Saturday, August 9, 2008

Recipe: Pork and Rice

If you've been keeping up, you've seen the lists of stuff you can do.
Here's how to implement it.
Should be service for 5 or 6, depending on the size of your servings.

1.5-2 lbs Pork Loin end cuts (roast or chops that didn't turn out perfect)
Italian dressing
2 stalks of celery
1/2 medium onion
3 fresh carrots or 1 can of carrots
1 can of peas
1/2 tsp saffron
1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 cube chicken & tomato bullion
2 Tbsp margarine
2 Tsp Green Olive juice
Pepper
Spray Grease
3 cups of minute rice

Marinate the pork in just enough italian dressing to coat it really well for at least 30 minutes. I didn't say "let the pork swim in marinade". Err on the side of caution. The longer it soaks, the better it is. Spray baking dish with grease and throw in pork and marinade. Cover with foil and cook at 350 until pork is cooked through. Pink pork is bad. Depending on the thickness of the cuts, it may be from 30 minutes to an hour. When pork is done, pull the meat out of the juice and let it cool for 10 minutes.

While your meat is cooking, dice the celery, onion and carrots. Throw it in a pot with the margarine and cook this until the veggies are softened. Once it's finished, add the garlic, peas, saffron and boullion. Turn the pot off and cover it.

Once you have removed the meat from the baking dish, pour the juice into a 4 cup cupmeasure.
Add water until you get to 3 cups of liquid. Pour into your pot of veggies and stuff and re-cover the pot.

Dice your cooked pork. I cut out any fat or gristle and feed it to our "felines in residence, who own the planet and just barely allow us to live here".

Once the meat is diced into 1/2 inch chunks, put the pot of veggies and water on to boil.
Stir the pot well and make sure that boullion cube melts down or somebody's gonna get a mouthful of salt lick. When it's boiling rapidly, add the pork and stir, then add the minute rice , stir again and take it off the hot eye. Cover and let sit for 10 minutes.

Add pepper to taste and stir before serving.

Veggie additions:
Diced squash or zucchini
Diced tomatoes
Diced mushrooms

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