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Recipes using pork as the main ingredient

Ahh, the pig "Das Schwein" - oft maligned, but simply one of the most delicious meats there is to cook with (and eat of course!).

There are so many type of pork recipes and pork cuts.  But below is a list of my favorite and most popular pork recipes.  Bonus - the recipes listed are also some of the easiest pork recipes around.

Check out these different recipes using different pork cuts and include St. Louis Ribs, Baby Back Ribs, Pork Tenderloin, Pork Shoulder, ground Pork Sausages and simple salami and pickles appetizer held together with toothpicks.

  • BBQ Oven Baked St Louis Ribs
  • BBQ Oven Baked Baby Back Ribs
  • Oven Baked Dry Rubbed Pork Ribs
  • Easy Cast Iron Pork Tenderloin
  • Salami and Arugula Appetizer
  • Pork Shoulder Ragout
  • Beef and Italian Sausage Lasagna
Shredded Mexican Spiced Pork On a Brown Plate with Wood Tongs and a Chopped Cilantro garnish.

Tender and Crispy Stovetop Pork Carnitas

Seared and thinly sliced pork tenderloin. Top view on a white plate with a sprig of rosemary in the background.

Balsamic Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

White plate of seared slices of smoked sausage on a bed of vegetables or diced red peppers, onions, and zucchini. Silverware, napkins, plates in background. Close up.

Turkey Kielbasa, Onions, Peppers, and Zucchini

Pork Chop with red Tomato Ginger Curry sauce on a white square plate with broccoli behind it.

Pork Chops with Tomato Ginger Curry

Dry Rub Baby Back Ribs Cut With The bones still on and stacked on a wood plate..

Oven Baked Dry Rub Baby Back Ribs

Shrimp In A Dark Roux With red and yellow peppers on yellow grits on a white plate.

The Best Lowcountry Shrimp and Grits

Small Potatoes, Shrimp, Sliced Andouille Sausage, Corn cooked and laid out on craft brown paper. Close up.

Easy Low Country Boil

St. Louis Ribs Baked In BBQ sauce on a wood plate with an orange napkin.

Oven Baked BBQ St Louis Ribs

White shallow bowl filled with a red green sauce with pork and green chiles. Spoon hangiing out the bowl and tortilla and napkin on the side.

My mamma's Pork Green Chili

Slice of meat lasagna on a white plate with another slice in the background. Close up.

Beef and Italian Sausage Lasagna

Close Up of Sauteed ground pork and veggies stuffed in a lettuce wrap and topped with orange zest.

Healthy Asian Pork Lettuce Wraps

4 pieces (3 ribs each) of Cooked Baby Back Ribs With BBQ Sauce Broiled On with a knife and small black bowl of bbq sauce on a wood cutting board (3 eaten bones in the back). Side view. Horizontal picture.

Easy Oven Baked BBQ Baby Back Ribs

Browned sausage meatballs in a tomato sauce with olives and capers. Close up.

Sausage Meatballs with Puttanesca Sauce

Sausage & Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms in Yellow & White Baking Pan with a parsley garnish.

Sausage and Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

Chicken & Sausage Gumbo in a white shallow bowl with sliced okra.

Creole Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Pork Chop on a plate with a green lettuce salad. Chunky Portobello Mushrooms on top of chop. On a white plate with a red glass of wine.

Pork Chops w/ Portobello Mushrooms

1 oven browned Quiche on white towels in a vertical shot. side view

Easy Quiche Lorraine (Bacon and Swiss)

Sausage & Cornbread Stuffing Recipe in Blue baking dish

Italian Sausage Cornbread Stuffing

White bowl of tomato based soup with sausage, carrots,arugula, white beans, and garnished with thin slices of Parmesan cheese. Spoon and baguette on the side.

Minestrone Soup with Sausage and Cannellini Beans

White shallow bowl of chunks of cooked pork shoulder and Italian Sausage in a red marinara sauce over grits. Garnished with Parmesan cheese and crispy chopped bacon.

Pork Shoulder & Italian Sausage Ragout (Ragu)

2 Chorizo, Veggie, and Pine Nut Stuffed Acorn Squash on a wood cutting board. Top side view.

Baked Chorizo Stuffed Acorn Squash

Chicken cutlets are pounded thin in this recipe with a meat mallet, filled with cooked spinach, onions, and garlic, & wrapped in pancetta and held together by toothpicks.

Pancetta Wrapped Chicken Breast

Side view of three boneless pork chops in a peach tomato sauce in a black skillet. Close up.

Peach Tomato Pork Chops

Three pieces of ribs with bone on a white and brown plate with remaining ribs in background on cutting board. Close up,

Easy Oven Baked Asian Style Sticky Ribs

White plate with browned meat slices with colorful napkin in background.

Ethiopian Pork With Berbere Sauce

Sliced Pork Tenderloin browned with cilantro garnish on a white plate with roasted sweet potato coins with sour cream and chives, tomato salsa, and cucumber salad

Seared Pork Tenderloin with Cumin and Lime

Top down view of open clams and sausage in sauce in a green bowl with a baguette on the side.

Clams and Chorizo in White Wine Sauce

Top down view of two plates of ragout: cooked sausage, sliced seared zucchini, chopped kale, white beans, and tomato. Side of hot chili flakes on the side.

Sausage And Bean Ragout with Kale (AKA Ragu)

Shrimp and Chorizo Stew w Potatoes and Corn Recipe in A White Bowl - Eat Simple Food

Shrimp and Chorizo Stew with Kale

Cooked Blue Cheese and Fig Stuffed Tenderloin. Elevated on a wire rack over a cast iron skillet.

Blue Cheese and Fig Stuffed Pork Loin

Close up top down view of sliced pork tenderloin on a plate with a plum purple sauce underneath. Bowl of purple sauce and pork tenderloin on the side.

Balsamic Pork Tenderloin with Plum Sauce

Close up of Pork Shoulder chunked and shredded over rice with halved cherry tomatoes and Cucumber Salad w/ Cilantro and Sesame Seeds.

Slow Cooked Asian Pork Shoulder

Eggs poached in Pork Green Chile in a pan with a napkin and a spoon in the pan with a tortilla on the side. Pan laying on an open newspaper. Cup of coffee.

Eggs in Pork Green Chile

Little Cornichon pickles wrapped with Arugula and rolled up in salami with colorful toothpicks holding them together. Ten of them on a wood plate.

Easy Salami Appetizer with Pickles

2 Pieces of Herbed Pork Tenderloin seared In A Cast Iron Skillet

Cast Iron Herbed Pork Tenderloin

Bacon Arugula Tomato Stacked Sandwich on white plate. side view.

Bacon Arugula Tomato Sandwich

sdie View of a Pork Chop on a White plate smothered with chunky mushroom gravy. Fork and knife on the side of plate.

Smothered Pork Chops and Mushroom Gravy

Brown Roasted Crispy bacon on an elevated wire rack over an aluminum lined sheet pan.

Easy Mess Free Oven Bacon

Halved figs, rolled prosciutto, chunks of cantaloupe on a platter with small mint leaves.

Figs, Prosciutto, Cantaloupe Appetizer

¾ of a plate filled with browned gnocchi, sautéed kale, and ground sausage. On a white plate with a white napkin with small colorful flowers. Top view.

Pan Fried Gnocchi with Sausage and Kale

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I’m Beckie Hemmerling. I love food and I think of it on a basic level of providing strength & nourishment. Cooking has helped me *try* to figure out life, not just my own, but also other people's. I have cooked through many joys / sorrows and cooking has always been a meditative place through these highs & lows. More background info →

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