Moroccan Spiced Stewed Pork Belly in a Slow Cooker Recipe

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Moroccan Spiced Stewed Pork Belly in a Slow Cooker
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
1486
Calories
Total time
540
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 lbs pork belly
  • 1 1/2 inches fresh ginger, minced
  • 1/2 cup dried mushroom (optional)
  • 1 1/2 tbsp ras el hanout spice mix
  • 1 pinch saffron
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 tbsp argan oil (this is very expensive and hard to find, you can use any other oil you like but if you can get your )
  • 1 cup white wine (or light red if you have that on hand) (optional)

Directions:

  1. Heat oil in a deep cast iron skillet (or a cast iron dutch oven) over medium high heat. Cube the belly with skin on and salt the meat. Add meat to oil and brown on each side. Work in batches if your skillet is small - don't crowd the meat. Remove the meat from the skillet and set aside in a bowl.
  2. Add diced onions to the skillet and fry in the oil until they are beginning to brown (ie past translucent but not burnt). Add ginger and garlic and stir up and fry for one more minute.
  3. Add wine and stock and deglaze pan (scrape up the browned bits into the liquid). Add tomato, spices, safron, honey and salt. Taste for saltiness - do not undersalt. The liquid will not be flavorful or even tasty at this stage so only judge the salt. Add the yoghurt slowly and stir as you add (this prevents it from curdling). Reduce the liquid if it looks like a lot (if you reduce too much, no worries, you'll add back just the right amount of water in the next step).
  4. Pour the liquid from the skillet into your slow cooker. Add the meat with any juices from the bowl into your slow cooker. Add the quartered small onions and the dried mushrooms. Add water to almost cover the meat and stir the liquid. Cook on low setting for 9 hours. I do all the prep the night before and then refrigerate the uncooked food in the insert until I'm ready to place it in the base the next morning and turn it on. When I get home I have a gorgeous fragrant meal.
  5. Serve ladled over couscous and garnish with chopped fresh cilantro.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1485.8 Kcal (6221 kJ)
Calories from fat 1217.71 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 135.3g 208%
Cholesterol 166.97mg 56%
Sodium 436.55mg 18%
Potassium 822mg 17%
Total Carbs 21.63g 7%
Sugars 5.11g 20%
Dietary Fiber 2.9g 12%
Protein 25.91g 52%
Vitamin C 6.3mg 11%
Iron 2.4mg 13%
Calcium 58.9mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 244.6 Kcal (1024 kJ)
Calories from fat 200.47 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.27g 208%
Cholesterol 27.49mg 56%
Sodium 71.87mg 18%
Potassium 135.32mg 17%
Total Carbs 3.56g 7%
Sugars 0.84g 20%
Dietary Fiber 0.48g 12%
Protein 4.27g 52%
Vitamin C 1mg 11%
Iron 0.4mg 13%
Calcium 9.7mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 40.4
    Points
  • 39
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

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