Take it gradual

Chile peppers, garlic, and vinegar add kick and stoke your calorie-burning engine.

Prep time: 25 minutes
Complete time: 4 3/4 hours
Serves: 6

2 Tbsp brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1 1/2 lb pork loin roast, trimmed
4 tsp canola oil
2 medium yellow onions, halved lengthwise and sliced 1/2″ thick
2 recent poblano chiles, reduce into 1/2″-thick strips
1 c orange juice
1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
3 Tbsp recent lime juice
1 1/2 Tbsp cider vinegar
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tsp hot-pepper sauce
12 corn tortillas, warmed

Elective Toppings
Chopped avocado, shredded cheese, sliced onions, cilantro leaves

1. COAT gradual cooker with cooking spray. Mix first 4 substances and 1/4 tsp every salt and black pepper. Halve pork crosswise and rub with spice combine.

2. HEAT 2 tsp of the oil in massive, heavy skillet over medium-high warmth. Add pork and brown 3 to 4 minutes per aspect. Switch to gradual cooker. Warmth remaining 2 tsp oil in similar skillet. Add onions and 1/8 tsp salt. Prepare dinner, stirring often, till browned and smooth, 7 to eight minutes. Place on prime of pork with poblanos.

3. WHISK collectively subsequent 6 substances and 1/2 tsp black pepper. Pour over pork and greens. Cowl and cook dinner till pork is tender, 4 to five hours on low.

4. TRANSFER pork to slicing board and shred. Add onions and peppers. Add sauce, 2 or 3 Tbsp at a time, till pork is simply moistened. Serve with tortillas, non-obligatory toppings, and extra sauce, if desired.

NUTRITION (per serving) 396 cal, 30 g professional, 49 g carb, 7 g fiber, 9.5 g fats, 1.5 g sat fats, 464 mg sodium

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Stuffed Cabbage With Tangy Tomato Sauce

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Prep time: 10 minutes
Complete time: 5 hours
Serves: 4

1 small head cabbage (about 2 1/4 lb)
2 cans (14.5 oz every) no-salt-added diced tomatoes
1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp crimson wine vinegar
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 tsp canola oil
1/2 medium yellow onion, chopped (about 1/2 c)
1 lb floor sirloin (95% lean)
1 c frozen absolutely cooked brown rice

1. BRING massive pot of water to a boil over excessive warmth. Minimize off cabbage stem and discard any broken outer leaves. Boil, uncovered, till leaves have separated L and are very tender, 10 to fifteen minutes. Drain. When cool sufficient to deal with, take away leaves, protecting them as intact as doable, and lay on paper towels to dry. If needed, return cabbage to pot and repeat course of to get a complete of 12 leaves. Core and chop remaining cabbage.

2. COMBINE tomatoes (with juice), tomato paste, sugar, vinegar, garlic, chili powder, SB allspice, thyme, and 1/2 tsp salt in medium SI saucepan. Carry to a simmer over medium warmth and cook dinner, stirring often, till flavors mix, about 5 minutes. Scale back warmth to low, cowl, and hold heat.

3. HEAT oil in massive skillet over medium-high warmth. Add onion and cook dinner, stirring regularly, till flippantly browned and smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. Push onion to fringe of pan and add beef. Prepare dinner, stirring regularly, till not pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with 1/4 tsp every salt and pepper. Switch to massive bowl, add rice, and stir to mix.

4. COAT gradual cooker with cooking spray. Add 1 cup of the tomato sauce and canopy with chopped cabbage. Place 1/4 cup of the meat combination in middle of a cabbage leaf, fold lengthy sides over filling, and roll leaf into tight bundle beginning with stem finish. Place seam aspect down in gradual cooker. Repeat with remaining cabbage leaves, inserting 7 to 10 bundles into gradual cooker in single layer. Cowl with 1 cup of the tomato sauce. Place remaining bundles on prime of first layer and add remaining sauce and any remaining beef combination.

5. COVER and cook dinner till sauce is effervescent and cabbage may be very tender when pierced with sharp knife, 4 to five hours on low. Uncover and let stand quarter-hour earlier than serving.

NUTRITION (per 3-roll serving) 397 cal, 32 g professional, 48 g carb, 9 g fiber, 9 g fats, 3 g sat fats, 617 mg sodium