Pork casserole

201 ratings

Prep Time:10 mins

Cooking Time:90 mins

Serves:4 Adults

Cost:Medium

Pork casserole is a tasty, filling and easy to make family favourite.

About this recipe

This pork casserole recipe was adapted from the 101 Square Meals cookbook. It can be frozen as batches in individual portions, making this homemade meal as convenient as any fast-food. Here’s how to bake the perfect casserole in a few easy steps.

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. Learn how to check whether your meat is cooked properly here. 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 oven-baked pork casserole can be changed up by using different types of meat and vegetables to your taste.

Nutritional Information:

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

1/4 of the recipe contains

Energy

1392kj

331kcal

17%

Fat

9.7g

14%

Saturates

2.6g

13%

Sugars

Salt

1.1g

18%

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