Heartland Pork Stew

Heartland Pork Stew

I don’t know about you but I do like stew but sometimes I want to have a different kind of stew other than the standard beef stew. Then I found this recipe and it so I thought I would give it a try.

Here is the recipe one I made necessary changes to make it affordable and downsized it to a serving for one or two people:

Heartland Pork Stew

Slow cooking results in moist pork and tender sweet potatoes swimming in a savory sauce.

Ingredients

•        2 pound pork boneless cut into 1-inch pieces

•        ¼   teaspoon salt

•        ¼   teaspoon pepper

•        1 tablespoon vegetable oil

•        1 medium dark-orange sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces

•        1 small package frozen baby lima beans

•        1 cup chicken broth

•        ¼   teaspoon salt

•        ¼   teaspoon dried thyme

•        ¼   teaspoon dried sage

•        ¼   cup water

•        2   tablespoons cornstarch

Directions

1.    Sprinkle pork with 1/2 teaspoon salt and the pepper. Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat.

2.   Cook  pork in oil 5 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pork is brown; place in 3- to 4-quart slow cooker.

Add sweet potato, frozen Lima beans, broth, ¼ teaspoon  salt, the thyme and sage to pork in cooker.

     3. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.

     4. Stir together water and cornstarch; stir into pork mixture.   Increase heat setting to High. Cover and cook about 15 minutes or until mixture is thickened.

It was moist, tender, savory and so good!

I know it’s different but give a try I enjoyed and I think you will too.