Pressure Cooker Guajillo Pork Stew Food

GUAJILLO PORK STEW

Steps:

• Place Guajillo peppers and garlic cloves into a saucepan and cover with water. Cook for about 15 minutes until peppers are soft.
• While the peppers are cooking, add the meat and bay leave into a the skillet and cover with 1/2 cup of water. Simmer in a low heat until meat is tender. About 20 minutes.
• Place peppers and garlic into the blender with 1 cup of the water where they were cooked, cumin and mexican oregano. Process until you have a smooth sauce.
• Pour sauce into the skillet with the meat and keep cooking in a low heat. Use a strainer to pour the sauce in case it isn't smooth enough.
• Season with salt and pepper and keep simmering for about 10 more minutes. After that time, any fat from the meat will float to the sauce surface like in the picture above to the right.

INSTANT POT® PORK STEW

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Heat oil for 1 minute. Season pork with salt and pepper. Add to the pot. Cook and stir until browned evenly on all sides, 4 to 5 minutes. Add flour and cook and stir for 1 to 2 minutes. Deglaze the pot by adding wine, broth, and tomato paste, scraping up all the browned bits from the bottom.
• Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 15 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Stir in onion, celery, carrots, garlic, and bay leaves. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 15 minutes. Allow 5 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes.

PORK BRAISED IN GUAJILLO CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the pork in a heavy Dutch oven large enough to fit pork comfortably.
• Pour in enough cold water to cover the meat by about 2 inches.
• Add 2 tablespoons salt, bay leaf and bring to a boil.
• Boil for one hour, skimming foam off surface as necessary.
• Cut the stems off the guajillo chiles. Tap out the seeds.
• Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat.
• Add half the chiles and toast them in the skillet, turning with tongs, until they crisp up a bit and change color, about 4 minutes.
• Lift out chiles and repeat with remaining chiles.
• Pour enough boiling water over the toasted chiles to cover them. Soak until completely softened, about 20 minutes. Drain well.
• Wipe out the skillet with paper towels, put the onion and tomatoes cut sides down in the skillet. Cook, turning the veggies as often as necessary, until tomatoes are blackened on all sides and the onions are blackened on both flat sides.
• After the pork cooks one hour, ladle off 2 cups of the cooking liquid and pour into blender. Add onions and puree until smooth. Add chiles and tomatoes and blend until smooth.
• Ladle off another 2 cups of the cooking liquid and set aside. Drain pork, discard remaining liquid, wipe out the pot.
• Set the pot over medium-low heat and add the oil or lard. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring, 3-4 minutes.
• Pour the chili sauce into the pot slowly, stir well.
• Return the pork to a simmer, cover the pot and cook until tender, about 1 hour. While it cooks, there should be enough sauce to moisten the pork. If not, add reserved pork cooking liquid as needed.
• Serve hot over white rice or with flour tortillas.