Hearty Pork Stew Recipes

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 10 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender. , Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes or until slightly thickened. Serve in bowls with noodles. Freeze option: Freeze cooled meat mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except flour and butter in 3 1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 6 to 7 hours (or high heat setting 3 to 4 hours) or until pork is no longer pink and vegetables are tender.
• Mix flour and butter. Gently stir flour mixture, 1 spoonful at a time, into pork mixture until blended.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Sprinkle pork with sage and mint. In a very large.
• oven-going skillet brown pork in 1 tablespoon of the butter over medium-high.
• heat, turning often. Remove pork from skillet. Add mushrooms, onion, and.
• garlic to skillet. Cook and stir until onion is tender. Stir in browned.
• pork, broth, and bay leaf. Bring pork mixture to boiling. Remove from.
• heat; cover. Place skillet in oven. Bake fro 30 minutes. Stir in chopped.
• carrots; cover and bake for 20 minutes more or until carrots are.
• crisp-tender.
• In a small saucepan melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter over medium-low.
• heat. Remove from heat. Stir in flour and Worcestershire sauce. Remove.
• skillet from oven. Return skillet to stovetop; uncover. Stir in flour.
• mixture. Bring pork mixture to boiling over medium heat, stirring.
• occasionally. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes or until the.
• mixture is slightly thickened. Remove and discard bay leaf. If desired,.
• serve stew over hot cooked noodles.

Steps:

• In a 4 to 5 quart slow cooker, mix together all the ingredients except the flour and margarine.
• Cover and cook on Low heat 6 to 7 hours or until pork is no longer pink and vegetables are tender.
• Mix flour and margarine; gradually stir into stew until well blended.
• Turn slow cooker to high and cook for an additional 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.