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Brazilian-Style Pork Stew with Rice
Recipes
Brazilian-Style Pork Stew with Rice
6 servings
4 hours 20 minutes total (Active 20 minutes)

Ingredients

  • 2 (15-oz) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 5 slices bacon
  • 1 ½ lb pork for stew
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 3 ¼ cups no-salt-added chicken stock, divided
  • 1 (10.75-oz) can condensed tomato soup
  • ¼ cup hot pepper sauce
  • 1 cup white rice
  • 1 (11-oz) can Mandarin oranges, drained (optional)

Steps

    1. Drain and rinse beans; cut bacon into 1-inch pieces (wash hands). Preheat large sauté pan on medium-high 2–3 minutes. Add bacon; cook and stir 4–5 minutes or until crisp. Remove bacon, leaving drippings in pan.
    2. Season pork with salt and pepper, then place in same pan. Cook 2–3 minutes on each side or until browned. Place bacon and pork in slow cooker.
    3. Pour 1 ¼ cups stock into pan; cook and stir 2–3 minutes or until hot. Carefully pour into slow cooker with tomato soup, beans, and hot sauce. Cover and cook on HIGH for 3–4 hours (or on LOW 7–8 hours) or until pork is tender.
    4. Prepare rice following stovetop instructions during last 30 minutes cook time using remaining 2 cups stock. Drain orange slices. Serve stew over rice; top with orange slices.

Amount per ⅙ recipe serving: Calories 550, Total Fat 24g, Sat Fat 8g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 85mg, Sodium 1010mg, Total Carb 53g, Fiber 6g, Sugars 5g, Protein 31g, Calc 8%, Vitamin A 10%, Vitamin C 4%, Iron 25%