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Calabacita con puerco

Recipe for calabacita con puerco in our easy tex mex recipes collection.

Recipe ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons shortening
  • 3 pounds pork chops, boned and cubed
  • 3 or 4 serrano chiles, or more or less to taste
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 teaspoons whole cumin seed
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 3 pounds squash, yellow or zucchini or Mexican squash, sliced, large slices quartered
  • 1 can whole kernel corn, including liquid
  • 2 cans Ro-Tel chopped tomatoes
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

How to make calabacita con puerco

  • Heat shortening in Dutch oven. Fry pork cubes in batches until browned. Return all pork to pan.
  • Place chiles and onion in food processor container and process until chopped.
  • Slice garlic and place with cumin seed and salt in a mortar and pestle and grind together.
  • Add chiles, onion, garlic, cumin and salt to pan with pork and cook over high heat until onion is transparent.
  • Sprinkle flour over pork and vegetables and stir to combine.
  • Cook a few minutes to remove the raw taste of the flour.
  • Add all remaining ingredients plus about 1 tomato can of water, enough so that pork and vegetables are not quite covered with liquid.
  • Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cover with a lid.
  • Cook at a simmer for about 2 hours, stirring occasionally, checking periodically and adding more water if necessary.

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