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HEARTY PORK STEW ANYONE?

If you've been following the blog, you will know most of my posts are about comfort food.
 Food that makes me extremely happy to indulge. 
Well... I mean that's all food.
But growing up in a big family, our meals were filling and made us say "mmmmmm"...



One of my favorite family dinner staples 
is a Hearty Pork Stew or "Neck Bone Soup". 

Filled with tender neck bones, potatoes, sweet corn and a hint of tomato. Another soup that could last for days if you make a big ol' pot like mine. All this flavor with minimal ingredients that you can pretty much throw in together and let it cook down.  My mother and grandmother were not huge onions and garlic fans. (Craziness right?) But there is so much flavor in the neck bone stock...you won't miss them.
You can spice it up, add more herbs or use stew beef if you prefer.
One more thing: Add cornbread and you are home!



For an even heartier soup, serve over white rice...
Looks kinda like Gumbo doesn't it?



    Ingredients
  • 3 1/2 pounds Fresh Pork Neck Bones
  • 3-5 Large red potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1- 16 oz can Tomato sauce
  • 1- 6 oz can Tomato paste
  • 2- 15 oz cans Sweet whole kernel corn
  • 1 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp Salt (You will need more. This is a start for the stock. Add more throughout cooking)
  • 1 tbsp Seasoning salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp Black pepper
  • 1 tbsp Onion powder


Cooking Directions
  1. Wash and trim excess fat and cartilage off of neck bones.
  2. Splash vinegar over pork and let sit for 5 minutes.
  3. Rinse off vinegar and throw neck bones into a large stew pot
  4. Add enough cold water to cover neck bones.
  5. Add dry seasonings.
  6. Cover pot, turn heat to medium. Boil neckbones for an hour then add diced potatoes.
  7. After 20 minutes, add corn and tomato sauce, bring back to a boil.
  8. Spoon can of tomato paste in small batches to thicken sauce.
  9. Let soup simmer for another hour.
  10. Stir soup thoroughly throughout cooking. 
That's it. Pretty simple and very tasty. This portion served 5 of us for 3 days. Different sized portions. The meat is always the first to disappear. And would you look at what leftovers look like the next day after everything has marinated all together for hours?...Even Yummier :)


Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hrs 25 minutes
Total Time: 2 hrs 40 minutes
       
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