How long should I boil pork and how do I know it's ready?

Boiled pork is cooked much faster than beef. And it is softer, too. The flesh with bone is boiled for soup, the loin is used as the main dish for the second course.

How long must pork be cooked?

Time of heat treatment of pork depends on what age the animal was, the size of pieces and part of the carcass.

1. A large piece weighing about one and a half kilograms will take about an hour and a half to two hours to cook.
2. Young pork cut into small pieces will be ready in 20-30 minutes. If the animal was old, the cooking will take about an hour.
3. Meat with bone is taken in the soup, so the cooking process will be longer. From the boiling point of the broth should take at least 2 hours.
4. In a pressure cooker, the process is faster. A whole piece will be ready in 40 minutes. If it is cut into small pieces, it will take half the time.
5. In the multicooker, small pieces will be cooked in 1 hour, medium - in 2, and large and on the bone - about 3 hours.

Tip! Frozen pork must first thaw completely. It is best that this process takes place in the refrigerator on the bottom shelf.

How you know when the pork is ready

The easiest way to tell if the meat is cooked is to pierce it with a thin, sharp knife or fork. It should pierce easily, and at the place of the cut the broth will be transparent in color. The pinkish hue of the liquid says that the meat should be left on the stove for another 10-20 minutes.