Caribbean Pork Stew With Peppers Recipe 45

PORK AND PEPPER STEW

Steps:

• Heat bacon grease in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the pork, and cook until evenly browned. Remove pork and liquid from the pot, and set aside.
• In the large pot, melt the butter over medium heat, and saute the onions until tender and lightly browned. Mix in the flour and paprika, and, stirring constantly, cook until thickened.
• Mix pork, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, and jalapeno peppers into the pot. Stir in the beef stock, tomato paste, garlic, salt, and bay leaf. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.

SPICY PORK STEW WITH PEPPERS AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the bottom third of the oven and heat the oven to 325°F.
• Spread the pork on paper towels to dry for 10 to 20 minutes before browning. (You can use this time to chop the onion, celery, and carrot). If the meat is very wet, pat it dry.
• In a 6-quart Dutch oven or other heavy-duty pot, heat the oil over medium to medium-high heat until shimmering hot. Season about one-third of pork with salt and pepper and arrange it in a single layer in the pot (there should be at least 1/2 inch of space between the pieces). Brown well on at least 4 sides, adjusting the heat as necessary; each batch should take about 10 minutes to brown. Transfer the pork to a large bowl or rimmed baking sheet as it browns and repeat with the rest of the pork, seasoning with salt and pepper before browning. Once all of the pork is browned, remove the pot from the heat to let it cool for a few minutes.
• Pour all but 2 Tbs. of the fat from the pot. (If there is not enough, add oil to equal 2 Tbs.) Return the pot to medium heat, then add the onion, celery, and carrot. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper, and cook, stirring often and scraping the bottom of the pot with a wooden spatula, until the vegetables begin to soften, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in the garlic, chipotles, cumin, and oregano and cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add the beer, stirring with the wooden spatula to dissolve any browned bits on the bottom of the pot. Raise the heat to medium high and boil to reduce by about half, 5 to 8 minutes. Add the chicken broth and 1-1/2 cups water. Bring to a boil.
• Return the pork to the pot along with any accumulated juice. Lower the heat to maintain a simmer.
• Crumple a 12×16-inch piece of parchment, then flatten it out. (Crumpling makes for easy handling.) Place the parchment directly on the surface of the stew, allowing the ends to come up the sides of the pot. Cover and put in the oven.
• After 30 minutes of stewing, add the potatoes and shallots to the pot. Cover with the parchment and lid, return to the oven. After another 30 minutes, add the peppers. Cover with the parchment and lid, return the pot to the oven, and cook until the pork is fork-tender, 1/2 to 1 hour more.
• Stir in the cilantro. Degrease the stew by laying a clean paper towel over the surface of the stew and gently pushing it into all the bumps and dips, then quickly peeling it off. Repeat as necessary with more paper towels. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.

CARIBBEAN PORK STEW WITH PEPPERS RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• In large resealable food-storage plastic bag, place flour, salt, and pepper. Add pork; seal bag and shake to coat. In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown pork cubes in oil on all sides, working in batches if necessary. Spray 3 1/2 to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. With a slotted spoon, remove pork from skillet to slow cooker. Stir in all remaining ingredients except rice and water. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours. About 25 minutes before pork is done, cook rice in water as directed on package. Serve stew over rice.

JAMAICAN PORK STEW

Steps:

• Brown onions and pork in oil.
• In a bowl or large measuring cup, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually add vinegar, soya sauce, ketchup, water, and syrup/juice of drained pineapple.
• Add mixture to pork.
• Cook over low heat, stirring until thick and clear.
• Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Add pineapple tidbits and green pepper. Cook for an additional 5 minutes.
• Serve over hot rice.

CARIBBEAN PORK CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Mince 2 green onions.
• Cut remaining onions into 2 inch pieces.
• In bowl, toss minced green onions with pork pieces, ginger, soy sauce, Worcestershire, thyme, cayenne and allspice.
• Cover pork and marinate 30 minutes.
• In shallow 6 quart casserole, toss sweet potatoes, pepper, green onion pieces and 1 tablespoon vegetable oil.
• Bake, uncovered 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and cook pork (reserve marinade) until browned.
• Pour pineapple chunks with their juice into skillet, scraping to loosen any brown bits from bottom of skillet.
• Pour the pork, reserved marinade and pineapple mixture over vegetaables in casserole.
• Bake casserole, uncovered, 30 minutes or until pork and vegeetables are tender, stirring once or twice.