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Pork Chilli

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Well folks, here's something to sink your teath into. I picked up a pack of pork shoulder steaks from my local supermarket that were really chunky thick cuts and too tempting to let pass by. Oh! And they were actually cheaper than the pork and beef mince that I normally buy :-) I didn't have anything in particular on my mind at the time, in terms of what to do with them, but, here's a little twist on a your usual chilli con carne — I made Pork Chilli using pork shoulder steaks to add an extra layer of texture to a dish that is normally made with minced meat. It really is a truly delicious homely meal, so, give it a go, it doesn't take long to knock up and I can pretty much guarantee that you wont have any complaints!

Click the Method tab below to see a step by step guide on how to make Pork Chilli with pictures.

pork chilli cooked

ingredients

Here's what you you need :¬)

serves 4 - 6

Spices

  • 1 tsp coarse salt ground
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns ground
  • 1 tsp corriander seeds ground
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp hot chilli powder
  • 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder

Fresh ingriedients

  • 750g pork should steaks large dice
  • 1 large white onion sliced
  • 2 carrots grated
  • 2 stems celary finel sliced into half moons
  • 1 red pepper sliced & halfed in length
  • 1 green pepper sliced & halfed in length
  • 1 yellow pepper sliced & halfed in length
  • 2 indian green chilli's
  • 5 cloves garlic crushed

Store cupboard ingriedients

  • 2 tbls vegetabe oil
  • 1 vegetable stock cube crumbled
  • Tin of sweetcorn
  • 1 tin Red kidney beans
  • 1 tin Plum tomatoes
  • 1 tin Cannellini beans
  • 1 tin Whole white mushrooms
  • 1 tin Tomato soup
  • 1 tin Red kidney beans
  • 2 tsp Chipotle chilli paste
  • Dash of Worcestershire sauce to taste
  • 1 tin of water

method

OK! I guess we're ready to cook!

I'll summarise the process as follows:-

  • Grind your spices
  • Mash the tinned tomatoes
  • Chop your meat and veg'
  • Toast the Cumin seeds in hot oil
  • Brown off & seal the meat in a hot pan
  • Add the spices to the browned meat
  • Add celery, carrots & onions
  • Add the tinned stuff - mushrooms, sweetcorn, kidney beans
  • Add tinned tomatoes and Chipotle & water
  • Bring to a boil, & simmer for 25 mins
  • Remove the lid to reduce the liquid & thicken
  • Add your peppers & cook 'til soft

I like to get all my ingredients out together so that I don't miss anything from the dish:

Ingredients to add to the pork
ingredients

So, here we go, a little prepartion and we are ready to go!

  1. Grind all your whole spices except the Cumin seeds
  2. Combine all the powdered spices & stock cube
  3. Mash the tinned tomatoes
  4. Put a heavy bottom pan on to heat up to medium
  5. Chop your meat and veg' while the pan gets hot
  6. Add some oil to the pan
  7. Allow it to come to a shimmering heat
  8. Put the Cumin seeds in to toast for a minute

Now we can start on the meat:

  1. Gradually add the meat to the hot pan
  2. Brown & seal it in stages
  3. Stir occasionally to get an even seal on the meat

Note: Don't add too much meat at a time, otherwise the temperature of the pan will drop and the meat will stew instead of browning and sealing!

brown the cubes of pork
pork browning
  1. Add all the other spices to the meat & stir to combine
  2. Add the celery, carrots & onions
  3. Stir-fry on high until softened
add the carrots, onions & celery
carrots onion celery added
  1. Add the sweetcorn
add the sweetcorn
sweetcorn added
  1. Add the Cannellini beans
add the cannellini beans
add cannellini beans
  1. Add the tinned mushrooms & kidney beans
add the mushrooms & kidney beans
add kidney beans
  1. Add the tomatoes & tin of water
add the tomatoes
add tomatoes
  1. Add the Chipotle paste & stir well
add the chipotle paste
add chipotle paste
  1. Cover & bring to a rapid boil
  2. Simmer for 25 mins
  3. Remove the lid & allow the liquid to reduce & thicken
simmer to reduce
simmer to reduce
  1. Add the sliced bell peppers
  2. Cook until they are as soft as you like them

Note: I bought some REALY FRESH bell peppers from my local specialist supermarket recently and they took forever to cook, so I'm not going to give a timing on them, just cook them until they are soft as you like them to be when served up!

add bell peppers
add bell peppers
pork chilli cooked
pork chilli cooked
serving suggestion
pork chilli served
pork chilli with wholemeal pitta bread

Too hungry to mess around! Here I've just served this Pork Chilli with a wholemeal pitta bread, buttered on the inside! But, you know this is going to pair perfectly with rice or fries :¬P