Pork azu

What is a dish with the interesting name “azu”? Azu is a rich and very satisfying dish that came to us from Tatar cuisine and quickly gained popularity. To prepare this dish, various meats are used: from lamb to pork. But if lamb is a product “for everyone,” then the same cannot be said about pork, thanks to which many people like this unique stew with this meat and fall in love with it from the first fork.

Pork azu with pickles - classic recipe

From such simple ingredients as pork, vegetables, pickles and tomato paste, you can easily prepare a flavorful and incredibly tasty dish that will satisfy your whole family for many hours and fill you with energy.

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   The classic Tatar pork basics with pickles are very easy to prepare.Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the pork, previously cut into medium-sized cubes.
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   When the meat turns slightly white, add onions, cut into half rings, and simmer until the vegetable is transparent.
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   In the same bowl, add tomato cubes and tomato paste diluted in a small amount of water.
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   Next, add pickled cucumbers, finely chopped or grated, salt, bay leaf and your favorite spices.
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   Fill the contents of the pan with water so that the liquid covers all the components. Simmer over low heat under the lid for 40-50 minutes.
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   At this time, peel and cut the potatoes into large pieces and fry in a small amount of oil until lightly browned.
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   By the time the pork has softened, transfer the potato pieces and garlic, passed through a press, into the bowl to the base. Bring the potatoes until cooked (about 15 minutes), remove from heat and add finely chopped greens.
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   Place the food on deep plates and add sour cream if desired. Bon appetit!

Pork azu with Tatar potatoes

Azu cooked in a slow cooker is an incredibly tasty and juicy dish of pork and vegetables, seasoned with small pieces of pickles, garlic and butter. When cooking in an electric “oven”, the components are maximally saturated with each other’s tastes and aromas.

Cooking time – 2 hours 10 minutes

Cooking time – 2 hours 05 minutes

Portions – 2-3.

Ingredients:

• Pork – 250-300 gr.
• Potatoes – 600 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Carrot – 1 pc.
• Tomatoes – 1 pc.
• Red bell pepper – ½ pc.
• Yellow bell pepper – ½ pc.
• Tomato paste – 1 tbsp.
• Pickled cucumbers – 3 pcs.
• Sunflower oil – 2 tsp.
• Butter – 70 gr.
• Garlic – 4 teeth.
• Water – 360 ml.
• Salt - to taste.
• Laurel leaf – 1-2 pcs.
• Spices - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash and dry a piece of pork with paper towels, cut into bars up to one centimeter thick.

Step 2. Heat the vegetable oil in a bowl and fry the meat for 15 minutes in the “Baking” mode.

Step 3. 5 minutes before the end of the program, add chopped onions and carrots to the pork.

Step 4. Add half rings of pickled cucumbers to the multicooker and extend the mode for 10 minutes.

Step 5. Next, add the bell pepper, cut into strips, tomato cubes and tomato paste - mix.

Step 6. Cut 2 cloves of garlic into slices and add to the rest of the ingredients.

Step 7. Fill the contents of the bowl with water, close the lid and simmer for an hour and a half.

Step 8. Cut the peeled potatoes into large segments and fry in a drop of oil until half cooked.

Step 9. 30 minutes before the end of the oven program, transfer the potatoes into a bowl, add the remaining garlic, butter, bay and your favorite spices - mix gently and bring to readiness. After the end of the program, leave for another 10 minutes for a richer aroma and taste. Bon appetit!

Pork azu with gravy in a frying pan

It would seem that interesting and original things can be prepared from pork and vegetables? And you can prepare a classic of Tatar cuisine - azu with meat, which is famous for its piquant taste and aroma, which is given to the dish by garlic and spices.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 3.

Ingredients:

• Pork – 700 gr.
• Potatoes – 6 pcs.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Pickled cucumbers – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
• Garlic – 4 teeth.
• Vegetable oil – 4-5 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Seasonings - to taste.
• Water – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Cut the pork into strips and fry in hot oil until the color changes.

Step 2. Peel the onions and carrots and cut them into small cubes. Grind cucumbers in a similar way. Add the pickled cucumber cubes to the meat and simmer for 7-10 minutes.

Step 3. After, add tomato paste, diluted with water and seasoned with salt, spices and chopped garlic, into the frying pan. Next add carrots and onions - mix and cook for 20 minutes.

Step 4. Cut the peeled potatoes into strips and add them to the pork with vegetables, pour a glass of hot or warm water over all the ingredients. Simmer the ingredients over low heat until the potatoes and meat are soft.

Step 5. Infuse the finished basics under the lid for 10-15 minutes and serve. Bon appetit!

How to cook pork basics in a slow cooker?

We chop the meat and vegetables, simmer until done in a slow cooker and a tasty and aromatic dinner in the Tatar style is on your table! Pork with slices of pickles, onions and carrots is a wonderful combination that is great for a family dinner or lunch.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 3.

Ingredients:

• Pork – 500 gr.
• Potatoes – 6 pcs.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Pickled cucumbers – 3 pcs.
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
• Laurel leaf – 2 pcs.
• Water – 1 tbsp.
• Greens (chopped) – 2 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Spices - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 5 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Rinse the meat with water and let it dry a little, cut into cubes and fry in vegetable oil right in the bowl.

Step 2.In the “frying” mode, brown the pieces of pork and lightly salt them.

Step 3. As soon as the meat acquires a golden hue, add finely chopped onion.

Step 4. After about 5 minutes, add finely chopped carrots (using a grater is not recommended).

Step 5. As soon as the vegetables become soft, add garlic, passed through a press, and several pickled cucumbers, cut into cubes, into the bowl.

Step 6. After a few minutes, add the tomato paste, mix and simmer everything together for 2-3 minutes.

Step 7. Without wasting time, peel and cut the potatoes into the same pieces as other vegetables - fry in oil until half cooked, not forgetting to add salt.

Step 8. Place the potato pieces into the slow cooker, fill everything with a glass of water and season with salt, laurel leaves, herbs and your favorite spices. Mix carefully and cook on the “stew” program for 15-20 minutes.

Step 9. Serve the aromatic dish with a slight sourness of cucumbers to the table hot. Bon appetit!

A simple recipe for pork without pickles

Let's prepare a not entirely classic and original basics based on pork, bell pepper and zucchini. The finished dish is very reminiscent of a rich stew, thanks to its bright gravy and incredibly tender meat, which separates into the fibers and simply melts in the mouth.

Cooking time – 50 min.

Cooking time – 30-40 min.

Portions – 3.

Ingredients:

• Pork pulp – 350 gr.
• Red bell pepper – 2 pcs.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Garlic – 4 teeth.
• Zucchini – ½ pc.
• Sour cream – 100 ml.
• Mayonnaise – 3 tbsp.
• Water – 100 ml.
• Ground paprika – 1 tsp.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
• Dill - to taste.
• Spices - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Cut the meat into fairly large segments.

Step 2.Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan and fry the pork for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Step 3. After time, add half rings of onion and chopped garlic to the meat.

Step 4. Remove seeds and white membranes from the bell pepper, cut into strips and place in a frying pan.

Step 5. After 10 minutes, add the zucchini cubes and continue frying.

Step 6. After another 7 minutes, season the pork with vegetables with sauce (sour cream + mayonnaise, + warm water), sprinkle with spices and salt - mix well and cook for 5-6 minutes over low heat under the lid. After removing from the stove, add finely chopped herbs.

Step 7. Place the bright and incredibly tasty dish on plates and start the meal. Bon appetit!

A very tasty recipe for pork basics in the oven in pots

Vegetables, pork and simmering in pots in the oven - such simple products and the cooking process will give you an incredibly tasty and aromatic dinner or lunch in the Tatar style. Tender and melt-in-your-mouth meat with potatoes and pickles is exactly the dish whose recipe will be asked to be shared.

Cooking time – 2 hours

Cooking time – 1 hour 30 minutes

Portions – 4-5.

Ingredients:

• Pork – 400 gr.
• Potatoes – 1 kg.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Carrot – 1 pc.
• Tomato sauce – 5 tbsp.
• Pickled cucumbers – 3 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
• Laurel leaf – 2 pcs.
• Dry ground ginger – 2-3 pinches.
• Ground black pepper – 2 pinches.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Rinse a piece of pork under water, dry it and cut it into medium-sized pieces.

Step 2. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry the meat until half cooked.

Step 3.We “free” the onions from the husks and cut into thin half rings, fry in oil until transparent.

Step 4. Cut the pickles into cubes.

Step 5. Pour a small handful of chopped cucumbers into the pots.

Step 6. Place meat on top.

Step 7. And rings of peeled carrots.

Step 8. Cut the potato tubers into pieces approximately the same size as the pork - place them on the carrots. Add the last layer of sauce, 2-3 tablespoons of cold water and a little sautéed onion. Cover the pots with a lid and place in a cold oven. Simmer the basics for 90 minutes at 180 degrees.

Step 9. Remove the food from the oven after an hour and a half, cool slightly at room temperature and enjoy the delicate taste. Bon appetit!

Pork azu with tomato paste

When you add tomato paste to any dish, the food instantly becomes brighter, and its taste and aroma are more intense. Vegetables and pork go well with red sauce, and it, in turn, perfectly complements and highlights the main components that make up the basics.

Cooking time – 55 min.

Cooking time – 25-30 min.

Portions – 3.

Ingredients:

• Pork – 500 gr.
• Potatoes – 5-6 pcs.
• Pickled cucumbers (large) – 1 pc.
• Tomato paste – 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 50 ml.
• Garlic – 2-3 teeth.
• Greens – ½ bunch
• Salt - to taste.
• Seasonings - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. In a frying pan with a thick bottom and high sides, heat the vegetable oil thoroughly and fry the pork, previously cut into pieces. When the meat acquires a golden hue, add onion half rings or feathers and fry for 2 minutes over moderate heat.

Step 2.Sprinkle the ingredients with salt, ground pepper and suitable spices that you like. Also add tomato paste to the frying pan, stir and continue cooking over low heat.

Step 3. After 3-4 minutes, add slices of pickled cucumbers to the meat and onions.

Step 4. Fill the future base with warm water (you can use broth) so that the liquid completely covers the ingredients. Close the lid and simmer for 15 minutes.

Step 5. Meanwhile, in another heat-resistant bowl with oil, begin to fry the potatoes, cut into strips. Fry until a crust forms; we don’t have a task to completely cook the vegetable strips.

Step 6. Transfer the browned potatoes to the rest of the stewed foods, add a little salt, mix gently and continue to simmer until cooked (10-15 minutes).

Step 7. A couple of minutes before removing from the stove, add chopped garlic and herbs. Bon appetit!