker. In medium bowl, mix all remaining ingredients. Pour over ribs.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 9 to 10 hours.

SLOW-COOKED PEPPERED PORK STEW

Steps:

• Turn slow cooker to High and add a little water to coat the bottom of the pot. Add carrots and cook until nearly tender, about 1 hour.
• Add condensed soups to the carrots. Fill 1 emptied can with water and stir in until soup is as thin as a broth. Add celery, potatoes, and onion. Sprinkle in cumin, pepper, basil, garlic, mustard, and dill weed. Stir well and season with salt.
• Lay pork tenderloin on top of vegetables; cut in half if needed to fit. Cover and continue cooking on High for 4 hours. Pork should be slightly pink in the center, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
• Remove pork, cut into chunks, and return to the pot. Stir and simmer as desired.

SLOW COOKER PORK STEW

Steps:

• Mix flour, mustard powder, pepper, and salt together in a large bowl. Add pork and stir until fully coated.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add some pork to the hot oil, making sure skillet is not overcrowded, and cook until browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a slow cooker and repeat with remaining pork.
• Add remaining flour mixture to the skillet with a little more oil if needed. Cook and stir until lightly browned; transfer to the slow cooker.
• Add 2 cups vegetable stock to the slow cooker and stir until all flour lumps are gone. Add onions and wine.
• Cover and cook on High for 3 hours. Stir and season with salt and pepper, if necessary. Add more vegetable stock if too thick. Add carrots and yams and cook for another 2 hours. Add apples and cook until tender, 30 to 60 more minutes.

SLOW-COOKER PORK STEW

Steps:

• Combine the potatoes, carrots, celery, garlic and ginger in a slow cooker. Toss in half of the flour and season with salt and pepper. Scatter the bay leaves over the vegetables.
• Season the pork generously with salt and pepper, sprinkle with the thyme and allspice and toss with the remaining flour to coat. Place the pork over the vegetables in the slow cooker. Add 2 cups water and the tomatoes, cover and cook on low 8 hours.
• Discard the bay leaves. Remove the pork roast and slice or pull the meat off the bone into large pieces. Serve in bowls with the vegetables and broth.

SLOW-COOKED PORK STEW

Steps:

• Place the pork in a crock pot, and add the carrots, potatoes, parsnips, onions, leeks, garlic, spinach, pepper, thyme and salt.
• In a medium bowl, combine the vegetable juice, brown sugar, mustard and tapioca.
• Pour it over the pork and vegetables.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 4 hours.
• Note accompanying the original recipe: This recipe can also be cooked in a large casserole dish. Cover tightly and bake at 135ºC/275ºF/gas 1 for 5 hours without disturbing.
• My Note: When I first came across this recipe, the reference to tapioca made me more than a little dubious. It sounded just a bit too nineteenth century, somehow smacking of grim British boarding school meals. Or something like that. Tapioca was an ingredient I had NEVER used, so I checked it out on the internet and learnt courtesy of Encyclopedia Britannica, that it (tapioca) was probably first harvested by the Mayans. And the sheer mystique of THAT connection was enough for me to give the recipe a try. I still haven't used tapioca in any other way, but I'm glad to have found this recipe. Tapioca and all!

SLOW COOKER PORK STEW

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over high heat until hot. Add pork; sprinkle with salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until browned.
• In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix pork and remaining ingredients except green beans.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
• About 20 minutes before serving, stir thawed green beans into stew. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook 15 to 20 minutes longer or until green beans are tender.