My Easy Pork Verde Stew
Give me this bowl. It’s piled high with all the tender pork bites, bone broth with the best verde sauce, fresh cilantro and scallions with red bell peppers, carrots and onions – brings it all together.
Grab all of these ingredients – you are going to want to make this tonight!
There are TWO ways to cook this.
Instant Pot or Slow Cooker
For the Instant Pot, I set the pressure at high for 20 minutes. Then I add the carrots and cook it for another 10 minutes. Release the pressure and add in the remaining ingredients.
In the Slow Cooker, you will add all of the ingredients (minus the garnish) and set on high for 4-6 hours or until the meat is tender and falls apart.
I used Boneless Pork Ribs
I grabbed two packages of Boneless Pork Ribs that looked so good – less fat, no bone to deal with and so quick and easy to cut into small dice pieces.
Pork Shoulder is a great alternative. It is a large cut of meat. Plus it will usually have a bone in the center of it. It does have more fat to deal with as well…but the flavor is good!
More quick + easy soups to make
My Easy Pork Verde Stew
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 4-6 1x
Ingredients
- 2–3 lbs. boneless pork ribs, cubes into 2 inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon each salt and ground black pepper
- 1/2 yellow onion, small diced
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 5 garlic cloves, smashed
- 2 cups chicken bone broth, divided
- 4–5 medium carrots, medium diced
- 1 red bell pepper, medium diced
- 4 scallions, chopped
- small bunch cilantro, roughly chopped (optional)
- 1 16 oz. jar verde sauce or salsa
Instructions
Instant Pot
- Choose the saute setting on high for 12 minutes. Let heat up. Salt and pepper the pork pieces all over. Add them into the heated Instant Pot. Move around so the pork covers the bottom. Let cook for 8 minutes without moving around.
- Toss (pull off the bottom if they are stuck) around so the other side can cook. Add in the diced onion, red pepper flakes, smoked paprika, onion powder and garlic cloves to the top of the pork.
- After 4 minutes, turn the heat to high pressure for 20 minutes. Toss the meat with all the onions and seasonings. Pour in 1 cup of chicken bone broth. Place the lid on and let it pressurize and cook.
- When the timer goes off, release all the pressure right away. Add in the carrots and give it a good stir. Add the lid back on and set to high pressure again but for 8 minutes.
- When the timer goes off, release all the pressure right away and remove the lid. Stir in the remaining 1 cup chicken bone broth, diced red bell pepper, scallions and cilantro. Serve with cheese, tortillas or keep it plain.
Slow Cooker
- Set your slow cooker to high for 6 hours (you can check it at 4 hours, if you are around).
- Sprinkle salt and ground black pepper over the pork pieces and place them into the bottom of the slow cooker bowl. Add in the onion, cumin, red pepper flakes, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic cloves, chicken bone broth and carrots. Place the lid on top and let it cook.
- At hour 4, remove the lid and stir around. Check the meat for doneness- if when you poke the meat with a fork it is tender and falls apart it is done. If the pork pieces still feel tough or tender, cook for an additional 1-2 hours. Add in the diced red bell pepper at hour 4 (it’s okay if you don’t cook it anymore, the crunchy peppers are a nice balance to the tender stew.
- Sprinkle in the scallions and cilantro. Serve with cheese, tortillas or plain.
Notes
Alternative to boneless pork ribs, use a pork shoulder. Cut into 2 inch cubes to make it cook a bit faster. Leave any extra meat on the bone and cook that with everything else – so much flavor and the meat will fall off the bone, when it finishes cooking.
For the slow cooker instructions- an additional first step is to sear the meat. Use a large skillet over high heat. Salt and pepper the pork pieces and place in the hot skillet. Let cook for 8 minutes before turning over to cook for another 4 minutes. Then add into the slow cooker bowl.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 4-6 hours
- Category: pork
- Method: Instant Pot
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