Slow Cooker Pork Stew

This savory, one-pot, slow cooker pork stew is great in autumn with seasonal sweetness from fresh apples and yams. I came up with it years ago, and have perfected it over time. Serve hot in soup bowls with crusty bread, or serve in bread bowls for a special treat.

Step: 1

Mix flour, mustard powder, pepper, and salt together in a large bowl. Add pork and stir until fully coated.

Step: 2

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.

Step: 3

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.

Step: 4

Add 2 cups vegetable stock to the slow cooker and stir until all flour lumps are gone. Add onions and wine.

Step: 5

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.

Per Serving: 462 calories; protein 22.7g; carbohydrates 68g; fat 8g; cholesterol 49mg; sodium 400.7mg.

The word “stew” can process to both a dish and a make dishes method. Stewing makes slowly cooking chunks of meat, raw fruit or beans in a flavorful liquid . It’s similar to braising, instead it makes have a few piece of differences. The meat is chopped into few of pieces but of being cooked all of it , and the water based material completely covers the contents in a stew as compared to a braise’s halfway all of it . When meat or vegetables are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.

Stew has a perception for being a rib-sticking meal that comfortable you up on a cold , winter day. It’s true ; a bowl of old menu of beef stew can make warming featured food , but stew’s cozy factor more than a way beyond protecting you from the cold . It’s all about those tender chunks of food and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The more they come together creates the greatest comfort food, no matter the weather.