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Pork and Butternut Squash (Puerco y Calabaza)

This quick dinner is the epitome of filling. Over some white rice, pieces of pork loin and creamy butternut squash make stomachs happy with almost no hassle.

Ingredients:

1 pound of pork loin (cubed)
1 small butternut squash (diced and cubed)
4 garlic cloves (pressed and chopped)
1 Tablespoon ground mustard
1 teaspoon oregano
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon complete Badia seasoning
3-4 cups of water
1 teaspoon corn starch (optional)

Directions:

Step 1. Cook garlic with 1 Tablespoon of olive oil in a medium pan over medium-high heat for 2 minutes.

Step 2. Season pork with mustard, oregano, salt and pepper and add to garlic. Cook for 8 minutes and add squash and enough water to cover everything. Season with a little more salt and pepper and add complete seasoning and enough water to cover contents of pan. Bring down the heat a bit and cover.

Step 3. Allow pork and squash to braise in water for 30 minutes. Enjoy, or for a thicker end result add corn starch at this time and mix until dissolved. Cook for another 5 minutes. Serve with white rice.

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Comment by Leoncio Alvarez on April 4, 2012 at 2:14pm: It's a store-bought seasoning from the brand Badia. It says complete seasoning on the bottle and the ingredients say dehydrated onion, garlic, oregano and "other spices." Sometimes the mix contains chicken bouillon in it, which would make sense because there are some speckles of yellow. Hope that helped =)

Comment by Joann Johnson on April 4, 2012 at 9:11am: Thanks Leoncio! I have a good stocked spice cabinet....would you be willing to tell the other spices or are they a "secret"? :-)

Comment by Georgia Salas on April 3, 2012 at 9:33pm: Sounds different, I make something like this using pork, green zucchini, tomatoes, corn, onions, garlic, cumin and green peppers. Love it and will have to try this one for sure !

Comment by Sheski on April 3, 2012 at 7:14pm: Sounds great, thanks for sharing and also for explaining the "complete seasoning"; I'm glad Joann had already asked the question when I got here:)

Comment by Leoncio Alvarez on April 3, 2012 at 7:08pm: Glad you will try this Joann and Magelan! Complete seasoning is a combination of onion, garlic powder with dried oregano and some other spices. Just a combination of those three should do it, though.

Comment by Joann Johnson on April 3, 2012 at 6:55pm: Think I will try this...but what is the "complete seasoning?"

Comment by Magelan Smejkal on April 3, 2012 at 6:55pm: looks delish!think i will get hubby to try the recipe.We have fresh pork,friend shot one from his farm and brought some over this morning.

Comment by Hispanic Kitchen on March 29, 2012 at 4:06pm: Thanks for sharing, guys!