Spicy Pork Stew
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs boneless pork loin, cut into 1 1/2″ cubes
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups diced onion
- 28 ounces canned diced tomatoes
- 14 ounces chick peas, drained and rinsed
- 1 quart vegetable juice
- 2 cups vegetable stock
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
Standard Slow Cooker Method:
Combine all ingredients in slow cooker; cook on low heat for 4-6 hours.
SRSLY method:
Combine all ingredients except chick peas in large zip-top bag; freeze. When ready to serve, place frozen mass in slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours. Add chick peas 20 minutes before serving.
Serve over your favorite starch; I prefer orzo pasta with this dish.
Serves 4-6.
Categories: SRSLY| SRSLY domestic science| domestic science| freezer cooking| recipes| slow cooker
When you say “Combine all ingredients in slow cooker; cook on low heat for 4-6 hours”can you elaborate on what you mean. I’m not sure if I should just put all the ingredients together in the pot and let it go; or if I need to put them in in a certain order; or if I need to stir everything to make a uniform mixture. Sorry - some of us really are newbies
Spanky: generally speaking, if you need to do something special in the procedure, we’ll let you know, but you bring up a good point. You don’t need to worry about making sure everything is homogeneous in the pot, but you do probably want to give it a good stir or two to make sure everything is wet, especially if you have a “roaster” or broad flat slow cooker like we do, as opposed to a traditional tall, narrow “soup” pot. However, as long as you don’t see any piles of dry spice sitting somewhere in your slow cooker, and you give it a good stir before you serve, you’re probably good to go.
Thank you. I’m trying this recipe today!
Boo! Where did you go! Here I was thinking, “Dani and Mer will have TOTALLY AWESOME holiday ideas for me!” And you did not! And so I ended up not cooking at all on Christmas and serving really lame drinks on New Year’s Eve! Your fault… ALL YOUR FAULT!
Okay, not really. But I hope y’all are just recuperating from the holidays and not, say, in the hospital as a result of the holidays.
(Er, I was once an Ubuntu-questioner from ParentingToddlers.net. In case this seems overly familiar or something. :P)
@Sara -
We’re here, and we’re working on a comeback, I swear.
This past semester really hit us both hard, and we’re still recovering from that. We’ll be back soon, I promise!