POM Braised Pork Recipes

I love pomegranate be it fresh or juice but I never cook with it. The people at POM email me asking me to participate in their POM Wonderful contest and I created this recipe just for that. As you know pomegranates high level of antioxidants. Beside its rich flavor and the number of ways to eat and drink it, studies have shown that pomegranate contains more antioxidants than green tea, cranberries and even red wine! Pomegranate also promotes healthy blood pressure levels and low cholesterol. For more information about POM do visit their website.

This is a simple dish with very few ingredients and the pork turn out really soft and tender and the sauce was really good. It’s sweet and with a slight tangy taste to it and it goes really well with either rice or sandwich it between some bread. Do give this recipe a try and I am sure you would be please with the results.

Ingredients :

1 Ib of pork tederlion - leave it whole
1 8 fl oz of POM juice
8 fl oz of water
1 " of ginger - slice thinly
2 cloves of garlic - smash
1 tbsp of hoisin sauce
3 tbsp of soy sauce
1 star anise

1) Put all the ingredients except for the pork in a medium size pot and bring it up to boil.
2) Once it's boil put in the pork and bring it up to boil again. Then lower down the heat and slow simmer until the pork is tender and the sauce thicken.
3) Line a baking pan with some aluminium foil and place the pork on the pan. Broil the pork until it brown and lightly charr on the outside. Turn the pork a few time for even browning.
4) Slice the pork thinly, drizzle the sauce on top and garnish it with some fresh pomegranate.

Note : You can replace the pork with beef tenderlion or chicken for this dish.