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Spicy & Sweet Pork Chop Steaks for Two
"Very fast, and easy to make. My experimentation on a fast recipe. This recipe is something that I experimented with, and was shocked when I tasted it! My husband loves it! Great for junior chefs, and busy people!"
photo by DianaEatingRichly
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 2 boneless center cut pork chops
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1⁄4 yellow onion
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic (or more if you love garlic)
- 3 tablespoons apricot jam
- 1 cup hot salsa (I use chunky salsa)
- 1 teaspoon season salt
- salt
directions
- Chop the onion, and the garlic if you are using fresh garlic and not the jarred minced version.
- In a bowl mix the water, onion, garlic, jam, salsa and salt together until well mixed.
- It's okay to taste it a little bit so that you can see if you need to add more of something, but don't over-do it!
- Next take out the pork.
- Leave the chops whole, but with a knife cut random areas so that the mix's juices that you made will go through the pork.
- In any cooking pot with a lid (that will allow you to put two pork chops into it)- throw the sauce into the pot.
- Place the pork chops also into the pot.
- With a spoon dig up some of the sauce in the pan and put some of it on the top of the pork chops.
- Turn your stove on with a medium to high heat, until the sauce starts to heat up.
- Then lower the heat enough (medium heat), and now cover, and allow to cook well, flipping it over every 8-10 minutes.
- Remember to keep putting the sauce on the sides of the pan on top of the pork every time you flip them over.
- Don't let the sauce burn into the bottom of the pot.
- When done, the sauce should not be too watery.
- Top with the sauce that you made to cook the pork with into a plate.
- Serve with rice!
- My husband loves this quick to make and cook dish!
- Note: If you want to add more pork for more people just increase the salsa and jam.
- And add the rest of the ingredients to your taste.
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Reviews
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This was very good. My husband really enjoyed it! I served this with wild rice and boiled red potatos. The extra sauce was delicious on both! I think this would be good made with chicken also...will be trying that next! Thanks! -
This was good. I sliced the meat on both sides and increased the garlic and salsa. The meat wasn't totally permeated. We thought it was good. Thanks so much for posting. -
These were wonderful! I browned them first, used 10 chops from the value pack I'd bought. Then finished them off in the sauce, which I doubled. Served these with mashed potatoes and broccoli. Really tasty, and my toddler liked them too!
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This was so yummy! I decided to use the crockpot as someone suggested and browned the pork in a pan for 3 min on each side before adding them to the mixture in the crockpot. I also substituted mango jam for the apricot since we don't really care for it and used mild salsa since DH doesn't care for hot. I served with rice, refried beans and tortilla chips. Will definately make this again! Thanks for sharing Usako! -
My DH loved this! I made it tonight as I had a jar of homemade salsa in the fridge to finish. I used a two pork steaks, had no chops. Also used my cherry jelly, no apricot. The blending of the flavors was fantastic. I had a lot of sauce left over so I reduced the sauce and put it in the freezer. I'm thinking, hmmmm, chicken? Should be great. Now, bear with me here, DH is on a low salt diet so I totally forgot to add the 1 tsp. of salt. I kept thinking I should get up and get the salt shaker from the counter but I didn't miss the salt enough to make the effort! This is a keeper. Thanks Usako.
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Tweaks
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This was so yummy! I decided to use the crockpot as someone suggested and browned the pork in a pan for 3 min on each side before adding them to the mixture in the crockpot. I also substituted mango jam for the apricot since we don't really care for it and used mild salsa since DH doesn't care for hot. I served with rice, refried beans and tortilla chips. Will definately make this again! Thanks for sharing Usako!
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This was awesome! I browned pork chops first and sauteed onions. I substituted peach preserves for apricot jam. Otherwise, I followed the directions exactly. This was amazing over egg noodles. I will definitately make these again. (I used American Cut Chops and let them simmer for 1 hour. They came out perfectly tender.) -
This is delicious and easy. I made a few minor changes for personal preference. I used orange marmalade instead of apricot, mild instead of hot salsa, and I didn't use any of the salt. I served them with rice and they were fantastic. This is definitely a keeper. Thanks for the recipe. -
Man, I love the easiness in preparing this dish! I substituted Spaghetti Sauce for the Salsa and 2 tbs Strawberry Jam for Apricot Jam as I didn't have any and served it on noodles. Yummy!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Usako Yamakawa
Nerima-ku, Tokyo-to
Hi! I'm very new to Recipezaar! I'm a 25 year old married female. Very open minded, and a child at heart. I love music (j-rock, j-r&b, j-hiphop, and some j-pops.), traveling, electronics, design, graphics, painting, anime, toys, RPG games, and cooking!
I only began to cook when I had just gotten married 4 years ago, so my recipies are still limited. I need to expand, so that's why I'm here. I hope I can also help recipezaar too by subitting the few recipes that I know.
I also am a bread machine fan! My husband had just purchased one as an anniversary gift for me due to my love for baked foods. I love my bread machine and I'm always looking for delicious recipes to use for it!
I love web design, I've been doing it since I was 15 years old! I'm working hard at improving everyday and hope to be a great designer someday. But right now I'm just a house wife, and a student.
