Description
Also known as Caldillo de Puerco con Calabacitas is so flavorful! With just a hint of that smoky chipotle pepper in tomato sauce this makes for a great weekday dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds pork shoulder or pork loin – cut into small cubes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Black pepper to taste
- 2 cloves of garlic – minced
- ½ of a small onion – chopped
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 2 bay leaves
For the Sauce:
- ¼ small onion piece
- 2 cloves of garlic – minced
- 2 Mexican calabacitas or small regular zucchinis
- 5 small roma tomatoes
- 2 chipotle peppers from a can
- ¼ cup water
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Roasting the tomatoes:
- Roast your tomatoes by using one of 2 roasting methods. First method is placing them under the broiler on high, turning the tomatoes over after about 5 minutes. Broil until slightly charred. Second method is over a stove charing over the fire. Do this to all 5 tomatoes.
For the sauce:
- To a blender you’re going to add your roasted tomatoes, 1/4 of a small onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 Chipotle peppers, salt, and half of a cup of water.
- Blend well and set it aside.
For the pork stew:
- Cube your pork into bite-size pieces or into 1 inch cubes and remove any excess fat.
- Add ¼ cup of water to a pan and toss in your cubed pork.
- To that add a teaspoon of salt and cracked black pepper and two cloves of minced garlic.
- Give that a good mix and then cover with a lid and let it simmer until the pork is fully cooked, moving around occasionally.
- While the meat cooks, go ahead and prepare the rest of the vegetables.
- Chop two medium sized calabacitas (or zucchinis) into bite size pieces and set aside.
- After about 15 minutes of cooking the meat, uncover and let the juices evaporate.
- Once the juices have evaporated add your chopped onion, oregano and bay leaves.
- Cook for about 3-5 minutes
- Add the tomato sauce to the pan with your meat.
- Cover and cook for about 10 minutes.
- After about 10 minutes, add the calabacitas cubes, cover, and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Once the calabacitas are tender, taste and add salt as needed.
- Turn off the heat and enjoy.
- Goes great with some corn tortillas, rice, and refried beans!
Keywords: pork stew, pork and zucchinis, mexican stews