Pork Soups and Stews
Pork-and-Cider Stew
This hearty stew from chef Fernanda Milanezi is super-simple to make for a crowd. It’s finished with heavy cream, which amplifies the wonderful apple flavor.
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Yucatán Pork Stew with Ancho Chiles and Lime Juice
Tia Harrison breaks down a pig each week at Avedano’s and finds making stew a versatile way to use cuts like pork shoulder, shanks and belly. Here she cooks the stew with pleasantly bitter ancho chiles.
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Simple Pork Posole
Mexican posole is typically a thick, hearty soup made with hominy (chewy dried corn kernels with the hull and germ removed). For his version, Ethan Stowell slow-simmers chunks of pork butt in water with onion and garlic to create a dish that’s appealingly brothy.
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Shoyu Ramen
在访问纽约顶级拉面斑点(在cluding Ippudo NY, Sapporo and Momofuku Noodle Bar), Grace Parisi created her dream ramen with a pork-and-chicken-based broth that gets extra depth of flavor from kombu (seaweed) and shoyu (Japanese soy sauce).
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Pork Cheek and Black-Eyed Pea Chili
迈克尔系列将自己定义为“小猪arian,” saying he can’t get enough of the meat. For his luscious chili, he uses incredibly flavorful and succulent pork cheeks—an unusual cut worth seeking out. If pork cheeks aren’t available, pork shoulder (cut into 2-inch pieces) can be substituted.
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Pork-and-Green-Chile Stew
A mix of mild chiles (poblano, Anaheim) and hot ones (serrano) gives body and heat to this quick braise made with boneless pork shoulder (ask your butcher to trim it for you).
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Pork Stew with Cockles and Spicy Red Pepper Sauce
This combination of briny cockles and smoky pork is traditional in southern Portugal’s Alentejo region, though the fresh red chiles in the sauce here add a distinctive twist (for a sweeter variation, use red bell peppers instead).
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Slow Cooker Ham Hock and Chickpea Stew
Marcia Kiesel credits split pea soup, one of her favorites, as the inspiration for this hearty stew. Like split peas, chickpeas need to simmer for a long time, making them great for a slow cooker.
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White Bean and Ham Soup
When Grace Parisi was growing up, her mother made white bean and escarole soup every Friday. To transform the soup into a main course, Parisi substitutes ham and spiced croutons for the greens.
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Pork-and-Kale Soup with Sizzling Puffed Rice
”I love food that makes noise,“ says Edward Lee. When F&W challenged theTop ChefSeason 9 contestant to make a fast dish with pork, kale and white wine, he created a deeply flavorful soup, then added crumbled rice cakes that crackle as they hit the broth. The dish is based on one he likes from a hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese spot in Manhattan’s Chinatown. ”They make a big deal out of adding the rice, so you can celebrate the sizzling sound,“ Lee says.
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Pork Tinga
Chef Rick Bayless’s pork stew is smoky and delicious, especially when topped with avocado, cheese and onion.
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Pork and Tomatillo Stew
Good NewsThis spicy Mexican-style stew is loaded with vegetables, including carrots, an excellent source of vitamins A and K. Andrew Murray makes it for his employees around harvest time. “It’s our comfort food at the winery,” he says. “And it’s a nice excuse to stop for a few minutes and eat together, even when we’re busy.”
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Vietnamese Pork-and-Noodle Soup
In many Asian cultures, long noodles symbolize long life. And in the spirit of that tradition, we've left the past whole here, to be eaten with chopsticks or even a fork. Of course, if you're feeling reckless, you can go ahead and break the noodles into smaller pieces before cooking them.