Pork azu in a slow cooker

How to cook pork aza in a slow cooker? 1. Wash the pork and wipe it with paper towels. Cut the meat into small pieces.

2. Turn on the slow cooker in the "Baking" or "Frying" mode. Pour half a portion of vegetable oil into the bowl of the slow cooker and transfer the pieces of pork. Season the meat with salt and ground black pepper. Stir the meat, do not close the lid of the slow cooker and fry the meat until golden brown. Then transfer the fried pork pieces to a plate - they will be needed a little later.

3. Peel all the necessary vegetables, rinse and dry. Cut the potatoes into medium-sized cubes, finely chop the carrots and onions with a sharp knife. Cut the bell pepper into cubes. And cut the pickles into small pieces of any shape. Scald the tomatoes with boiling water and remove the skin from them, and then grate or grind them into a puree with a blender. Finely chop the garlic with a knife or chop it with a press.

4. Put the potatoes in the bowl of a slow cooker. Without changing the mode, lightly fry the potatoes until golden brown, season with spices (salt and pepper) and put on a plate.

5. Pour the remaining vegetable oil into the bowl of the slow cooker and fry the chopped onions and carrots on it for a couple of minutes. As soon as they become soft, add the chopped pickles to the bowl and mix. Then put the cubes of bell pepper and mix all the ingredients again. The multicooker mode remains unchanged throughout the entire process.

6. Once the vegetables are fried, add tomato paste and tomato puree from tomatoes. At this stage, try the dish and add the missing spices.

7. Switch the slow cooker to the "Stewing" mode, add the fried pork and garlic. Pour the meat broth into the bowl, cover the slow cooker with a lid and set the timer for 20 minutes of stewing.

8. Open the slow cooker and put the fried potato pieces, mix all the products, close the lid and leave the aza to simmer for another 10 minutes.

As soon as the dish is ready, transfer it to serving plates and sprinkle with fresh herbs.

Bon appetit!

In addition to pork, any other meat can be used in this dish. Keep in mind that the cooking time, as well as the taste and calorie content of the dish will change. For example, beef is cooked longer than pork, and chicken fillet or turkey is less.

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper).