Pineapple Pork Curry Recipe

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4.9

24 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    45 mins

  • Cook Time

    3 hrs

  • Total Time

    3 hrs 45 mins

  • Servings

    12

  • Calories

    344 kcal

  • Course

    Main Course

  • Cuisine

    Indian

Pineapple Pork Curry Recipe

Pineapple Pork Curry is a homemade curry recipe using fresh herbs and spices, tender pork, sweet pineapple tomatoes and citrus for an amazing curry from scratch that everyone will love. 

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Ingredients

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*Curry Powder:

  • 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
  • 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
  • 1 tablespoon fennugreek seeds
  • 10 whole cloves
  • 2 whole star anise
  • 6 green cardamom pods
  • 6 dried lime leaves
  • 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1.2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons Turmeric

For the Pork:

  • 2-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 pounds boneless pork butt excess fat removed, cut into 1 inch cubes
  • 2 tablespoons kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

For the sauce:

  • 10 plum tomatoes
  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 5-6 shallots thinly sliced, about 2 cups
  • 6 garlic cloves thinly sliced
  • 1 ceylon cinnamon stick
  • 1/3 cup fresh ginger grated or minced
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 1 leaves bunch cilantro removed from stems (set aside for serving)
  • 1 5- inch strip orange peel
  • 1 5- strip lemon peel
  • 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 2 1/2 cups pineapple juice
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh pineapple chopped into 1-inch bits

For serving:

  • Cilantro-Lime Coconut Rice
  • cilantro leaves
  • Maldon sea salt or another flaky sea salt
  • Fresh lime wedges
  • Grilled pineapple slices

Instructions

For Curry Powder:

  1. Heat a small skillet over medium heat, add whole fennel, cumin, fennugreek, cloves and star anise, toasting lightly, approximately 5 minutes, or until fragrant.
  2. Combine toasted ingredients with the remaining spices in a spice grinder, clean coffee grinder or small high powered food processor and pulse until mixture is a fine powder. Allow dust to settle with lid on, then place into a bowl and set aside.

For Pork:

  1. Toss 1-inch pork cubes with kosher salt and pepper, equally coating.
  2. In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil. Cook pork in batches to be careful not to overcrowd and nicely brown. It might take you 3-4 rounds to do it all. Add additional olive oil as needed. Set pork on a paper towel lined baking sheet to drain. Set aside.

For Sauce:

  1. Fill a medium sauce pan with water and bring to a bowl. Set a medium mixing bowl filled with ice water to the side. Working in batches, plunge tomatoes into boiling water for 30-40 seconds or until you see the skin starting to pucker. Remove, using a knife, score a small "X" on the end and place in ice bath. Repeat with remaining tomatoes. Skin should easily peel off. Coarsely chop, set aside with any tomato juice run-off.
  2. In a large oven-safe Dutch oven or heavy bottom sauce pot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add sliced shallots, sautéing until soft, approximately 5 minutes.
  3. Add garlic and ginger and continue to cook until all vegetables are lightly browned, an additional 5 minutes.
  4. Stir in tomatoes and Kosher salt, tossing to combine and heat. Wait until mixture has become dry before adding remaining ingredients, stirring to combine.
  5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  6. Add curry powder and browned pork. At this stage, you might need to divide into 2 pots to accommodate the volume.
  7. Cook for 1 1/2 hours at 350, stirring occasionally. At 90 minutes, reduce temperature to 250 degrees for an additional hour.
  8. Fish out citrus peel sand cilantro stems.
  9. Serve over Cilantro-Lime Coconut Rice, top with fresh cilantro leaves, Maldon sea salt, fresh lime juice and garnish with grilled pineapple slices.
  10. If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was! 

Notes

  • If you do not want to make your own curry, use 3-4 tablespoons red curry paste. Make sure to taste it along the way, as the intensity of flavors varies greatly.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 344kcal (17%) Carbohydrates 16g (5%) Protein 29g (58%) Fat 17g (26%) Saturated Fat 4g (20%) Cholesterol 90mg (30%) Sodium 1850mg (77%) Potassium 830mg (24%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 10g (20%) Vitamin A 475IU (10%) Vitamin C 28.9mg (32%) Calcium 60mg (6%) Iron 3.2mg (18%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 344 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 344kcal 17%
Carbohydrates 16g 5%
Protein 29g 58%
Fat 17g 26%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 90mg 30%
Sodium 1850mg 77%
Potassium 830mg 18%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 10g 20%
Vitamin A 475IU 10%
Vitamin C 28.9mg 32%
Calcium 60mg 6%
Iron 3.2mg 18%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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