Braised cabbage with pork

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make stewed cabbage with pork? You will need winter white cabbage. It is prepared with fatty varieties of meat or poultry – pork, goose, duck. Therefore, it is better to choose fatter meat. If you cook with pork, I advise you to take a brisket with fat layers or a pork neck. Also prepare onions, medium-sized carrots, fleshy and ripe tomatoes, bay leaf.

2. Step 2:

   

   Rinse pork well under running cold water. Drain with paper towels. If there is, remove the skin, we won't need it in this dish. Cut the meat into small pieces.

3. Step 3:

   

   It is better to stew the dish in a saucepan with thick walls or a cauldron. Pour in some refined vegetable oil with a high smoking temperature. Warm it up. When the butter sizzles, put the pieces of pork in it. Fry the meat on all sides over high heat, not forgetting to stir constantly. Important! In any case, do not salt the meat, otherwise it will release juice and will not fry, but cook, which will lead to its dryness.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash and dry the vegetables. Peel the carrots and onions. Remove the skin from the tomato, if desired. To do this, lower the tomatoes into boiling water for a few seconds. Make criss-cross incisions on the surface with a sharp knife and remove the thin skin. Cut all the same small cubes. If desired, carrots can be grated on a coarse grater. Instead of tomatoes, you can take 1 tablespoon of tomato paste.

5. Step 5:

   

   Remove the top flaccid and darkened leaves from fresh cabbage. Cut the head into two parts. Cut out and throw out the stalk. Finely chop the cabbage using a sharp knife or a food processor.

7. Step 6:

   

   Put onions and carrots in the pan with the meat. Passer until the vegetables are soft, stirring so that they do not burn. At the end, add salt and pepper to taste.

8. Step 7:

   

   Add chopped cabbage.

9. Step 8:

   

   Mix the contents and simmer under the lid on low heat until the cabbage becomes soft (about 30 minutes). The first 10 minutes of cooking without a lid, then under the lid. If you close the pot immediately, the cabbage will be steamed, not stewed.

10. Step 9:

    

    Last of all, add chopped tomatoes or tomato paste. Cabbage gives a sufficient amount of juice during stewing, but if you see that there is very little liquid in the pan, pour in a little boiled hot water (about 1-2 tablespoons). Stir the contents so that the cabbage does not burn. At the end, put a couple of bay leaves. Cook until the desired softness of the cabbage.

11. Step 10:

    

    Serve stewed cabbage with meat hot. Before serving, sprinkle with chopped parsley, green onion, dill. Enjoy your meal!