Recipe: Pork Stew with Apples and Yams

Throw the ingredients for stew together in the crockpot before you leave for your day's adventures, and be welcomed back home with a fabulous aroma and a comforting dinner that only needs to be finished quickly on the stove and served with a salad and some good bread.

Ingredients

• 1 large yam, peeled
• 1 small onion, peeled
• 4 thick pork chops, cut into 1" cubes
• 1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 4 small Honeycrisp apples
• 1-1/2 cups cider
• 1 generous tablespoon Asian chili-garlic sauce
• 1/4 cup cornstarch

Directions

Cut yam into 1" cubes. Peel and quarter the onion, then separate the pieces. Place the yams and the onion into a medium crockpot.

Season the pork with the salt, pepper, seasoned salt, nutmeg and ginger; place into the crockpot.

Peel and core the apples; cut each into 6 pieces and place into the crockpot.

Combine the cider and the chili-garlic sauce; pour over the pork mixture. Cover the crockpot and cook the stew on "low" for 6 hours.

Pour the stew into a medium saucepan. Stir together 1/2 cup liquid from the saucepan with the cornstarch; stir into the stew, bring to a boil, and cook for 5 minutes until thickened. Serves 6-8.

This recipe was written by Mary Bilyeu and originally posted on AnnArbor.com on Sept. 28, 2010.