How much to cook pork?

If pork is frozen, it is imperative to defrost it before cooking. A piece of pork half a kilogram to cook hour after boiling over low heat without a lid. If the meat is cooked for soup or broth, place it in cold water. And if you need the meat for a salad or for a snack, put it in slightly salted boiling water.

Step-by-step instruction

Wash the pork and put in water. Either in cold water (for broth), or in lightly salted boiling water (if the goal is boiled meat).
In the first 15 minutes after boiling, monitor the foam: remove it with a slotted spoon or a tablespoon.
Pork will be cooked in an hour and a half, to cook the concentrated broth, add another half hour or an hour, depending on the size of the pork piece. If the meat is very young and comes from soft parts, it will be ready in 40 minutes.
Add some salt to the pork 10 minutes before the end of cooking.

How to cook pork in chunks

1. Cut the pork into cubes, 3-4 centimeters in the soup, into the salad with 1 centimeter thick shavings.
2. Put the pieces in a saucepan, cover with water. Pour cold water into the broth - as much as the broth is needed. And for the salad, you need boiling water so that the water will cover the pieces of pork with a margin.
3. Bring water to a boil, remove the foam.
4. Cook pieces of pork for soup for 1 hour, for salad for 40 minutes. Cover with a lid so that the broth does not boil.

Simple pork soup with peas

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A pound of pork, a large can of canned peas, a pound of potatoes, three hundred grams of carrots, a head of onion, a bay leaf, any spices and herbs to taste.

Pork Soup with Peas
Pour a saucepan into water, put pork, put on fire and cook for 25 minutes after boiling. Cut the onion thinly, cut the potatoes into 1 centimeter cubes, and cut the carrots into thin circles. Throw potatoes into boiling broth, after 5 minutes - carrots and onions. After another 5 minutes - green peas. Cook for another 5 minutes. Serve with herbs.

Fusofacts

Boiled pork is a very simple dish and almost universal. After spending only 20 minutes to start cooking in the kitchen, you end up with a full-fledged hot dish that can be served with a sauce or side dish, or cooled, sliced and served as a snack on sandwiches.

What meat to choose for cooking

Pork on the bone is more suitable for cooking broth, then the broth will be more rich. Any low-fat sirloin is perfect for salads.

Keep in mind that pork is fatter and more nutritious than beef: the calorie content of boiled pork is 349 kcal / 100 grams. The most "dietary" piece is pork tenderloin - 142 kcal / 100 grams.

How to determine readiness

You can determine the readiness of cooked pork by piercing it with a knife: if the meat is cooked, then the knife will pass into the meat with almost no effort.

Cooking pork correctly

It is very important for safety to cook the pork until cooked through. The taste of undercooked pork is almost the same as ready-made pork; it may be too difficult for an inexperienced cook to determine readiness by tenderness. Therefore, it is worth boiling pork in time, and after the time has elapsed, either stop cooking or cook to taste.

Cooking delicious pork

Common seasonings for cooking pork broth are onions, carrots, black peppercorns, lavrushka. Pork salad dressings should be added depending on the salad recipe. Boiled pork is very fond of herbs, including spicy ones - parsnips, leeks, celery, parsley, saffron, basil, cilantro. Just add any spices from our list at the beginning of the boil.

Author / Editor - Lydia Ivanova

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