Easy Pork And Mushroom Stew Recipes

Steps:

• Place dried mushrooms in a small bowl with enough hot water to cover; let stand 20 minutes. Drain mushrooms; reserve liquid.
• Heat oil in a large pot over medium high heat and cook and stir onion until soft, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; stir in garlic, thyme, and cloves and cook and stir 2 minutes more. Stir fresh mushrooms and soaked dried mushrooms into onion mixture; cook and stir until mushrooms are soft, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir tomatoes and reserved mushroom liquid into mushroom mixture; simmer over low heat until thickened, about 20 minutes.
• Bring vegetable stock to a boil; whisk in polenta. Cook polenta, whisking constantly, until polenta is thick and stock is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Divide polenta into 4 bowls; ladle mushroom stew over polenta and garnish with fresh parsley.

Steps:

• Heat the oil and butter in a saute pan over med-high heat.
• Add in pork and saute until brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side.
• Remove pork to a plate; set aside.
• Sweat mushrooms, leeks, and carrot in the same pan over medium heat until softened, 3-4 minutes.
• Stir in the flour and cook 1 minute.
• Deglaze the pan with sherry, scraping up any bits on the bottom of the pan; reduce until evaporated.
• Stir in cider and broth; bring to a boil.
• Decrease heat to med-low; add pork with residual juices and 1 T thyme.
• Simmer stew until thickened, 5 minutes; season with salt and pepper.
• Serve stew with Apple-Potato Mash (they actually serve the stew over the mash).
• Garnish each serving with diced apple and a sprig of thyme.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and saute until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 more minute.
• Add chicken broth and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Pour in heavy whipping cream and season with paprika, salt, and pepper. Simmer until stew starts to thicken, 4 to 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a heavy Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• In a bowl mix together the flour, seasoning salt and pepper.
• Coat the pork in the flour mixture then brown well on all sides in the oil (working in batches) then remove to a bowl.
• Add in the onion, garlic, sage and crushed pepper flakes; saute for about 8 minutes.
• Return the pork to the pot and any juices from the plate.
• Add in remaining ingredients (along with any other ingredients such as potatoes, carrots or any other veggies) mix to combine and season with salt and pepper.
• Simmer over medium heat until pork is very tender (about 1 - 1-1/2 hours).