Pilaf is a very common dish in Central Asia. The main ingredients for its preparation are, first of all, rice, lamb and the so-called zirvak - meat and onions with carrots fried in hot fat.
However, depending on taste preferences, the composition of the components can be changed. For example, replace lamb with pork. As you know, this type of meat has a delicate texture and taste, and, therefore, pork pilaf turns out to be very rich, aromatic and unusually tasty.
Despite the huge variety of ingredients that can be added to pilaf (vegetables, various spices to improve the taste and color in a golden color), the technology for its preparation is approximately the same and includes, as a rule, three stages:
- overheating of oil or a mixture of fats;
- preparation of zirvak;
- adding rice, bringing the dish to readiness.
Products must be placed in the overheated fat in a strict sequence: first, meat, then onions, the final stage in cooking zirvak - carrots. Next, add spices, lay the rice in an even layer, without stirring with frying, and fill it with water at the rate of 125-130 gr. water for 500 gr. rice. The rice should be poured about 1.5 cm, if it is too dry, you can add a little more water.
When the pilaf boils, it is not recommended to close it with a lid. But as soon as the moisture has almost evaporated, the dish should be tightly closed, having previously pierced it in several places so that the rice will stop. Then mix the rice thoroughly with the bottom layer until smooth.
Since rice is the basis for pilaf, the quality of the resulting dish will directly depend on its choice. So how do you choose the right cereal?
It should be noted right away that parboiled rice is not at all what we need to prepare an elegant dish. It is better to choose special varieties intended for pilaf. Fortunately, nowadays you can find almost everything on store shelves.
We advise you to use varieties such as devzira - large aromatic rice of a pinkish hue, jasmine, indica, sadri or good long grain varieties. Before preparing pork pilaf, experts recommend soaking the cereals in salted water for a couple of hours - this way the dish will turn out to be more tasty and rich.
Many housewives in pilaf overcook grated carrots - which is a common mistake. Real zirvak is prepared on the basis of carrots, cut into strips. The onion should also be cut into fairly large cubes or half rings. As for pork, then it is crushed in small pieces across the fibers, after defrosting at room temperature and rinsing in running water.
For the operation of overheating the oil, a metal, by no means enameled, surface with thick walls and an oval-rounded bottom is required. Cast iron cauldrons are perfect for this role. The dishes are first heated, then butter (or a mixture of fats other than butter) is poured into it, heat it over low heat until a characteristic crackling occurs, and the prepared ingredients are added. You can use an aluminum cauldron, but on condition: its walls and bottom should not be thinner than one centimeter.
There are several variations in the preparation of classic pilaf. As a rule, the main elements in the dish are rice and lamb, but we will use pork. Be sure, it will not spoil the dish at all, rather, on the contrary, it will make it softer and a little fatter. Instead of the herbs and spices listed below, you can purchase ready-made "pilaf spices" in the store.
Ingredients:
- rice 200 gr.,
- pork neck 300 gr.
- carrots 1 pc.
- one bow head
- a couple of garlic cloves
- bay leaf, barberry 2 tsp, ground coriander 1 tsp, red and black pepper, salt, vegetable oil
Cooking method:
1. Peel the carrots, cut into strips. Dice the onion and meat, finely chop the garlic.
2. Heat the dishes, add oil and heat it up. Then lay out the meat, fry it over high heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Add rice to frying, fill with water, bring to a boil and cover with a lid. Tomim pilaf on low heat for about half an hour. 10 minutes before cooking, throw in a couple of bay leaves.
If the rice remains solid after the liquid boils, add a little more water. Stir the finished dish thoroughly.
As you know, dishes cooked in a multicooker retain all the useful properties, so pilaf in a multicooker will turn out to be very fragrant, juicy, and most importantly, healthy.
Ingredients:
- rice 2.5 measuring cups
- pork fillet 400 gr.
- 1 onion
- one carrot
- vegetable oil 4 table. l-ki
- 30 gr. drain. oils
- garlic, pepper, pilaf spices, salt to taste
Cooking method:
1. Cut the pork into cubes, pre-fry in a skillet. Add onions and carrots, cut into strips. Cook everything for 10 minutes.
2. Place the resulting roast on the bottom of a multicooker container. Lay rice on top, sprinkle with garlic, salt, seasonings to taste. Fill with water (about 4-5 measuring cups). Set the "pilaf" mode, if there is none - use "stewing".
3. Once the pilaf is cooked, do not leave it in the keep warm mode so that the rice does not stick together.
Awesome dish! For this recipe, it is advisable to use cherry tomatoes. A ceramic form is suitable as a dish, in extreme cases, you can use a goose-bowl.
Ingredients:
- pork 300 gr.
- a glass of rice
- water 2 glasses
- large head onion
- carrots 2 pieces
- garlic 4 cloves
- sweet pepper 1 piece
- 4 tomatoes
- drain. oil 30 gr.
- grows. oil 3 tbsp. l.
- pepper, pilaf spices, bay leaves, salt
Cooking method:
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. While it warms up, cook the meat and vegetables.
1. Chop the meat, coarsely chop the carrots, onions and garlic into slices. Next, prepare the zirvak in the traditional way described above, at the end add chopped tomatoes and garlic to the fry and fry for another 5-7 minutes.
2. Place the roast on the bottom of a greased cauldron, add rice, season with spices, pour boiling water over and put in the oven for 20 minutes without closing the lid. After this time, remove the pilaf, add the plum. butter, mix thoroughly and place in the oven for another 15-20 minutes.
In pilaf, you can add barberry, prunes, raisins and other favorite ingredients to taste. Bon Appetit!
Hello Dear!
Today I will tell you how to cook delicious pork pilaf. Of course, pork is a bit unusual meat for pilaf, since this dish comes from Asia and there, as you know, pork is not very respected. But personally, I have nothing against pork and I think that pork pilaf not much worse than pilaf, for example, from lamb.
To prepare pilaf according to this recipe, we need:
I have deliberately left out the quantity. It all strongly depends on the size of the cauldron and how much pilaf you want to cook. Just remember that there should be about the same amount of meat, onions and carrots. You can take as much rice as meat, or you can take up to two times more.
As a rule, the seasoning for pilaf is prepared in advance. I just buy in the market in equal quantities cumin (preferably black), dried barberry, paprika, dried tomato and turmeric. I pour all this into one jar, mix and that's it, the seasoning for pilaf is ready.
It is better to take a jar with a screw cap, for example, from baby food, since the spices are much more than needed for making pilaf.
The seasoning has been prepared, now let's turn to the rice. Rinse the rice thoroughly in several waters. Fill it with cold water again and set it aside, let it soak.
Cut the meat into small, approximately equal pieces.
We put the cauldron on the fire and pour vegetable oil into the cauldron. It is difficult for me to tell you the exact amount of oil, I always estimate it by eye based on my own experience in cooking pilaf. Today, for example, I cooked pilaf from 500 grams of meat and 600-700 grams of rice. For this amount of oil products I took about 200 grams. The amount of oil also depends on how fatty our meat is. The fatter the meat, the less oil, as the fat will be melted.
It is best to choose a cast iron cauldron. In a cast-iron cauldron, pilaf is cooked evenly and does not burn.
The oil must be ignited, but not overheated. To test, I throw a small onion, cut in half, into the butter. Heat the oil until the onion is browned.
As soon as the onion is browned, we take it out of the oil with a slotted spoon. Throw the meat cut earlier into the hot oil.
While the meat is fried, we cut the onion, not forgetting to stir the meat from time to time.
Then cut the carrots into thin strips. Do not forget to stir the meat.
For the first time, you should probably chop the onions and carrots beforehand.
Our meat should be done by now.
Pour the onion into the meat and fry it, stirring frequently, until the onion is cooked or golden brown.
Usually they write in pilaf recipes: "fry the onion until golden brown." It doesn't always work out. If there is a lot of meat or the onion is very juicy, then it can be cooked before it starts to turn golden and there is no point in frying it further, since it may start to burn.
Add chopped carrots to the meat and onions.
We fry for about five more minutes, stirring occasionally, so as not to burn.
Then add about a teaspoon of the pilaf seasoning we made earlier.
Mix everything and fill it with water from a kettle, so that it slightly covers the food.
Now you can salt it well so that rice and water will be added later.
What we have done now is called zirvak, it’s like a sauce for pilaf. Let the zirvak boil. If you try zirvak at the boiling point, it should have a salty taste.
We cover the cauldron with a lid, reduce the heat and leave the zirvak to cook. We are preparing pork pilaf, so it is enough to wait 15-20 minutes. If you are cooking or beef, then this time should be increased to 30-40 minutes.
When the zirvak is ready, pour the soaked rice over it.
Spread the rice with a slotted spoon and add water so that it covers the rice by about two fingers.
Cover with a lid and leave to cook over low heat. The cooking time is different each time from 40 minutes to an hour, depending on the quantity and quality of rice and the amount of water.
I usually open the lid after 20-30 minutes and collect the rice from the edges into the center in a small mound.
If there is still a lot of water, then you need to pierce the rice to the bottom with a knife in several places so that it evaporates faster.
Again, close the cauldron with a lid and cook on minimal heat until the water completely disappears.
Put the finished pilaf on a large dish or lay out on plates.
This recipe will help you easily prepare crumbly pork pilaf, just the one that you love so much. There are many thousands of recipes for preparing this wonderful dish, and if you do not know how to cook pilaf with pork, then be sure to try to cook pilaf according to our recipe. The main feature of the preparation of any pilaf is its two obligatory components: zirvak and a part of cereals. Another special difference between pilaf and other dishes is not in what products you use, but in the cooking technology. Loose pork pilaf is far from being possible for many, but everything is in your hands. For many, pilaf is traditionally made from rice and meat. be it pork, beef or lamb. but few people know that pilaf from sturgeon fish is especially valued. But today we will not go deeper and deviate from the pilaf to which we are accustomed and will tell you how to cook pilaf with pork. The cooking time will be about 2 hours, the recipe is not complicated and if you follow our recommendations, then everything will definitely work out!
Energy value for 1 portion (200 gr.):
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Let's take a closer look at how to cook pork pilaf.
Step 1
Cut the pork into small pieces
Step 2
Chop the onion
Step 3
And cut the carrots into thin strips
Step 4
Rinse the rice with water (always cold!) Until the drained water becomes clear. Pour the oil into the cauldron and into the already heated one - add the onion. Fry until golden brown. Add meat and sauté over high heat until crusty.
Step 5
Then add the carrots and simmer for another 10-15 minutes, stir occasionally.
Step 6
Season with salt, pepper and add turmeric. Fill everything with water so that it covers the meat. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. So we will prepare a zirvak. Peel the garlic and place it gently on top of the meat
Step 7
Drain the rice and add it to the so-called zirvak, on top of the meat. If necessary, pour in water, it should cover the rice. Cover and simmer until tender.
Pilaf is one of those dishes that smells like childhood. Dad was a military man, and for 9 long years we lived in the city of Kattakurgan, in Uzbekistan. The only authentic dish that stuck in my memory is pilaf. When we arrived in Ukraine and my mother was preparing it, everyone asked for the recipe. Now I want to tell you how to cook pork pilaf.
There are some points when preparing pilaf, which are important to pay attention to:
Total cooking time - 1 hour 30 minutes
Active cooking time - 1 hour 0 minute
Cost - Average Cost
Calorie content per 100 g - 204 kcal
Servings Per Container - 8 Servings
Ingredients:
Pork - 1 kg (neck)
Rice - 1 kg
Onions - 1 kg
Carrots - 1 kg
Vegetable oil- 1 tbsp. (200 ml)
Garlic - 1 pc. (head)
Seasoning - to taste (for pilaf)
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Wash and chop the meat (the larger, the juicier).
Cut the carrots into strips (!), And do not rub, onions - in half rings lengthwise.
Heat vegetable oil to smoke. It should be really hot, splashing at the slightest ingress of foreign matter. Holding the lid in your left hand, carefully lay in the meat in portions, each time covering yourself from the splashes.
Cover and simmer until the butter is clear (keep the heat on).
After - lay the vegetables.
As soon as the vegetables are slightly roasted, add seasoning (I always take it only from the market, and also barberry separately). At this time, you should already have rice washed in several waters (this is one of the main secrets of cooking pilaf). Add rice to vegetables and meat without stirring.
Top up the boiling water 1.5 fingers above the rice. And, attention, turn on the biggest fire (this is the second secret).
As soon as all the water has boiled away and the rice is dry, put a whole garlic inside, peeled only from the upper shaggy husk.
Now put the smallest fire, piercing it with a wooden stick from time to time and adding a little water to the bottom so that the pilaf does not burn. Simmer for 30 minutes until the rice is cooked. Delicious pork pilaf is ready!
Lyrical digression: where we lived - they eat pilaf with their hands. When we moved out of the military apartment, and then a few months later returned on business to the new owners, we found the following picture: there is no furniture in the house. There is a carpet in the middle of the hall, all the inhabitants of the house are sitting on it, and in the center there is a nail (or rather pilaf)). They poured it on an oilcloth and eat it with their hands. Very colorful, I can tell you, but I have not yet dared to repeat this at home. :) They drink a lot of green tea with pilaf - because pilaf is very fatty. We eat pilaf in a different way, but always with pleasure, because it is very tasty. Try my delicious pilaf recipe too!
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For pork pilaf, as a rule, the fattest part of the carcass is taken, which explains the large number of calories in such food. However, weight watchers can adapt the classic recipe for themselves, getting rid of fat. As for rice, it is better to take steamed long-grain rice for a crumbly dish. It is almost impossible to digest, it does not stick together in a shapeless porridge.
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It is not always necessary to deviate from the original version, especially if it is possible to follow a step-by-step cooking algorithm and use the same dishes. Initially, it was conceived to cook pilaf with pork in a cauldron, and some chefs do not think of any other way to make the dish. Thick-walled dishes do not allow juices and aromas to evaporate, but mix into a stunning bouquet of flavors.
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The original version of the dish, invented by Uzbek culinary specialists, assumed the presence of mutton in the composition. However, this meat has a specific smell and taste, so not everyone likes it. The recipe for Uzbek pilaf with pork in a cauldron is an equivalent substitute for lamb ribs or tenderloin. Its secret is the equal use of products.
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It is known that an oven is a large closed space, which allows the smells of each ingredient to be prepared to mix with each other, freely circulating inside it. Oven pilaf with pork is cooked in the same way as with other types of meat. It turns out a dish, at the same time, insanely tasty and beautiful, like in magazine photos.
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To cook lamb, which is a traditional component of the dish, you need to have special skills, otherwise you risk getting rubber meat with a not very pleasant smell and taste. It is easier to replace the meat component and cook pilaf from pork ribs. They will turn out mouth-watering anyway, no matter how you cook them. In addition, the dish will be more satisfying.
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When one or another dish is not available, this should not embarrass the hostess and postpone her plans for preparing a delicious dish. The recipe for pilaf with pork in a saucepan is specially adapted for those whose arsenal does not have a thick-walled cauldron, which is necessary in the classic version. It is desirable that at least the bottom of the dishes is thick, the walls can be of a standard thickness.
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A quick version of dishes made literally in haste is often not inferior in taste to classic recipes. Pilaf in a pan with pork follows the entire algorithm provided for cooking in a cauldron, but, at the same time, it significantly saves time. It will take more time to prepare the food than to assemble the final dish.
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A beautiful appearance, as in the photo, and a unique aroma to the dish are given by special seasonings. Real pilaf is a combination of sweet, spicy and slightly pungent flavors. Dried barberry adds sweetness to food, but you can replace it with raisins if desired. Red paprika performs the same function. Spicy turmeric and less common cumin are used as spices for pilaf with pork. Chili pepper will add spiciness, which can be put fresh or dried.