Pork Chops with Lemon/Soy Glaze

Total time: 30 minutes
    This has a piquant sauce: dark, spicy, salty, sour, wonderful.  The pork chops I use are thin, about 3/8" (3/4cm).  If yours are thicker increase cooking time to 15 minutes.

 Ingredients:

• 2 - 4pork chops 12 - 16oz, 360 - 480gr (depending on bones)
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup lemon juice    from 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup beef or chicken stock
• 2 tbs tomato paste
• 1 tbs fresh, minced ginger or 1/2 tsp dried, ground ginger
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 2 tsp cornstarch (or thickener of choice) dissolved in 1 1/2 tbs water

 Instructions:

• Squeeze lemon.
• Combine soy sauce, lemon juice, stock and tomato paste in a dish. 
• Add pork chops turning to coat and allow to marinate. 
• Sauté onion, garlic and ginger in oil in large skillet over medium heat.
• Add pork chops (reserving marinade) and brown - pushing onion mixture to sides of pan to prevent burning. 
• Add reserved marinade and cook, covered 8 - 10 minutes longer or until done. 
• Remove chops from pan. 
• Thicken pan juices by adding cornstarch mixture and stirring well.  Pour over chops and serve.