Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Pork Stew (Easy, Hearty Recipe)
A pork stew with soft vegetables is a satisfying dinner to come back to. The tomato broth catches around the meat and potatoes, with thyme making each spoonful savory. Fill a deep bowl once the vegetables are tender and enjoy the warmth of a proper stew.
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 55 min
- Original yield
- Serves 6
- Ingredients
- 13 listed
Make it part of your week
Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Pork
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 16–30 minutes · Total: 31–60 minutes
- Dish type
- Soups · Soups & stews · Stews
A few quick notes
1. Brown the seasoned pork first
Sear the salted and peppered pork in shimmering oil until golden, then move it to a plate and keep the grease.
2. Turn heat down for vegetables
Reduce to medium before briefly cooking carrots, potatoes, onion, garlic and thyme, then return the pork.
3. Scrape while adding liquids
Use a wooden spoon along the pot bottom as the broth, tomato and optional liquids go in, lifting the browned bits.
Get to know the ingredients
Pork loin cubes
Cut the boneless pork loin into the listed inch-sized cubes before seasoning all sides and searing.
Smaller carrot chunks
Peel and dice carrots into the listed half-inch chunks, ready to cook alongside the larger potato cubes.
Wine or extra broth
Dry white wine is included with more broth as an alternative for the liquid added before the covered simmer.
Let’s make it
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Original recipe: Serves 6. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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The last little job
Tender vegetables, then taste
Simmer covered until the carrots and potatoes are soft, then adjust salt and pepper if needed before serving.
A little more help as you go
Root vegetable alternatives are listed
Rutabaga, turnips or radishes are allowed in place of potatoes, prepared for the same vegetable stage in the pot.
Worcestershire is optional
Add it with the broth, tomato puree and wine if using it; the stew can follow its simmer without that addition.
A few questions you might have
Does the stew stay at a boil?
Bring the assembled stew to a boil, then reduce to a covered simmer while the carrots and potatoes soften.
Do I drain the pan after browning pork?
Keep the grease in the pot after lifting out the pork, then cook the vegetables and thyme in it.
Are the tomatoes diced?
Tomato puree is the listed form, stirred in with the broth and other liquids before the stew simmers.
Does the pork stay out while the stew simmers?
Return it after the brief vegetable cook, before adding the liquids and beginning the covered simmer.
When does the garlic enter?
It cooks with carrots, potatoes, onion and thyme after the pork is seared and removed, before the liquids are added.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: wholesomeyum.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
Preparation notes follow the recipe shown here.
