Red Pork Stew
⏱️ Prep: 15 min🍳 Cook: 13 min
Ingredients
| 4 teaspoon | 20 ml | olive oil |
| 2 kg | pork shoulder, cut into 2.5 cm pieces (I used pork tenderloin) | |
| 1.33 | large onion, finely chopped | |
| 0.67 cup | 160 ml | sweet red paprika (I used pepper puree) |
| 2.75 teaspoon | 14 ml | salt |
| 2.67 | whole dried chipotle chile | |
| 1 | bay leaf | |
| 2.67 | chopped red bell pepper | |
| 4 | garlic cloves | |
| — | small can tomato paste | |
| — | a splash of Worcestershire sauce | |
| — | water, enough to cover the ingredients | |
| 2 tablespoon | 30 ml | dry bouillon |
| 4 teaspoon | 20 ml | cornstarch |
| 4 teaspoon | 20 ml | water |
Instructions
6 Quart / 8 Quart. Servings: 4/6/8/10. Ready in: 40min. Prep time: 15min. Cook time: 13min.
- Select Sauté mode on Normal on pressure cooker; add oil and pork to inner steel pot and let brown on at least 1 side without stirring, about 5 minutes. Add onion, water, paprika, salt, chipotle chiles, and bay leaf; mix well.
- Lock pressure cooker lid in place and set steam vent to Sealing. Select Meat/Stew and cook for 8 minutes on High Pressure. Let pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then set steam vent handle to Venting to quick-release remaining pressure.
- Remove chipotle chiles and bay leaf. Discard the bay leaf. Remove stems and seeds from chipotle chiles.
- Remove 1 cup cooking liquid from the pressure cooker; pour into a blender. Add chipotle chiles, red bell peppers, garlic, cornstarch, and water; blend until smooth.
- Pour blended mixture into the stew and mix well.
Mealthy Tip: In this recipe, paprika is far more than a dusting of color on top for garnish. Here sweet paprika adds its full flavor to the rich red sauce. Although paprika is strongly associated with Hungarian cuisine, the chili peppers used to make paprika originated in the Americas.