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'Happy' Pork Chops

SUBMITTED BY: Pork Board

"A traditional Mexican recipe, with ingredients common in everyone's pantry. Serve with corn tortillas."

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

  • 6 pork blade steaks (1/2- to 3/4-inch thick), seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons corn or olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 small white onion, chopped
  • 2 cups uncooked rice
  • 4 plum tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 medium jalapeno chiles, minced (or to taste)
  • 1 cup beer or water
  • 2 cups chicken broth or water
  • Fresh chopped cilantro

DIRECTIONS

  1. Heat oil in large skillet; add pork. Sear pork on both sides on medium-high heat just until brown, about 1 minutes on each side. Remove from skillet and cover loosely with foil.
  2. Add garlic and onions to skillet. Cook and stir until tender, about 2 minutes, scraping up brown bits from bottom of skillet. Add rice, stirring constantly until rice just begins to brown, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomatoes, jalapeno chiles, beer and broth or water. Bring to boil; cover. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer 10 minutes.
  3. Place pork on top of rice; cover. Simmer 8 or 9 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro if desired.

FOOTNOTE

  • Chicken broth or water may be substituted for the beer in this recipe. If using water only, additional salt and pepper may be needed.

REVIEWS

The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 20, 2007 by racho
I prepared this with yellow rice and was already nervous cause I find that a lot of simplistic... MORE


 
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Nutritional Information
'Happy' Pork Chops

Servings Per Recipe: 6

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 622

  • Total Fat: 27.4g
  • Cholesterol: 113mg
  • Sodium: 410mg
  • Total Carbs: 53.6g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 1.4g
  • Protein: 34.2g

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