Pork stew with tomatoes
√Perfect comfort food √Pork stew √Ideal for cheaper cuts of meat
Ingredients
- 750 gr pork shoulder or pork cheeks
- 1 tbsp oil
- 20 g butter
- 1 onion cut in quarters
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 leek cut in pieces
- 1 can tomatoes
- 3 fresh tomatoes cut in quarters
- 1 chili pepper hot pepper, sliced finely
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 bay leaves
- 750 ml chicken stock or more if needed
- 1 slice white bread
- 200 gr bimi or broccoli in florets
- salt
- pepper
- a few sprigs of thyme
- little bit of cornflour to thicken the sauce
Instructions
- Cut the pork into smaller cubes. Heat the butter in a Dutch oven and brown the meat on all sides before adding the rest of the ingredients. Add the onions, garlic, leeks, chili, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, thyme, tomatoes and can of tomatoes and add stock until the meat is just covered with liquid. Place the slice of bread on top. This will already thicken the sauce a bit.
- Bring to the boil and leave to simmer for about 1,5 hrs. Check how far your meat is and once almost done ad the bimi or broccoli and cook in the liquid for the remaining half hour until the meat is tender and the bimi is cooked.
- Additionally you can add some corn flour to thicken it even more. Serve with rice or potatoes.
Nutrition
Calories: 391kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 449mg | Potassium: 1106mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1707IU | Vitamin C: 80mg | Calcium: 111mg | Iron: 3mg