√Perfect comfort food √Pork stew √Ideal for cheaper cuts of meat
Course Main
Cuisine Dutch
Keyword pork, tomatoes
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 2 hourshrs
Total Time 2 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Servings 4people
Calories 391
Ingredients
750grpork shoulderor pork cheeks
1tbspoil
20gbutter
1onioncut in quarters
2clovesgarlic
1leekcut in pieces
1cantomatoes
3fresh tomatoescut in quarters
1chili pepperhot pepper, sliced finely
2cinnamon sticks
2bay leaves
750mlchicken stockor more if needed
1slicewhite bread
200grbimi or broccoliin florets
salt
pepper
a few sprigs of thyme
little bit of cornflourto thicken the sauce
Instructions
Cut the pork into smaller cubes. Heat the butter in a Dutch oven and brown the meat on all sides before adding the rest of the ingredients. Add the onions, garlic, leeks, chili, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, thyme, tomatoes and can of tomatoes and add stock until the meat is just covered with liquid. Place the slice of bread on top. This will already thicken the sauce a bit.
Bring to the boil and leave to simmer for about 1,5 hrs. Check how far your meat is and once almost done ad the bimi or broccoli and cook in the liquid for the remaining half hour until the meat is tender and the bimi is cooked.
Additionally you can add some corn flour to thicken it even more. Serve with rice or potatoes.