Created by dienia b on June 25, 2019
Step 1: Put oil in stock pot
Step 2: To pork add salt, black pepper to taste, and cumin.
Step 3: Brown on all side well
Step 4: Add water to top of meat
Step 5: Leave uncoverd to braise
Step 6: Bring to a boil on high, stir and leave uncovered
Step 7: Then get a large pot
Step 8: Add cornmeal, cover with water generously
Step 9: (don't measure at this point we are just washing it), (i think you could skip this step they were washing out bugs and dirt)
Step 10: Give it a good stir,
Step 11: And wait 3 minutes or less for the cornmeal to settle at the bottom,
Step 12: Then slowly and carefully pour most of the water out
Step 13: After doing that add about 8 cups water,
Step 14: Add salt,
Step 15: Add sugar
Step 16: Put on the stove over high heat, stirring (whisking)constantly until it comes to a boil (this takes awhile)
Step 17: Then lower heat to low and stir (with flat bottomed spatula)occasionally scraping bottom
Step 18: Meanwhile
Step 19: The pork will have cooked down close to devoid of water, allowing meat to brown all over,
Step 20: Add your onion, garlic, and bell pepper
Step 21: Allow to cook down and stir the pork occasionally for about 8 minutes on medium high heat til onions are translucent and garlic very fragrant
Step 22: Then add tomato
Step 23: Stir
Step 24: Letting cook an additional 2 minutes. Meanwhile
Step 25: Stir your cornmeal to make sure it doesn't stick to bottom of pot while you were doing all that.
Step 26: Add creamed corn to polenta ,cornmeal should be thick
Step 27: Now add your pork, onion, garlic, bell pepper, tomato and spice mixture you had all frying up together in the seperate pan to the cornmeal,
Step 28: Raise heat to medium and stir constantly for about 5 minutes, add salt to taste ,if needed.