with cereal and cherries.
Ingredients
2 pounds lean pork stew meat
3 cups baby carrots
1 large onion, sliced
1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme leaves
1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups complete bran and wheat flakes ready-to-eat cereal (crushed to 3/4 cup)
1 cup dried tart cherries
3/4 cup 100% apple juice or apple cider
4 cups hot cooked brown rice
Directions
- Trim fat from pork.
- Spray large pan with non-stick cooking spray. Cook half of the pork at a time until browned.
- In a 4-6 quart crockery cooker layer carrots, onion, thyme, pepper, salt and garlic. Sprinkle with cereal and cherries.
- Top with pork and pour apple juice or cider over contents in the cooker.
- Cover and cook on low setting for 7-8 hours or on high setting for 3 ½ to 4 hours.
- Prepare the brown rice according to package directions toward the end of the stew cooking time. (Brown rice typically takes about 40-45 minutes to cook).
- Stir pork mixture and serve over ½ cup brown rice.
