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Monday, September 24, 2012

Butter Beans and Pork Steak Combo

This Butter Beans and Pork Steak Combo is delicious when served over rice or with cornbread. The combination of beans and cut-up pork steaks (in the slightly-salted and smoky pot liqueur) comes together to produce a hearty dish and makes an entire meal in itself. It takes less than a couple hours to prepare, from start to finish, and most of that time is spent stirring the beans occasionally while waiting for that tender moment when everything is cooked to perfection.

Ingredients

2 lbs. pork steaks
1 lb large Lima beans, dried
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic
8 cups water
1 tsp Colgin liquid smoke
2 dashes of Lea and Perrin Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Side dish: (your choice of cornbread or cooked white rice).

For this meal I used a # 10 cast-iron skillet, but any large skillet will suffice.

Instructions

With the skillet, begin by heating the oil on a medium-high heat until the grease becomes searing hot. Prior to frying the pork steaks rub them down well with your favorite seasoning (salt, red pepper, black pepper, etc.). Some folks like just plain old salt and black pepper.

Today,  I used some Slap Ya Mamma seasoning (which is rather spicy) and a generous application of Watkins Pouvre Noir (black pepper), and sea salt.

The object here is to infuse as much of the rub in the steaks so that when you sear them in the hot oil, the seasonings will be immediately locked in the meat by the heat.

Subsequently, this seasoning will slowly release into the pot liquor when you simmer everything on medium-low heat. (This is all the seasoning that is required for this meal besides the liquid smoke and Worcestershire sauce.)

Tip: You do not need to fry-cook the pork steaks all the way because after you cut them up into bite size pieces they will finish cooking in a slow-simmer when you add the meat with the butter beans and water.

Next, pour the 8 cups of water into the stock pot with the onions and garlic and bring to a fast boil.

After you have reached a boil add the cut-up pork steaks, the Worcestershire sauce and liquid smoke. Allow everything to return to a boil once again.

Next, add the large Lima beans to the mix and set your heat to medium-low and allow everything to simmer for about an hour and a half, or until the beans are tender. Stir occasionally.

Serves 8 to 10.

This stuff is larapin good! Bon appetite and enjoy!
KT
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1 comment:

  1. I do something very similar to this in the crock pot. I make it with white beans, too. I brown the meat and onions and throw everything in the slow cooker with the soaked beans and let it simmer all day, then serve with rice or corn bread.

    Also, LOVE Slap Ya Mama. I always used Tony C's, but once I tried SYM, for some reason I like it better. Maybe because it's a simpler blend, more like how my grandparents seasoned things.

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