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Butcher's stew with pork strips, sausage and pickles
Savory pork stew with pickles and cream sauce

Butcher's Style Pork Stew

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Main Courses
Tokány is older than pörkölt; here, meat is cut into strips, not cubes. 'Butcher' style combines salty-sour pickles with smoky bacon and ham, elevating a simple stew. The sauce is thick and minimal, coating the meat strips rather than drowning them.
🕒 Prep Time 20 mins
🍳 Cook Time 50 mins
⌛ Total Time 1 hr 10 mins
🍽️ Servings 5 servings
🔥 Calories 620 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Hungarian

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Heavy Skillet
  • Cutting Board

Allergen Information

⚠️ Wheat
⚠️ Mustard

Instructions

1 ✓

Cut meat, bacon, and ham into pencil-thick strips. Mince onion.

Tip: Semi-freeze meat for easier slicing.
2 ✓

Render bacon fat, sauté onion until glassy.

Tip: Glassy onion adds sweetness.
3 ✓

Add pork, sear on high until white.

Tip: High heat seals surface.
4 ✓

Add paprika, garlic, chopped tomato/pepper. Add splash of water.

Tip: Don't burn paprika.
5 ✓

Simmer covered until meat is tender (35-40 mins).

Tip: Slow simmer breaks down collagen.
6 ✓

Add ham and pickle strips.

Tip: Pickles go in last so they stay crunchy and don't toughen meat with acid.
7 ✓

Thicken with flour (slurry), season with mustard/pepper.

Tip: Flour creates a sauce consistency.
8 ✓

Serve with rice.

Tip: Rice suits the sour profile well.

Recipe FAQ

Meat is tough.
Cooked too high too fast, or didn't simmer long enough.
Sauce curdled.
Temper the sour cream sauce with hot liquid before adding.

Ingredients

  • 1.3 lbs Pork Loin or Shoulder
  • 3.5 oz Smoked Bacon
  • 5 oz Pickles (Cornichons)
  • 3.5 oz Smoked Ham
  • 1 medium Onion
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1 whole Tomato
  • 1 whole Pepper
  • 1 tbsp Lard or Oil
  • 1 tbsp Flour
  • 1 tsp Paprika
  • 1 tsp Mustard
  • 1 cup Water or Broth
  • 1 pinch Salt/Pepper