Pork Bean Stew With Sour Cream And Cilantro Food

PORK AND BLACK BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat, stir in garlic and onion, and cook a few minutes until the onion softens and turns translucent. Remove the onion, and place into a saucepan. Pour the remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil into the skillet, and place over medium-high heat. Add cubed pork, and cook until well browned.
• Meanwhile, pour 3/4 of the black beans along with 1/4 cup water into the bowl of a blender, and pulse until finely chopped, but not quite smooth. Pour whole beans and bean puree into saucepan along with pork cubes, chicken stock, chorizo, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper before serving.

PORK & BEAN STEW WITH SOUR CREAM AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Blend tomatoes, chiles, garlic, chicken bouillon and half the onion in blender until smooth; set aside.
• Brown pork, in batches, in 6-qt. pressure cooker on medium-high heat 3 min. or until browned on all sides; keep warm on plate until all meat is browned. Return meat to pressure cooker. Add tomato mixture; lock pressure cooker lid in place. Place pressure regulator on vent pipe; cook 30 min. with pressure regulator rocking gently (low to medium heat). Remove from heat; let stand 10 min. or until pressure vent drops. Remove regulator, then lid. Add beans, wieners, remaining onions and half the cilantro; cook on medium heat 10 min.
• Top with remaining cilantro and sour cream. Serve with crackers.

BLACK BEAN SOUP WITH CILANTRO CREAM

Steps:

• Combine the sun dried tomatoes and 1 cup boiling water in a small bowl. Make sure the tomatoes are covered and let stand until the tomatoes are soft. Drain, reserving the liquid, and then chop the tomatoes.
• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and sauté the bacon and onion until the onion is soft. Add the tomatoes, tomato liquid, beans, chicken or vegetable stock, garlic, cumin and hot pepper sauce. Mix well. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, for five minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the cilantro (coriander) leaves.
• Blend with a stick blender (or in batches in the blender or food processor) until smooth. Return to the saucepan and heat gently before serving.
• To make the coriander cream: Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
• Ladle hot soup into bowls and drizzle with the Cilantro Cream. You may garnish with some more chopped cilantro (coriander) if you wish.
• Notes: I have made this using my own oven dried cherry tomatoes and I usually save half a cup of the soup which does not get blended to give a bit more texture when added at the end.

PORKOLT (HUNGARIAN STEW) MADE WITH PORK

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain, and reserve the drippings. Add the onions to the bacon and cook together until the onion is translucent. Remove skillet from heat and stir the paprika, garlic powder, and pepper into the bacon mixture. Transfer the mixture into a large stockpot.
• Heat a small amount of the reserved bacon drippings in the skillet again over medium-high heat. Cook the pork chops in batches in the hot drippings until evenly browned on both sides. Use additional bacon drippings for each batch as needed. Remove the pork chops to a cutting board and blot excess fat off the surface of the chops with a paper towel; cut into bite-sized cubes and stir into the bacon mixture.
• Heat a small amount of the bacon drippings in the skillet; cook and stir the bell pepper in the hot drippings until softened and fragrant; drain on a plate lined with paper towels. Stir the cooked pepper into the bacon mixture.
• Pour the tomatoes with liquid and beef broth into a stockpot and place the pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to medium-low. Cook until the stew begins to thicken, stirring occasionally, about 90 minutes. Stir the sour cream into the stew just before serving.
• Bring a pot with lightly-salted water and bring to a rolling boil; add the egg noodles to the water and return to a boil. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink. Ladle the stew over the drained noodles to serve.

PORK, BLACK BEAN AND RICE STEW

Steps:

• Pat pork dry. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in large skillet or Dutch oven on medium-high heat. Add 1/2 of the pork; cook and stir 3 minutes or until browned. Remove pork from skillet. Repeat with remaining pork, adding remaining 1 tablespoon oil as needed. Remove pork; set aside.
• Pour water into same skillet; bring to boil. Stir in Rice Mix. Return to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 25 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in pork and corn. Cook 5 minutes longer or until heated through. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in cilantro.

BLACK BEAN PANCAKES WITH SOUR CREAM, RED PEPPERS, AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Process the beans in a food processor bowl for a few pulses, until coarsely chopped. Scrape beans into a large mixing bowl and add all ingredients up to and including the salt and pepper. Combine well and divide into six equal parts. Shape each part into an oval cake and dip in cornmeal (spread the cornmeal on some waxed paper) to lightly coat both sides of each cake.
• Heat a little oil on medium-high in a large, heavy skillet, preferably cast iron. When the oil is hot, carefully slide the bean cakes into the pan and fry for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Drain on paper and transfer to a warm serving dish. Top each cake with 1 teaspoons sour cream, some of the red pepper, and a few cilantro leaves.

PORK IN SOUR CREAM GRAVY

Steps:

• Rub the meat with the crushed garlic, olive oil, salt & pepper.
• Place the meat in a plastic bag and let it marinate in the mixture for at least 30 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot (enough to cover the bottom of the pot).
• Add 1 onion cut in half and the pork pieces Brown the meat on all sides.
• Once the meat is browned add enough water to the pot to just cover the meat.
• Lower the heat to medium and let the meat boil until the water almost completely evaporates (not enough for the meat to start burning).
• Add enough water again to cover the meat and add a pinch of the Vegeta soup seasoning (or all purpose seasoning).
• Repeat the process of adding water and letting it evaporate until the meat is tender and falls apart easily.
• When the meat is tender enough allow the water to again almost completely evaporate.
• Remove the meat from the pot and the larger pieces of the remaining onion. Discard the onion.
• Scrape the meat pieces and drippings inside pot so that they are all in the water that remains.
• Add about a cup of water to the pot (this is the amount of gravy that you want to end up with), stir, and allow to come to a boil.
• In a separate bowl, combine approximately 1/2 cup of water with the sour cream and flour.
• Wisk/mix until the mixture is smooth and without lumps.
• Slowly add this mixture to the pot and let it come to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for a few minutes.
• If the consistency of the gravy is too thin add a little more of flour/water/sour cream mixture. If it is too thick add more water.
• Add the bay leaf.
• Bring the mixture to a boil.
• Remove the pot from heat.
• Return the cooked meat to the gravy.
• Let it stand for about 15 minutes in the gravy before serving.