Pork casserole recipe

Pork casserole

50 ratings

Prep Time:10 mins

Cooking Time:90 mins

Serves:4 Adults

Cost:Medium

Casserole is a family favourite, its tasty filling and easy to make. It can be frozen in individual portions making homemade meals as convenient as any fast-food!

About this recipe

Recipe adapted from 101+ Square Meals

Ingredients

675g / 1½ lb of lean pork, diced
1 medium green pepper
1 dessertspoon of vegetable oil
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
6 mushrooms, sliced
1 teaspoon curry powder
½ teaspoon pepper
50g / 1 oz. of plain flour
1 x 400g / 14 oz. tin of chopped tomatoes
½ teaspoon of mixed herbs
275ml / ½ pint of vegetable stock, or 1 vegetable stock cube mixed with 275ml / ½ pint of warm water
Salt and pepper to taste

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 160°C / 325°F / Gas Mark 3
Remove stalks and seeds from the pepper and chop it up
Heat the oil and fry the onion, pepper and mushrooms for 3 minutes. Transfer to a casserole dish
Add the curry powder to the flour, and coat the pork in this mixture
Fry the coated pork for 5 minutes and then put into the casserole dish with the vegetables. Add tomatoes, herbs and vegetable stock
Cover tightly and cook in the pre-heated oven for 1½ hours

What you will need

Casserole dish
Chopping board
Chopping knife
Frying pan
Measuring jug(for liquids)
Wooden spoon

Serving suggestions

This casserole can be changed up by using different meat and veg

Nutritional Information:

All our recipes are nutritionally analysed by our team of experts.

1/4 of the recipe contains

Energy

1316kj

313kcal

16%

Fat

9.4g

13%

Saturates

2.6g

13%

Sugars

5.5g

Salt

1.1g

18%

2 of your 5 a day

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