recipe 
yields
Serves 10
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 pounds pork shoulder, cut into 2-inch-thick steaks then pounded to ½-inch-thick medallions
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons canola oil
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and diced
1 red bell pepper
seeded and diced
1 stalk celery, diced
1-ince piece ginger, peeled and minced
3 garlic cloves
½ stalk lemongrass
lightly beaten with the back of a knife
2 bay leaves
1 lime leaf
1 tablespoon chopped oregano
1 tablespoon creole seasoning
2 large ripe tomatoes
diced (can substitute with canned)
2 cups beef stock or low sodium beef brother
1 tablespoon salt ,Garnish: ½ cup thinly sliced green onion
4 cups water
1 cup stone-ground grits
4 tablespoons butter
½ pound cheddar cheese grated
3 garlic cloves, roasted and smashed into a paste
1 tablespoon salt
For the grillades
For the cheesy grits
steps
- Make the grits: In a medium pot, bring water to a boil over high heat. Whisk in grits and stir until they begin to thicken, about 3 minutes. Cover pot and reduce heat to low. Cook grits for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching. Once grits are tender, remove from heat and whisk in butter, cheese, and roasted garlic. Season with salt to taste. Keep warm until ready to serve.
- Make the grillades: In a shallow bowl, combine 1 cup flour, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Lightly dredge pounded pork medallions in flour, shaking lightly to remove any excess.
- In a large pot or cast-iron dutch oven, heat ¼ cup canola oil over medium-high heat. When oil begins to smoke, add enough medallions to cover the bottom of the pot in one layer. (You will have to do this in batches.) Cook until medallions are well browned on both sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a platter or baking sheet and repeat with remaining pork. (The moisture from each new batch should keep the leftover flour bits from burning. Do not remove those bits, as they will be the base of your roux.)
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to pot, followed by the onion, bell pepper, celery, and remaining 2 tablespoons flour. Cook over medium-high heat until aromatics begin to caramelize, being sure to scrape the bottom and sides to loosen any browned bits, about 4 minutes. Add ginger and garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add lemongrass, bay leaves, lime leaf, oregano, creole seasoning, and tomatoes and cook until tomatoes begin to break down, about 4 minutes. Stir in stock and bring to a simmer.
- Return pork to pot, cover, and reduce heat to low. At this point the meat and sauce may be transferred to a slow cooker and cooked all day or overnight. Otherwise, cook over low heat until grillades are fork-tender, stirring occasionally, at least 2 hours. Once meat is tender, remove bay leaves, lime leaf, and lemongrass. Season the finished grillades with salt to taste.
- Serve grillades over warm cheesy grits and garnish with sliced green onion.
Date Published: 02.16.21
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Recipe By
Michael Gulotta, Mohpo and Maypop, New Orleans
Comments 2
I too will cook the grits while the grillades are cooking in their last 45 minutes only I plan on making this whole meal in the instant pot as I have two instant pots it will be very simple but I will be using the bigger instant pot on slow cooker When I do the grillades
Why cook the grits first? I’m trying to figure out why it says to cook the grits and keep them warm for hours while the main dish cooks? I’m going to try this but wait till the grilliads are done before making grits.