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Chile-Smothered Pork Vindaloo

The fiercest of Goan pork vindaloos: pork loin marinated in a gritty purée of vinegar, eight dried chiles, ginger, garlic, cumin and cinnamon, then seared and briefly braised.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on20 min
  • Total1 h 3 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

paste

  • 120 mlcider vinegar or malt vinegar
  • 1 tbspcumin seeds
  • 40 gfresh ginger, eight thin slices
  • 8 clovesgarlic
  • 8dried red Thai or cayenne chiles, stemmed
  • 1 stickcinnamon stick (7.5 cm), broken up
  • 450 gboneless pork loin chops, cut into 2.5 cm cubes
  • 1 tspcoarse kosher or sea salt
  • ½ tspground turmeric
  • 2 tbspcanola oil
  • 2 tbspfresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, finely chopped, to garnish

To serve

  • 200 gbasmati or long-grain rice, cooked, to serveoptional

Diet

  • Paleo
  • Whole30
  • Lower sugar

Contains

  • Rice
  • Pome fruits (any)
  • Apple
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Cinnamon
  • Cumin
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Pork
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Blender

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Needs advance prep
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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