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Kalyn’s Pork with Paprika & Mushrooms
I have still been cooking and visiting blogs for inspiration. Just haven’t been posting them.
So here’s one recipe that I picked up from one of my favorite blogs, Kalyn’s Kitchen. We eat a hella lot of pork at our house and it’s nice to come up with a new way of cooking the same ol’ meat.
I followed Kalyn’s recipe pretty closely but I tweaked it a bit to suit what I have in my pantry. If you’d like to see the original recipe, see Kalyn’s Pork with Paprika, Mushrooms and Sour Cream.
Below is my adaptation of that recipe.
| Kalyn’s Pork with Paprika & Mushrooms |
- 2-3 Lbs. Boston Pork roast, cut into one inch cubes
- 2 Tablespoons sweet paprika (Kalyn suggested using “Hungarian or Spanish paprika in a tin for best flavor” but I had the huge container or Paprika from Costco, so I used that instead of buying a new brand)
- Salt and fresh ground Black Pepper for seasoning pork
- 2-4 Tablespoons olive oil
- 8-12 oz. crimini or white mushrooms, washed and cut into thick slices
- 1 Large Onion, finely chopped
- 2 Tablespoons finely minced garlic
- 1 more Tablespoon Paprika
- 2 Tablespoons fresh thyme
- 1 pound (about 4-6 tomatoes) fresh Roma tomatoes, diced
- 1-2 cups Chicken Stock
- 2/3 cup Sour Cream
- Get all your ingredients ready.
- Cut meat into cubes, put into a large bowl and toss with sweet paprika, salt, and fresh ground black pepper.
- Heat 2 tablespoon of olive oil in a heavy bottomed pot with a tight-fitting lid. Brown pork over medium-high heat, turning several times so all sides are nicely browned, about 5-6 minutes.
- Remove pork to another dish and add 1-2 more tablespoons of olive oil to the pan, add sliced mushrooms and cook until nicely browned and all liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes more.
- Add chopped onion and cook until just starting to brown, about 3-5 minutes. Then add minced garlic, other 1 tablespoon paprika and thyme and cook about 1-2 minutes. Add petite diced tomatoes with juice and chicken stock, bring to a simmer, and cook about 10 minutes, or until the mixture is slightly thickened and flavors are well-blended.
- After 10 minutes add the browned pork cubes back into the pan, cover and simmer about 40-60 minutes more, or until pork is tender. Add more broth if it looks like your stew is drying out too much. Turn off heat, stir in sour cream, and serve hot.
Some changes that I made from Kalyn’s recipe:
- I used pork butt, a fattier cut than the pork loins she used. This is just a matter of preference as I think the bit of fat in this cut adds more flavor to the dish. I’m also cooking for more people and a roast would be cheaper than chops.
- I used fresh tomatoes just because I had some that needed to be used up.
- I didn’t have any carraway seeds so I omitted that but I will certainly try some with it when I restock my pantry
- I adjusted the proportions of the other ingredients to accomodate the increased amount of meat used in this version
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Written by Jeanette Moore (JMom)
I am a terrible housekeeper but I do love to cook so it all evens out in the end. I like to try new recipes that I think my family will like. However, I am not one to follow all recipes to the letter. I tend to tweak and change the recipes based on what I have on hand and how I am feeling at the time. Feel free to share your versions, I just might try it out next time I make the dish again.
Filed under: Featured, pork, stews · Tags: mushrooms, paprika, pork, sour cream, stews
It looks like gulasch! I haven’t done some “real” cooking since the offset of homework and this looks like something I should take time out for.
Happy weekend to you and yours Jmom!
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Thanks for dropping by, G! Happy weekend to you too. My family liked this a lot. I’ll have to try serving it with noodles like goulash next time!
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I’m going to try this for my husband. I know he will like it since he is from Germany and grew up with pork and paprika. I’m going to buy a pork butt roast like you did, and try it. Thanks for this recipe.
ooh this looks yum, and the ingredients (except for fresh thyme) is readily available from the supermarket!
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Nick, you can use dried thyme. That’s what it called for in the original recipe
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