Sunday, March 29, 2009

Pork Paprikash Dinner


Pork Paprikash in the Slow Cooker
Mashed Baked Potatoes
Broccoli with Lemon Juice
Crusty White Bread




Serve this up with mashed potatoes or mashed sweet potatoes, a green vegetable, and some bread hot out of the bread machine for a delicious, warm dinner that serves four to six.


Ingredients:


3 to 4 pounds boneless country style pork ribs
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
5 teaspoons paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
1 large onion, halved, sliced
½ cup of fresh or frozen cut up sweet peppers
Cooking oil spray
1/2 cup vegetable broth
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sour cream or homemade yogurt
¼ cup of cream or milk
4 large baking potatoes
1 bag of frozen broccoli or one bag of fresh broccoli florets
1 teaspoon lemon juice (fresh squeezed from 1/2 a lemon)
Bread in the bread machine (Use the recipe in your bread machine book.)


In the morning:

  1. Prepare the bread according to your bread machine book and set on delay bake.


  2. Wash pork and pat dry on paper towels. Combine flour, 4 teaspoons of paprika, salt, and pepper in a brown paper bag. Put the pork in the bag, close the top, and shake it to coat thoroughly.


  3. Spray the crockpot with cooking oil. Place the coated pork and the cut up onions and peppers in the pot. Pour vegetable broth over all. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.


30 minutes before dinner:

  1. Bake the potatoes in the microwave for 7 minutes each.


  2. While the potatoes are baking, remove pork from the crockpot.


  3. Pour juices from the crockpot into a saucepan and place over medium heat. Simmer for 5 to 8 minutes, until reduced by about 1/4 to 1/3. Remove from heat and stir in sour cream or homemade yogurt. Stir the pork into the cream sauce and sprinkle with more paprika.


  4. Remove the potatoes from the microwave and carefully skin them, saving a few bits of skin for the mashed potatoes.


  5. Put the broccoli in a bowl with ¼ cup of water. Place in the microwave and cook for five minutes. After cooking, sprinkle with lemon juice.


  6. Place the potatoes in a mixing bowl, add ¼ cup of cream, 2 tablespoons of butter, and 2 tablespoons of sour cream or homemade yogurt. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix with a mixer until it is as smooth as you like it. For thicker potatoes, reduce the cream, for thinner potatoes, increase the cream.



5 minutes before dinner:

  1. Have someone set the table.


  2. Take the bread out of the machine and let it cool. Slice it at the table as you enjoy your dinner.

After dinner:

  1. Grind up the lemon peel in the garbage disposal for a fresh smelling kitchen.

Picture credit: Suzanne Pitner

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