A step-by-step recipe with a photo of stewed potatoes with pork in a saucepan at home. Secrets of cooking. Video recipe.
Potatoes can be baked, stewed, fried. Potatoes, of course, are delicious on their own, but they go well with a variety of foods. Therefore, do not miss the opportunity to cook it in different ways and with different ingredients. For example, with the addition of meat, it becomes softer, more flavorful and more nutritious. Potatoes with meat is one of the most popular treats, which in any version always turns out to be very tasty.
Today we will consider how to deliciously properly stew potatoes with meat. This is a hearty and tasty meal for your daily diet. The recipe is familiar to everyone, it is not only familiar, but also simple. However, despite the ingredients available, the ease of preparation is deceiving and there are enough secrets. After all, not every young and inexperienced housewife knows how to properly fry meat, when to add potatoes, what to do to make it soft, without turning into mashed potatoes.
There are many options for cooking stewed potatoes. It is made with beef, veal, chicken, turkey, minced meat, stew … This material presents a recipe for stewed potatoes with pork in a saucepan. The dish turns out to be tasty, aromatic and beautiful. This recipe is a kind of lifesaver, when there is little time for cooking, and there is little time left before dinner.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 169 kcal kcal.
- Servings - 4
- Cooking time - 1 hour 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 8-10 pcs.
- Pork - 600-700 g
- Bay leaf - 2 pcs.
- Vegetable oil - for frying (if necessary)
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
- Allspice peas - 3 pcs.
- Ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp or to taste
Step-by-step cooking of stewed potatoes with pork in a saucepan, recipe with photo:
1. For the recipe, opt for a chilled piece of meat. Rinse it well with cold running water, dry it with a paper towel, remove all veins and cut across the fibers into medium-sized pieces.
If you take frozen meat, first defrost it in a cool place. Do not use water and a microwave for this, otherwise some of the beneficial properties will be lost.
To make stewed potatoes hearty with a rich taste, take pork fillet with layers of bacon. Then you don't need to use oil for frying. The pork will be fried in its own fat.
2. Take a frying pan, cauldron, pot or any saucepan with a thick bottom, or, like mine, a cast-iron pan. These are the best stewing utensils. Cast iron keeps heat well and cooks food evenly.
Place the selected dishes on the stove and heat well. If you are using meat without fatty layers, pour vegetable oil into a saucepan and heat. If the meat is with lard, then immediately send it to a preheated saucepan.
3. Turn the heat to high and fry the pieces of meat for 15 minutes until they are golden brown on all sides, which will seal the juice in them. Stir constantly and do not salt. To preserve the juiciness in the final dish, it is not recommended to salt the meat before cooking and at the beginning of frying. Otherwise, the salt will be absorbed, the juice will stand out, and the meat will be dry at the exit.
During the frying process, it is necessary that all the liquid evaporates, and the pieces of pork do not burn, but become brown. This color will then transfer into broth and give the potatoes a caramel hue. If you find that a lot of fat has formed, remove a little of it.
If desired, you can add chopped onions to the meat and fry them until soft. In time, this process will take no more than 5 minutes.
4. Peel the potatoes, cut out the "eyes", wash in cold water and cut into medium-sized pieces.
If it is too early to put potatoes in a saucepan for meat, then soak the peeled root vegetables in cool water to avoid the appearance of a dark shade, which will negatively affect the appearance of the finished dish. But you cannot keep it in water for a long time, because starch and valuable substances will be lost.
For stewing, it is important to choose a potato variety so that it does not boil too much, otherwise it will turn out to be almost mashed potatoes, while not being too tough.
5. When the meat is completely browned and golden brown, add the potatoes to the pot.
6. Stir and continue to fry the meat and potatoes for 5-10 minutes.
7. Season food with salt and black pepper and add bay leaf. For a beautiful color, you can also add some sweet paprika. Also, season your meals with your favorite spices and herbs. With the help of seasonings, you can favorably emphasize the taste of any dish. You can use caraway seeds, dill, or herbs for this.
8. Pour drinking water into the pot so that the food is completely covered and the water reaches almost to the edges of the pot.
9. Bring potatoes with meat to a boil, cover tightly with a lid, reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour. During this time, the liquid will evaporate a little, the potatoes will become a beautiful color, soft, thick, very tasty and aromatic.
Put the delicious stewed pork potatoes in a saucepan on plates and serve immediately with bread, canned or fresh vegetables, sauerkraut …
