How to cook pork delicious

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• What to cook with pork
• In the oven
• Goulash with gravy
• Chops
• Pilaf Recipe
• Kebab
• Roll
• Soup
• Cutlets
• Fried potatoes
• Boiled pork
• Steak
• Jelly

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Very different dishes are made from pork. Kharcho, roast, carbonate, schnitzel, escalope or regular cutlets for the second – this is only part of the options. In addition to baking in a sleeve or frying in a pan, you can cook pork in a slow cooker. Especially rich in it is soup. You will find these and other options in the recipes below..

What to cook with pork

Before you cook pork, you need to choose it. The meat should have a pink or slightly reddish tint. The maroon color indicates the old age of the animal. As a result, such meat is tough and even rubber-like. Pork is good in that it has a soft and slightly sweet taste that goes well with aromatic spices, sauces, and especially with acidic ingredients. Of the latter, lime, vinegar, kiwi or lemon are often used. For all recipes, there are several general recommendations on how to cook pork deliciously:

1. To make the meat softer, you should first beat it off with the slops of a special mallet. In this process, muscle fibers are broken, which causes pork to become stiff..
2. Before baking, go roast the meat can be pickled with a not very acidic composition. As a result, pork will become more tender. For marinade, it is recommended to use citrus fruits, wine, dairy products or vinegar.
3. Fans of spicy tastes should use additional seasonings such as thyme, rosemary or apple cider..
4. On high heat, pork is cooked only a couple of minutes, then it is reduced to low. Otherwise, the meat may not fry inside..

In the oven

One of the simple but very effective recipes is baked pork in the oven. Such a dish can even decorate a festive table. Try it – guests will be delighted. In addition to the unique taste, the dish has not a very high calorie content, because the meat is baked in the oven without any culinary delights. The recipe uses tomatoes. They make meat even juicier and more palatable. How to bake pork in the oven? Detailed instructions are provided in the recipe..

Ingredients:

• garlic – 3 cloves;
• pepper, salt – to your taste;
• tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
• pork meat – 1 kg;
• cheese – 200 g.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the meat, make cuts along the entire length, but not to the end, but only to the middle. sprinkle with salt, pepper.
2. Cut tomatoes and cheese into thin slices, garlic into slices. Place these ingredients in cuts on a piece of meat.
3. Wrap the workpiece with foil, place on a baking sheet.
4. Send the dish to bake for 1 h at a temperature of 190 degrees.
5. After the specified time, unfold the foil, stand the dish for another half an hour in the oven.

Goulash with gravy

On the basis of pork meat, goulash is very tasty and appetizing. This dish is a thick soup. In the classic version, goulash is cooked on beef stew with potatoes, spices and smoked bacon. From pork, a more fatty and satisfying dish is obtained. How to cook pork goulash? A detailed recipe with instructions and a photo will help you with this..

Ingredients:

• bitter pepper – 1 pc.;
• flour – 2 tsp;
• garlic – 3 cloves;
• onion – 3 pcs.;
• tomatoes – 5 pcs.;
• butter – 40 g;
• bell pepper – 3 pcs.;
• pepper, salt – to your taste;
• pork meat – 1 kg;
• dill – 1 bunch;
• sugar – 1 tbsp.

Cooking method:

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan, fry the pieces of meat on it until golden brown.
2. Next, introduce the third part of chopped onion, cook until soft.
3. 2 tomatoes pour boiling water, cut, send to fry, salt, pepper. Stew over low heat for 1.5 hours.
4. Separate the remaining onion with tomatoes, season with sugar, add garlic, paprika, bitter and bell peppers. Stew 10 min.
5. Send this frying to the pan after 1.5 hours.
6. Pour 1.5 cups of water, mix, wait for boiling.
7. At the end, introduce the flour. Pre-dilute it with half a glass of water.

Chops

What could be nicer than cooking and eating a fried chop with a slide of vegetable salad. This is a great option for a wholesome and hearty dinner. The chop itself differs from the usual cutlets in that the meat is pre-beaten. It is served in large pieces. Only meat of the highest grade is suitable for such a dish. It can be loin, ham, brisket or shoulder blade. Pork chop more often prepared from tenderloin. For serving, you can use various sauces, cheese, mustard or fresh herbs.

Ingredients:

• allspice – to your taste;
• egg – 2 pcs.;
• salt – 1 pinch;
• pork tenderloin – 500 g;
• flour – 3 tbsp.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse, dry, cut into slices, the thickness of which should be approximately 1.5 cm.
2. Season each billet with salt, sprinkle with pepper, and beat off on each side. The thickness as a result should be 5 mm.
3. In a separate bowl, beat eggs for batter, you can add a little mayonnaise if desired. Pour flour into another container.
4. Dip all the pieces first in the egg mixture, and then – flour.
5. Cook the chops in well-heated oil until golden brown.

Pilaf Recipe

In the classic version, a dish such as pilaf is prepared from lamb. With pork, it turns out not so fat and even more appetizing. In addition, not everyone loves lamb because of its specific smell. Using the recipe for pilaf from pork, take the pulp with fat. Then the dish just does not work dry. Spices are considered traditional for pilaf – turmeric, a mixture of peppers, nutmeg, cloves.

Ingredients:

• pepper, salt – to your taste;
• garlic – 4 cloves;
• round grain rice – 400 g;
• pork meat – 500 g;
• onions – 200 g;
• vegetable oil – 100 ml;
• turmeric – to your taste;
• carrots – 300 g.

Cooking method:

1. Dry the washed meat, cut into medium cubes.
2. Peel the onion, chop finely. Process carrots with a grater.
3. Wash rice groats several times.
4. In oil, first passer the onion, then add the carrot. Stew 10 min.
5. Then season with spices, introduce meat, mix. Pour in water so that it covers all products.
6. After 20 minutes spread grits over meat and vegetables.
7. Stew pilaf until all the water has evaporated, mix.

Kebab

There is no such person who at least once has not tried pork kebab, and those who did not like him, certainly not. Juicy flesh inside and a delicious golden crust outside is just a unique dish, especially for outdoor recreation. How to cook pork skewers? Hereby it is obtained only on the grill. Although there are interesting recipes for cooking pork and for the oven.

Ingredients:

• sugar – 1 tsp;
• onions – 700 g;
• bay leaf – 2 pcs.;
• pork neck – 2 kg;
• tomato juice – 0.5 l;
• garlic – 3 cloves;
• red pepper – to taste;
• lemon juice – 50 ml;
• mustard – 2 tbsp .;
• peppercorns – 5 pcs.;
• salt – a pair of pinch.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the neck in large pieces.
2. Grind half the onion on a grater, and cut the remaining slices into half rings. Chop garlic.
3. In a separate container, mix grated onion with mustard, lemon and tomato juice, spices, sugar and garlic.
4. Stir the marinade, pour meat on them, send to a place colder for 3 hours.
5. Next, put the pork on the skewers, alternating with onion rings.
6. To bake on coals in a brazier, sometimes turning over, so as not to burn.

Roll

Want to decorate your holiday table? Then learn how to cook pork roll. It will be especially appropriate on the New Year’s table. Meat roll with carrot filling is an original and satisfying dish. It will definitely become the main decoration of the table. A piece of meat is best taken not too dry. The fat layer in it should not be very thick. Try to cook pork roll – you will like it.

Ingredients:

• salt – 0.5 tsp;
• pork belly – 400 g;
• carrot – 2 pcs.

Cooking method:

1. Lay a flat piece of pork on the table, spread the grated carrots on it evenly..
2. Salt, season with your favorite spices.
3. Roll up a layer of meat roll, wrap it with threads to maintain shape.
4. Wrap the blank with foil and bake in the oven for 40 minutes. at a temperature of 180 degrees.
5. In 15 minutes expand the foil to the end.

Soup

Any housewife in her culinary reserve has at least a few recipes for soups. You can’t do without this hot dish, because a person needs liquid food. You can cook soup on any meat, for example, pig. The dish turns out to be moderately fat, saturated and very satisfying. Be sure to try, and instructions on how to cook pork soup will help you..

Ingredients:

• sweet pepper – 100 g;
• tomato paste – 2 tbsp;
• spices to taste;
• pork – 500 g;
• rice – 100 g;
• pepper, salt – to taste;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• water – 2.5 l;
• vegetable oil – 2 tbsp;
• onion – 1 pc.

Cooking method:

1. In a saucepan, heat oil, place slices of meat at the bottom, fry them, season with pepper, salt.
2. Add the chopped onions and grated carrots to the browned meat. Fry until soft vegetables, constantly stirring.
3. Then pour water, simmer soup 15 minutes.
4. Next, add the paste with rice. Cook until cereal is cooked.

Cutlets

Due to the high fat content of minced pork, it is very simple to cook the most ordinary cutlets from it. They will be very juicy. A win-win option is to mix pork with chicken. Then the cutlets will turn out not too fat, and everyone will be satisfied and well-fed. Want to try? Then follow the step-by-step instructions on how to cook delicious pork cutlets.

Ingredients:

• garlic – 2 cloves;
• breadcrumbs – to your taste;
• sunflower oil – 3 tbsp;
• chicken breast – 200 g;
• salt – 1 pinch;
• dry white bread – 3 slices;
• pork pulp – 800 g;
• butter – 70 g;
• onion – 1 pc.

Cooking method:

1. Soak the bread flesh and squeeze out after a few minutes.
2. Pass both types of meat through a meat grinder several times. Then add chopped garlic, grated onions and bread to the minced meat. Salt, mix.
3. Then put the pieces of butter, mash the minced meat, send for an hour to the shelf of the refrigerator.
4. After the specified time, remove the base for the cutlets, shape them with wet hands, fry each on both sides in oil.

Fried potatoes

In general, roast is just stewed or baked meat with the addition of potatoes. This dish is more like goulash. For example, pork roast with potatoes. For its preparation, it is better to use a cauldron. In such dishes, the ingredients are better fried and become only juicier. Serve the ready-made roast for lunch or dinner with a slightly infused.

Ingredients:

• curry, pepper, salt, bay leaf – to taste;
• potatoes – 10 pcs.;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• bay leaf – 3 pcs.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• pork – 0.5 kg;
• vegetable oil – 4 tbsp.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse meat with vegetables. Cut everything into small slices.
2. First, fry the meat in warmed oil in a casserole, and after a couple of minutes add onions and carrots to it. Fry until soft.
3. Next, enter the potatoes, pour in a little water so that it slightly covers the products. Cook until boiling.
4. Add the parsley, seasonings, mix, simmer under the lid for half an hour.

Boiled pork

To cook boiled pork, pork is baked in large pieces in the oven. This is a traditional dish of Russian cuisine. This is a great alternative to ham or a simple sausage. Pork boiled pork can even decorate a festive table. Serve it on a plate, overlay with vegetables – you get a very original appetizer. If you want to please your family with something new, cook boiled pork.

Ingredients:

• rosemary – 1 pc.;
• salt – 1 pinch;
• pork meat with fat and veins – 600 g;
• spices – 1 tsp;
• vegetable oil – 4 tbsp.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse a whole piece of pork, dry it, grate it on all sides with seasonings.
2. Sprinkle with oil on top, put a sprig of rosemary, then wrap with foil or baking paper.
3. Lay the workpiece on a baking sheet, bake for 20 minutes. on one side and as many on the other.
4. Then sprinkle with oil, bake another third of an hour.

Steak

In the original version, the steak is prepared from the best parts of veal or beef. Meat is cut across the fibers. Today, they often began to cook pork steak. Nothing is more pleasing than a large, juicy and tasty piece of meat with a small bone. Try it – you will like it too. How to cook pork according to this recipe? The main thing is to use a good grill pan and quality meat.

Ingredients:

• dried rosemary – 2 small branches;
• salt – 1 pinch;
• pork steak – 500 g;
• vegetable oil – 1 tsp;
• ground black pepper – 2 pinches.

Cooking method:

1. Wash a piece of meat, put on a towel, allow to dry.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the spices, rub them with a steak on each side. Leave on for 10 min..
3. Place the grill pan over high heat, warm, pour oil.
4. Put the steaks. Fry, spending on each side for half a minute until crusting.
5. Then reduce the power of fire. Fry each side for 3 minutes, pressing the steak to the pan.

Jelly

Another traditional holiday dish is pork jelly. Without this snack it is difficult to imagine any celebration, and especially the New Year. Jellied meat has a very unusual taste, and at the same time it is cooked simply. If desired, the recipe can be varied with chicken legs or beef. Rely on your taste preferences in this matter. Many recipes often use gelatin, but in the original version, aspic is prepared without it..

Ingredients:

• peppercorns – 5 pcs.;
• pork hooves – 3 pcs.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• salt – 1.5 tsp;
• low-fat pork – 1 kg;
• bay leaf – 2 pcs.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse hooves, clean, make a longitudinal incision on each.
2. Put them in a pan, pour in cold water, simmer after boiling over low heat for about 4 hours.
3. Next, introduce already lean pork, a whole unpeeled onion. Season with pepper, lavrushka, salt.
4. Simmer the dish for another 2 hours, then get the meat, and strain the broth itself.
5. Chop the pork and lay it on the bottom of the jellied molds. Pour strained and slightly cooled broth there. Optionally add a couple of sprigs of greens or carrot slices.
6. Send to the refrigerator shelf for the whole night.