Braised Pork Cheeks
Braised Pork Cheeks

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, braised pork cheeks. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have braised pork cheeks using 13 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Braised Pork Cheeks:
  1. Make ready 2 onions, peeled and sliced
  2. Get 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
  3. Take 2 Bay leaves
  4. Prepare A few sprigs of rosemary or 1 tsp of dried rosemary
  5. Take A few sprigs of thyme or 1 tsp of dried thyme
  6. Take 6 pork cheeks
  7. Prepare 2 tbsp plain flour
  8. Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
  9. Make ready 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  10. Make ready 160 ml red wine
  11. Take 500 ml chicken stock (may not need all of it)
  12. Take to taste Salt
  13. Prepare to taste Ground black pepper

Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Toss the cheeks in the seasoned flour. Add a little more oil to the pan and turn up the heat. Pork cheeks are "an extremely inexpensive cut of meat that's full of rich flavor," wrote Kirker.

Steps to make Braised Pork Cheeks:
  1. Preheat oven to 180c.
  2. If the pork cheeks still have a lot of fat on them trim as much of the fat as you can. If you leave the fat on the cheek it'll make the dish quite greasy.
  3. In a bowl add the flour then season with salt and pepper.
  4. Coat the pork cheeks well in the seasoned flour one at a time.
  5. Over a medium/high heat, heat the olive oil in a saucepan. Shake off any excess flour from the pork cheeks. Then add them to the olive oil and brown for 3-4 minutes on each side or until each side is golden brown. Transfer pork cheeks onto a plate and set aside.
  6. Turn the heat down to medium then add the onions and fry until soft and translucent. Add in the garlic next and fry for another minute or so (don't burn the garlic).
  7. Next add in the balsamic vinegar and wine. Bring to boiling point then turn it down to a simmer, continue simmering for another 5-10 until the liquid has thickened.
  8. Transfer the pork cheeks to an ovenproof dish and transfer the rest of the contents that's in the saucepan to the ovenproof dish. Then add just enough stock to almost cover the pork cheeks.
  9. Add in the rosemary, bay leaves and thyme to the pork cheeks.
  10. Transfer the pork to the preheated oven and cook for 2 hours 30 minutes (note: I added the rest of the stock half way through cooking).
  11. Once the pork cheeks are soft and tender remove them from the dish, transfer them to a plate and cover with foil.
  12. Discard any of the rosemary and thyme sprigs aswell as the bay leaves.
  13. Transfer the liquid and rest of contents back into a saucepan and continue to cook it for another 10-15 minutes or until the sauce has thickened. Skim any fat that's floating on top with a spoon.
  14. Once the sauce is thickened, you can shred the pork cheeks, cut into pieces or serve as they are.
  15. Boiled rice goes well with this dish as it'll absorb all the liquid.

My streamlined and adapted version is simply served on cabbage. Pork cheeks are one of the best cuts you can buy for braising. What diets is this Braised Pork Cheeks with Apple recipe suitable for? We are close to the eating part. Serve the pork cheeks and vegetables over jasmine rice and garnish with cilantro and scallions.

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