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tender cooked pork cubes and soft red pepper strips in a creamy orange paprika sauce over whole-wheat egg noodles in one plain bowl, with no white cream dollop or garnish
Melissa Hart

Slow Cooker Pork Paprikash

Paprika needs a gentle start with the onions, not a scorching dry pan that makes it bitter before the pork arrives, while a little yogurt stirred into the finished sauce gives this paprikash its creamy look without a carton of sour cream; the lean pork cooks in large cubes until tender, then serve the measured whole-wheat noodles underneath, where they catch the sauce and keep the bowl from needing an extra knob of butter. Estimated calories: about 440 per serving, including everything listed.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours 20 minutes
Total Time 6 hours 45 minutes
Servings: 6
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs boneless pork sirloin roast trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 large yellow onion thinly sliced
  • 2 red bell peppers cut into strips
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp sweet Hungarian paprika
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tsp fine salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 3/4 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp cold water
  • 8 oz dry whole-wheat egg noodles

Method
 

  1. Cook onion in oil in a skillet over medium heat for 6 minutes. Add garlic and paprika and stir for 30 seconds, then immediately add broth and tomato paste.
  2. Pour the onion mixture into a 6-quart slow cooker. Add pork, bell peppers, salt and pepper and stir.
  3. Cover and cook on low for about 6 hours until pork is fork-tender and reaches at least 145°F. Stir cornstarch mixed with cold water into the sauce and cook covered on high for 10 minutes.
  4. Cook noodles in boiling water according to the package until just tender, about 8 to 10 minutes, then drain.
  5. Turn off the cooker and let the sauce stop bubbling for 5 minutes. Whisk yogurt with 1/2 cup hot sauce added gradually, then stir it into the cooker without boiling again.
  6. Divide noodles, pork and pepper sauce among 6 bowls.