Slow Cooker Pork Paprikash

Slow Cooker Pork Paprikash – melt-in-your-mouth pork smothered in a rich, smoky paprika sauce that’s so good, you’ll want to drink it straight from the bowl. This Hungarian-inspired comfort food is all about deep flavours with minimal effort—just toss everything in the slow cooker and let it do the magic. Serve it over gluten-free pasta, creamy mashed potatoes, or rice to soak up every last drop of that luscious sauce. Easy, hearty, and guaranteed to be a dinner winner!

Slow Cooker Pork Paprikash

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 hours hrs

Course Dinner, Main Course

Servings 4

Equipment

• 1 Slow Cooker

Ingredients

 

• 1 –2 tablespoons olive oil
• 500 g pork steaks sliced into 1.5cm-thick strips
• 1 onion finely sliced
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 chicken stock pot see ed’s note
• 2 red capsicums deseeded and sliced
• 400 g can chopped tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons smoked sweet paprika
• 150 g full fat crème fraîche or sour cream
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

TO SERVE

• gluten-free pappardelle pasta or gnocchi
• chopped parsley

Instructions

 

• Preheat the slow cooker.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a very high heat and quickly brown half the pork until golden and caramelised on the outside. Transfer to the slow cooker with tongs and repeat to cook the remaining pork, adding the second tablespoon of oil if needed.
• Add the onion to the pan and cook for a few minutes until starting to soften and colour, then add the garlic and give it another minute before adding to the slow cooker.
• Add the stock pot, capsicums, tomatoes and paprika to the slow cooker and season well with salt and pepper. Pop the lid on and cook for 3 hours on HIGH or 6 hours on LOW.
• Stir in the crème fraîche or sour cream and taste to check the seasoning. Serve with pappardelle pasta or gnocchi, sprinkled with the parsley.

Notes

Stock pots are a concentrated stock sold in supermarkets. Unfortunately in Australia most of the widely available brands contain gluten or have a may contain warning on the label.

At the time of going to print, UK brand Knorr has a gluten-free chicken stock pot available on-line.

Alternatively, you could use gluten-free Chicken Stock Concentrate available from Health Food Stores and selected Supermarkets or gluten-free chicken stock cubes or powder.

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