Slow Cooker Country Pork Stew Food

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 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 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 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-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 PORK STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients in slow cooker; cover with lid. Cook on LOW 8 to 10 hours (or on HIGH 4 hours). Discard bay leaves.
• Mix eggs, stuffing mix and water; shape into 8 balls. Add cream cheese spread to slow cooker; stir until melted. Gently stir in stuffing balls; cook, covered, on HIGH 30 min.
• Turn off slow cooker. Let stand 15 min. Serve stew and dumplings topped with chives.

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.

SLOW COOKER PORK CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat your slow cooker. Drizzle the oil in a wide frying pan over a high heat. Season the pork, then add to the hot pan. Avoid overcrowding the meat - you may want to do this in batches. Cook until deep brown all over, then transfer to the slow cooker. Add the onion and leeks to the frying pan and cook for a few mins, until they soften. Add a splash of water and scrape any tasty bits from the bottom, then tip everything into the slow cooker. Add the carrot, herbs, stock cube, mustard and vinegar, season, then add enough water to just cover the ingredients. Stir, then set your slow cooker on low for 6-8 hrs, or high for 5-6 hrs.
• In a saucepan, mix the cornflour and honey with 1-2 tsp of liquid from the slow cooker, until you have a smooth paste. Add 100ml more liquid, bring to a simmer until thickened, then stir back into the casserole. Serve with mash or dumplings, scattered with thyme leaves.

COUNTRY PORK STEW

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add pork and stir until pork is brown, stirring constantly, about 4 minutes. Transfer pork to bowl. Add onion, garlic and sage to Dutch oven and sauté until onion is tender, about 10 minutes. Return pork and any juices in bowl to Dutch oven. Season with pepper. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer over medium heat until pork is very tender when pierced with fork, approximately 1 hour.

SLOW COOKER PORK CHOP STEW

Steps:

• Trim fat from chops. Coat with 2 tablespoons flour. Brown chops in oil over medium heat.
• Place potatoes, onion and carrots in slow cooker. Sprinkle remaining flour over and toss to coat.
• Layer over potato mixture, in order, cabbage, salt, pepper, chops, bouillon, 1/4 cup water and stewed tomatoes with juice. Do not stir.
• Cover and cook on high 3 1/2-4 hours or on low for 7 - 8 hours
• Optional: in small saucepan, stir sour cream and cornstarch until smooth. Measure cooking liquid and add enough water or milk to 1 1/2 cups. Stir into saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until thick and mixture comes to a boil. Serve with chops.