recipe help, please?

jenber77 · October 2009

What exactly is "pork stew meat"? I've seen beef stew meat packaged at the grocery store, but never pork stew meat. If I can't find a package with that label, what cut should I be looking for?

It's a crockpot recipe for sweet and sour pork, if that helps.

Miss_Not4Long · October 2009

Not sure, but you could use pork tenderloin, it often goes on a really good sale and it would be really tasty in that type of recipe! I often roast it in the crock pot.

Melozia · October 2009

Hmmm, I've only ever seen stewing beef. Maybe some chops or tenderloin chopped up?

hispenguin · October 2009

I've chopped up thicker pork chops (like the ones from Costco) for slow cooker recipes before. I would try that or a tenderloin chopped up.

CanadianBio · October 2009

I'm going to go against everyone else and say don't use tenderloin. For the amount that you will be cooking it, it will end up really tough. You'll want to use a less expensive cut of pork (side or shoulder should work). They have more fat in them that will break down over time and you end up with that "fall off the bone" style of meat.

CBL · October 2009

CanadianBio:
I'm going to go against everyone else and say don't use tenderloin. For the amount that you will be cooking it, it will end up really tough. You'll want to use a less expensive cut of pork (side or shoulder should work). They have more fat in them that will break down over time and you end up with that "fall off the bone" style of meat.

Ditto! Tenderloin is meant to be a quick cooking meat and if you cook it for that long it will be like leather. You need a cheap, tough cut as those will break down over time and get the desired "stewing" effect of getting more tender as they slowly cook.

Northern_Poodle · October 2009

I'm with the later camp. you're going to want to use something like a pork shoulder butt. Not the most attractive cut of meat but will be good for braising in a stew.

jenber77 · October 2009

Thanks, ladies!

Jen&Joe06 · October 2009

I would use a boston butt cut.

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