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1. In a heavy sauce pan, over medium to medium-high heat, combine ingredients and stir constantly being sure to scrape up the brown bits on the side and bottom of the pan until your roux has turned a golden brown. Slightly darker than the color of peanut butter
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1. In a heavy sided pot, over a medium-high flame add vegetable oil
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2. Add peppers, onions and celery. Cook until about halfway to a soft and tender stage adjusting the heat and stirring as necessary as not to burn or color any of the vegetables
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3. Add garlic, continue to stir
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4. Carefully add roux and stir vigorously. Be careful as the mixture may spit or release steam
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5. Stir constantly to keep vegetable and roux mixture from sticking, scraping any bits from the sides and bottom that may stick
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6. Stir in tomato paste
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7. Stir in stock, tomato puree, and Worcestershire sauce
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1. Place frying pan, over medium-high heat with a few tablespoons of oil
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2. Season pork with salt and pepper and dredge in flour
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3. Once pan is hot enough to make meat gently sizzle, add pork
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4. Each piece must touch the bottom of the pan. If your pan is too small, add a couple pieces and wait until the meat shrinks slightly to add additional pieces
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5. Once the meat is golden brown on one side flip it over and cook the remaining side until golden brown
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6. Add oil as needed to prevent sticking
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7. Once pork is browned on both sides, remove to a paper towel lined platter
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8. Pour off any excess oil and deglaze the pan with 1/2 cup stock. Be sure to scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan
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9. Once pan looks clean of any bits, add 1/2 cup sauce piquant
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10. Stir together until hot and bubbly. At this point you can adjust your sauce by adding more sauce piquant for thicker and heartier gravy or thin it with more stock for a lighter more broth style sauce
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11. Return pork to the pan with the sauce
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12. Plate as much hot grits as you care to eat and put pork on or around grits
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13. Generously spoon sauce over pork
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14. Eat!