Every housewife wants a hearty, nutritious dinner, but at the same time it was prepared simply and with a saving of time. There may be plenty of options on this subject, but the most popular and favorite recipe for many families is pasta with pork. We bring to your attention a few simple and quick recipes that will appeal to every member of the family. They will ask for supplements.
Pasta with pork, bell pepper and green peas
A dish such as pasta with pork can be supplemented with absolutely any vegetables, whether it is pickled cucumbers from a jar or canned vegetables (corn, peas, beans).
So, to prepare this dish we need the following ingredients: pork - 500 grams, pasta of hard varieties - 350 grams, one large bell pepper, canned beans - half a can, canned corn - half a can, one medium onion, two heads of garlic, one small carrot , a little oil for frying, salt and ground black pepper (to taste).
Cooking process
To begin with, you should prepare the main ingredient - meat. Pork pasta, the recipe of which we offer, should be juicy. In many recipes, pork is washed with a napkin or dried on a board after washing. Here, it is not necessary to dry the washed meat, it will give more water-juice, which is what we need.
After the meat is washed, it should be cut into small pieces and fry over medium heat in a small amount of oil. Next, add chopped vegetables to the upcoming pork: carrots, onions. A little later, add chopped garlic. All ingredients must be fried over medium heat for ten to fifteen minutes.
Pasta with pork, as we have said, goes well with canned vegetables, so in the next step we will add them. Bell pepper will need to be cut into small strips - straws, and pour half of the corn and beans from the cans. All this is added to already prepared meat. Stew for ten minutes.
You can choose any pasta for this dish. It is important to remember that the recipe “Pasta with pork” requires the preparation of pasta “al dente”. Boil them in salted water until half ready. Then we recline, wash under running cold water and add to the pork with vegetables. At the end, add ground black pepper and salt to taste.
Pork pasta cooked in a slow cooker
Currently, many housewives have such an assistant in the kitchen as a crock-pot. With its help, dishes are prepared an order of magnitude faster and are much juicier and more rich. Pasta with pork in a slow cooker cook for forty minutes.
To cook pasta with pork in a slow cooker (a recipe with a photo is attached) you will need a minimum of simple products. Take: three hundred grams of pork, one large carrot, one onion, a little vegetable or olive oil, spices (salt, pepper, hops, suneli, bay leaf).
Cooking process
Turn on the kitchen "assistant". Pour a little oil at the bottom of the dishes and add the pork chopped into pieces. You can immediately turn on the “Baking” mode (approximate working time is forty minutes). We cover the lid and simmer the meat for ten minutes.
Then add fried carrots and onions to the fried pieces of meat. Close the lid again and simmer another ten to fifteen minutes.
The good multicooker is that you don’t have to cook pasta separately for this dish. They can be poured immediately into crockery dishes. Pour water mixed with tomato paste. Make sure that the liquid covers all the ingredients. Now you can add to your taste your favorite seasonings for meat, salt, bay leaf and ground pepper. We close the lid thoroughly and wait twenty minutes. The dish is ready.
Oven-cooked pork pasta
If recipes are used, roasting and vegetable oil are not suitable for you due to a certain diet, then we offer you another recipe - pasta with pork in the oven. The recipe is also very simple and quick, only more useful and less high-calorie than in the first two cases.
To prepare four servings of a dish you need: a kilogram of pork, half a kilogram of spaghetti (or any other pasta), one tablespoon of tomato paste, medium onion, a couple of cloves of garlic, half a liter of tomato juice, ten to twenty grams of vegetable oil, a little grated hard cheese , salt and spices to taste.
Cooking process
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. My pork and cut into large pieces. They can be fried a little beforehand, or you can add immediately to a greased baking sheet. Then they will go to the meat: finely chopped onions, chopped garlic cloves with a knife and carrots shabby on a coarse grater. We season meat and vegetables with tomato juice mixed with a spoon of tomato paste. Add your favorite spices to taste. Now you can send the meat to stew for ten to fifteen minutes. Readiness is checked by the density of the sauce.
Spaghetti or pasta is boiled in advance in slightly salted water. When the sauce thickens, you can add pasta to the meat. Sprinkle grated cheese on top. The resulting layers are: meat with vegetables - pasta - cheese. We send the dish to the oven for final cooking. In time it is about fifteen minutes. The pasta with pork and cheese in the oven is ready. The dish turns juicy and appetizing, fragrant and healthy.
It should be noted that pork and pasta go well with any mushrooms. If you wish, you can add a little cut mushrooms to the dish. They will give the dish an incredible mushroom aroma and a pleasant delicate taste. Champignons go well with cheese, so the overall taste of the dish will turn out to be amazingly rich, and the ingredients will actively complement each other.
Experts advise choosing meat carefully. Better to take tender slices, fresh and mouth-watering. Buy pork only at trusted stores or from trusted sellers in the market.