Pork Chops with Ginger Caper Sauce
Hash Brown Potatoes
Lentils, leftover
Cooking time: 30 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
We love hash browns - they're easy and a favorite.
Pork Chops with Ginger Caper Sauce
Total time: 30 minutes
Fry the chops, then kept warm while the sauce is quickly made. Remember, slightly pink pork is okay, and keeps it tender and moist. You need Greek yogurt, crème fraiche or sour cream for this. Regular yogurt will not give a nice, thick sauce.
Ingredients:
- 2 - 4 pork chops, depending on size
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tbs tomato paste
- 1 tbs capers
- 2 tsp minced, fresh ginger
- 1 tsp Worcestershire
- 1 tsp Dijon-style mustard
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/3 cup (3oz, 90ml) chicken broth
- 1/2
cup (4oz, 120gr) Greek Yogurt or sour cream
Instructions:
- Mince garlic.
- Peel a small section of ginger, cut into thin slices, then mince.
- In a small bowl mix ginger, tomato paste, capers, Worcestershire, mustard, oregano and yogurt. Set aside.
- In medium nonstick skillet heat oil over medium heat. Add pork chops and sauté until well browned and cooked (almost) through, 7 - 8 minutes per side.
- Remove chops to a small platter or plate and cover to keep warm.
- Add garlic to skillet and sauté briefly.
- Add chicken stock and cook, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the skillet.
- When simmering nicely add yogurt mixture, stirring well with a wooden spoon and simmering until thickened.
- When sauce is hot and thick, pour over chops and serve.
Hashbrown Potatoes
Total time: 30 minutes
The only trick to making great hashbrown potatoes is patience. Pat them in the skillet and let them fry!
Ingredients:
- 2 medium potatoes
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 tsp butter
- salt and pepper
Instructions:
- Shred the potatoes using the large wholes on a box grater or use a food processor.
- Heat butter and oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add potatoes and flatten as best you can with a spatula, reduce heat to medium and let fry.
- After 10 minutes lift up an edge to see how it looks. Keep checking until it's a nice, golden brown.
- Using a large spatula, lift and turn the potatoes in large sections, breaking and spreading as needed, to brown the other side, another 7 - 10 minutes.
- When done to your liking, remove, add salt & pepper if desired, and serve.
Lentils with Tomatoes
Total time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
Instructions:
- Remove from fridge and gently reheat
Cooking schedule: 30 minutes
Assemble all food, utensils and serving dishes
Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives,
2 medium skillets, lid, saucepan and lid for lentils
(or micro dish), small bowl
Shred potatoes
Heat butter, oil
Add potatoes, fry
Start to brown pork chops
Mince ginger, garlic
Mix ingredients for yogurt sauce, set aside |
Reheat lentils
Check potatoes, turn when ready
Turn chops
Pause while stuff cooks
Remove chops, cover to keep warm
Sauté garlic for chops
Mind the potatoes
Add stock to skillet for chops, stir, heat
Add sauce to skillet for pork, heat through
Finish pork
Serve and eat |