Basque Pork Stew

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La Fraugh Name History Basque Recipes

  • 4
  • 30 mins
  • 120 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 lb Lean pork shoulder
  • 3 tb Olive oil
  • Salt
  • Fresh ground Pepper
  • 2 Onions, thickly sliced
  • 1 c Chicken stock
  • 2 tb Tomato paste
  • 2 Sweet red bell peppers, in strips
  • 10 Garlic cloves, thin sliced
  • 1 ts Paprika
  • 1 ts Dried thyme
  • 1/4 ts Hot pepper flakes
  • 1 Orange

Preparation

Step 1

Cut pork into 1-1/2-inch cubes. In deep skillet or
shallow saucepan, heat 1 tb of the oil over
medium-high heat; brown pork in batches, adding more
oil as necessary. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Transfer to plate.

[Tip: Brown meat in batches. Adding too much meat to
the skillet at one time will cause meat to steam, not
brown nicely.]

Add onions to skillet; cook over medium heat, stirring
occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add stock and tomato
paste; bring to boil, deglazing pan. Return pork to
skillet; stir in red peppers, garlic,
paprika, thyme and hot pepper flakes.

Grate outer zest from orange; add to stew. Peel orange; chop coarsely and stir into stew. Reduce heat; cover and
simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 1 to
1-1/2 hours or until pork in tender. Taste and adjust
seasoning.