Braised Pork

 Braised is such a fancy sounding word for being such a simple cooking technique, lol.

Ingredients:

• 2/3 lb Pork Shoulder
• ½ bell pepper
• ½ onion
• 6 oz Tomato Sauce
• ½ Jalapeno, seeded
• ½ cup polenta=
• ½ cup milk
• ¼ cup cheese
• Italian seasoning

Side note I: I know there’s green beans in this picture… I was going to initially going to cook them, but then 

I changed my mind as I was cooking. So just ignore that.

Braised Pork

1: Liberally cover pork in salt and pepper.

2: In a pan (I used a grill pan) sear off all sides of the pork

3: Slice bell pepper and onion. Add to a pot with a little bit of oil and sweat the vegetables.

4: Once the vegetables are sweated out, add tomato sauce and an equivalent amount of water. Also toss in Italian seasoning and some salt and pepper.

5: Once pork is seared off, place in pot. Turn to low heat and simmer for 30~40 minutes or until pork is cooked through.

Polenta:

1: Chop up jalapeno

2: Boil milk with ½ cup of water.

3: Throw polenta into milk and water.

4: Add jalapeno, salt and pepper to polenta.

5: Mix in cheese

Cost breakdown:

• Pork: $3/lb x 2/3 lb= $2
• Bell pepper: $0.30/2= $0.15
• Onion: $0.20/2= $0.10
• Tomato Sauce: $0.89x 2/3 can= $0.60
• Jalapeno: $0.08/2= $0.04
• Polenta: $1.69/lb x ½= $0.84
• $0.84/2= $0.42
• Milk: $0.30/cup x ½= $0.15
• Cheese: $3 x 1/3= $1

Total: $2+ $0.15+ $0.10+ $0.60+ $0.04+ $0.42+ $0.15+ $1.00= $4.46 for two servings
Total per serving: $4.46/2=$2.23 per serving