Potato Stew with Pork

Name: Potato Stew with Pork
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 1.2 kg starchy potatoes (about 5 larger potatoes); 500 g pork leg (you can also use fattier meat, like pork neck); 2 red onions; 3/4 teaspoon ground caraway; 2 teaspoons sweet paprika; 1 pinch hot paprika; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon pepper paste; 1 sprig dried thyme (or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme from a packet); 1 generous sprig tarragon; 3 tablespoons oil

October 2, 2015

Pork Potatoes Meat Dishes Romanian

Transylvanian goulash. Often in Transylvania, when you order goulash, you will be served either a potato stew with smoked meat, or a potato stew with fresh pork similar to this one. Because many people here call any potato stew with pork meat goulash. But if it is tasty, we do not get hung up on names, we enjoy it with pleasure.

This is the third version of potato stew I am posting. The first version was a simple and quick stew with cabanos, followed by a fancier one with smoked ribs (I will give you a tip: if you make that stew just a little longer you will get an extremely good potato soup 😉 ) and today's, inspired a bit by Hungarian goulash (because my craving for caraway has not yet subsided!).

See how many wonderful things can be made from humble potatoes? In the end, in the kitchen it is like in fashion. What makes the difference is the accessorizing. My Transylvanian goulash has put on caraway perfume and wrapped a tarragon scarf. I say it has very good taste 😊

Ingredients

1.2 kg starchy potatoes (about 5 larger potatoes)
500 g pork leg (you can also use fattier meat, like pork neck)
2 red onions
3/4 teaspoon ground caraway
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
1 pinch hot paprika
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon pepper paste
1 sprig dried thyme (or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme from a packet)
1 generous sprig tarragon
3 tablespoons oil

Servings: 3-4

How to prepare potato stew with pork

Saute the finely chopped onion in oil over medium heat until very soft.
Add the meat cut into cubes of about 2-3 cm and continue to saute, stirring a few times, until the meat changes color and becomes whitish all over. If you want, you can let it brown a bit, it will be tastier.
Remove the pot from heat and add the paprika, caraway, pepper and salt and mix well until the meat is evenly coated with seasonings. Add the pepper paste and mix again.
Put the pot back on heat and add 1 liter of water and the thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered for 25 minutes.
Add the potatoes cut into cubes and continue simmering (without the lid this time) until the potatoes are cooked, about 25 minutes. Taste for salt.
Add the chopped tarragon (you should have 1 level tablespoon of coarsely chopped tarragon), turn off the heat and put the lid on. Let the stew rest for at least 1 hour to thicken.

Potato Stew with Pork

Ingredients

How to prepare potato stew with pork

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