Homemade Pork Stew

This recipe can be made as thick as you desire. I don't like my broth too thick but if you do...no problem. :)

INGREDIENTS: 

3-4 pound picnic pork roast

8 cups boiling water 

1 large sweet onion

1 small bag baby red potatoes washed but unpeeled

1 small bag pre-cut julienne carrots

1 cup butternut squash

1 cup turnip

1 cup green string beans

I cup halved cherry tomatoes

salt and pepper

bay leaf

5 Tbls flour

1/2 cup cool water.

METHOD:

Remove meat from bone but place bone in stew pot. Cube meat into bite size pieces and fry in skillet until dark golden brown. Remove any access grease and add half the onion in the last 10 minutes of cooking.

Add boiling water to skillet, to remove all the brownings and then pour the meat, water, and onions, into the soup pot with the bone. Bring to a simmering boil and cook for 40 minutes, before adding the other half of the onion, bay leaf, and some pepper. 

Add your turnip and cook for 10 minutes before adding your potatoes and squash.Then add your julienne carrots and string bean pieces in the final 10 minutes of cooking. Add tomatoes in the last five.

To thicken the stew broth: in a mason jar, vigorously shake flour and cool water together so there are no lumps. Slowly add flour and water mixture to stew while stirring, until desired thickness has been reached.  

Allow stew to sit away from the heat for 10 minutes, before serving. 

Makes enough to feed the entire family or have some for the freezer!  

Enjoy! :)