Pork Chops Piquant Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Season both sides of the pork chops with salt and pepper.
• Over high heat, sear the pork chops on both sides. Do not cook through.
• Remove pork for the pan and place in a baking dish. The chops should be snug, but not overlapping.
• Remove any excess grease from the saute pan if needed.
• Adjust heat to medium low.
• Add the bacon and onions to the pan, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is transparent.
• Add the mushrooms, ketchup, sour cream and paprkia. Stir until all the sauce ingredients are combined, and the sour cream "melts".
• Pour the sauce over the pork chops.
• Bake, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Uncover, and bake for 10 minutes more, or until chops reach the desired degree of doneness.

Steps:

• In a small bowl combine half the garlic, half the thyme, half the sage, salt and pepper to taste. Rub the mixture on to the chops and chill, covered, 30 minutes, or overnight.
• Dredge the chops in the flour, shaking off excess. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over moderately high heat. Add the chops and cook them from 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until brown. Drain fat and transfer the chops to a platter.
• Add the butter to the skillet and heat it until melted. Add the onion and remaining garlic and herbs and cook the mixture, stirring for 2 minutes or until softened. Add the wine and reduce it by half. Add the beef broth and tomato paste and stir the sauce until it is well combined. Return the chops to the skillet and simmer, covered for 10 minutes or until tender. Transfer the chops to a platter, add the olives, capers and mustard and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in parsley. Pour juices from pork platter back into the skillet, stir to combine and spoon sauce over the chops.

Steps:

• Place flour, paprika, sage, Creole seasoning, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and garlic powder in a large, resealable plastic bag. Place pork chops in the bag, seal, and shake to coat chops.
• In a large skillet, heat oil over high heat for about 1 minute. Arrange chops in pan, and reduce heat to medium. Cook until pork chops are dark brown, about 6 to 8 minutes per side.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Spread flour into a shallow dish. Dredge ribs in flour to coat.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook ribs in hot oil until completely browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove ribs to a casserole dish.
• Melt butter in the hot skillet. Cook and stir onion in melted butter until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir ketchup, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, mustard, and salt with the onion until you have a smooth sauce. Pour water into the sauce; cook and stir until hot. Pour sauce over the ribs. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Cook in preheated oven, spooning sauce over meat several times during baking, for 90 minutes. Turn ribs and continue cooking and basting with sauce until the meat is completely tender, about 90 minutes more.

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the first five ingredients. Add the pork, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat., In a large nonstick skillet or wok, brown pork in oil. Add salsa and peach preserves; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until meat is no longer pink. Serve over rice if desired.

Steps:

• Trim fat from tenderloin, and place into shallow dish.
• Rub tenderloin all over with the mustard.
• Mix liquer (or stock) with the lime juice, salt, allspice and black pepper, then pour mixture over the meat.
• Cover and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.
• Remove meat from marinade and place on a rack in a roasting pan, and cover with the brown sugar.
• Roast meat at 450 degrees for 30-35 minutes per pound or until meat thermometer registers 165.
• As meat is roasting, baste with the marinade occasionally.
• Remove meat when done, and let stand for approximately 10 minutes.
• To serve, cut meat in thin diagonal slices and spoon juices over slices.