The recipe for pork chops must be in the arsenal of every housewife. They come to the rescue when you quickly need to cook something original on the festive table or feed a large group of guests who are about to come. It is also a great option for a hearty family dinner. You can both cook classic chops and diversify this recipe, giving free rein to your culinary imagination.
The secret to delicious chops
In any recipe for pork chops, there are nuances that must be observed to make the meat tasty and juicy. Most cooks will immediately say that the main secret is good meat. It is best to take chilled pork, which in this case should be pink-pale in color. A minimum of fat, you can only allow a layer of several millimeters on one side. For chops, a ham, a loin or a shoulder blade are suitable. In no case do not take meat with veins and films.
Cut across the fibers with a thickness of about one and a half centimeters. Optimal chops should be about the size of your palm.
Most chefs advise you not to wash the meat at all, because we will cook it in a very hot pan. Dry meat should always be fried, so even if you rinse it, be sure to dry it thoroughly with paper towels.
You need to beat the meat to the state of lace, so that the thickness of the piece becomes slightly less. Take a wooden hammer best. It is recommended to fry chops in a small amount of oil, you can use a mixture of creamy and olive. Many generally advised to take ghee, in which only fat remained. Such oil will not burn and will improve the taste of your dish.
There are also a large number of recipes for pork chops in the oven, in which case a minimal amount of oil is used.
Classic recipe
For the classic recipe for pork chops, you will need very little time, about half an hour. As we have already noted, its complexity is very low.
For four servings, take the following ingredients:
- 4 palm-sized pork chops;
- 2 tomatoes;
- onion;
- 150 grams of grated hard cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- marjoram;
- dill;
- ground black pepper and salt to taste.
Cooking process
A recipe with a photo of pork chops in the oven will help you quickly and without errors prepare this dish, delighting all your relatives and friends.
Beat chops, sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. Grease a baking sheet on which to bake them, with vegetable oil and put pork on it. Top - chopped tomatoes into small cubes.
Sprinkle with finely chopped onions, and then grease each chop with mayonnaise. Now it's the turn of grated cheese, which sprinkle with plenty of meat. Thanks to this cooking method, the meat is not so fatty and harmful as if we were cooking it in a pan. It is prepared in an oven preheated to a temperature of 200 degrees for about half an hour. As you can see, the recipe for pork chops is very simple, almost anyone will cope with it.
Chops in batter
It should be even tastier if you decide to cook pork chops in batter. A recipe with a photo of this nutritious and delicious dish is given in this article.
In order to please your loved ones with pork in batter, take the following ingredients:
- 500 grams of pork (note that this should be a ham or a loin, so the chops will turn out to be the most delicious);
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 6 tablespoons of flour;
- vegetable oil;
- ground black pepper;
- salt;
- lemon.
Pork batter
In order to implement the recipe for pork chops in batter, meat must be cut into pieces across the fibers with pieces no more than one and a half centimeters wide.
We beat off previously sliced pork with a special hammer, if the hammer was not at hand, it can be replaced with the back of the knife. Pepper, salt, pour lemon juice. So the chops will turn out juicy and tasty. They should be soaked in spices for a quarter of an hour. If time allows, they can all be put together in a saucepan and left to pickle for an hour and a half.
At this time, we take up the batter. Beat the eggs, roll the meat in flour on both sides, and then dip in the beaten egg, also on both sides.
According to the recipe, we spread the pork chops in the pan when it already has well-heated vegetable oil. Fry over medium heat in turn on each side, this will take you about 10 minutes. The recipe for pork chops in a batter in a pan is simple, it won’t take you much time.
Meat and cheese
These are two ingredients that combine optimally with each other, especially if you are cooking pork. Cheese will decorate meat, giving it a special original taste, will bring sophistication, a unique flavor to this dish. Remember that you can experiment with any other products, but do not refuse cheese in a pork chop for anything.
For this recipe you will need the following components:
- 600 grams of pork;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- half a glass of wheat flour;
- half a glass of breadcrumbs;
- a tablespoon of salt;
- vegetable oil.
Chop with cheese
For a pork chop recipe with cheese, stock up on all the necessary ingredients. The meat itself must be thoroughly washed and cut into slices about one centimeter thick. We beat them off with a special hammer, not so much so as not to damage the appearance of our dish, and the taste characteristics can suffer if you are too zealous.
Note that it is most convenient to beat meat if you first put a bag on it. So it will be possible to prevent splashes, after which the kitchen will have to be washed seriously.
Each piece of pork separately roll in flour. In a separate deep bowl, beat the eggs with salt. Dip chops into this mixture. We rub the cheese on a coarse grater, and after being rolled in the egg mixture, densely sprinkle the meat with grated cheese. Remember: the more cheese, the better.
Finally, roll pork in breadcrumbs. So do with all the chops, without exception. Fry them in a hot frying pan on both sides, be sure to use oil, let it be a little, but it should be present.
After that, put the chops on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Someone prefers the recipe for a pork chop in a pan (see photo below), and someone believes that after frying it will be useful to send pork to the oven.
At a temperature of 180 degrees, the meat is cooked for another quarter hour. The final baking time depends on how big your pieces are. This dish is served with any garnish on the table; mashed potatoes or boiled rice are best.
Chops with apples
The use of not only vegetables along with pork chops, but also fruits, such as apples, will give a certain zest to your dish. The recipe with photos of pork chops will be given below. A dish with this fruit accessible to all can decorate both a festive and everyday table. Everyone around will appreciate the originality of the dishes, unusual taste combinations.
In addition, this is a very interesting and unusual idea for a romantic evening, when the satiety that the meat gives is leveled with apple freshness. Especially in this case, not mashed potatoes, but something lighter, for example sauerkraut, is suitable as a side dish.
For an easy romantic dinner for two you will need the following ingredients:
- 2 pork steaks;
- large apple;
- grated cheese;
- olive oil, it is useful for frying;
- ground black pepper;
- salt.
Please note that this number of components should be enough for two, if you have more guests, increase the number of ingredients proportionally.
Cooking a romantic dinner
Another advantage of this dish for a romantic dinner is that it is not long to cook and it is not difficult at all. So even a novice hostess will be able to impress her gentleman with culinary talents.
We carefully beat the previously sliced steaks, trying not to overdo it, not to break the structure of the meat. If it seems to you that the hammer blows are too strong, you can use a wide knife. The effect, according to many, will be even better, the relief itself will be more beautiful and original after the meat has been beaten off.
Now salt the chops and fry in olive oil until a characteristic appetizing golden crust appears. After that, put the pork on a paper towel so that excess fat is stacked from it.
During this time, peel the apples and cut into small cubes. Put a thick layer on top of the chops, abundantly pepper and salt. Next, the steaks are baked on a baking sheet in the oven for about a quarter of an hour.
The oven itself must be preheated to a temperature of 180 degrees. A few minutes before your chops are ready, sprinkle them with grated cheese on top, then wait until it melts and a tasty golden crust forms, which all your guests will appreciate.
As already noted, you can serve any side dish with these chops, but remember that the dish is quite fat and satisfying, so it is better if the side dish is light.
Exotic fruits
If you have already tried the recipes of all the chops known to you, then it is time to learn the compatibility of pork with exotic ingredients, for example, with fruits that do not grow in our strip.
Pork chops cooked with nectarines will pleasantly surprise all your guests. For this recipe, a special sauce is recommended, for which we will tell about the ingredients separately.
To cook these chops you will need to have at hand:
- 8 pork chops;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, if this was not at hand, can be replaced with ordinary;
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil;
- a tablespoon of coarsely ground black pepper;
- a teaspoon of ground cumin;
- salt.
For the sauce we need to take:
- 3 nectarines;
- green hot peppers;
- half an onion;
- clove of garlic;
- a glass of chicken stock;
- 2 tablespoons of liquid honey;
- a teaspoon of grated ginger root;
- a quarter teaspoon of salt;
- juice obtained from half a lemon.
How is pork combined with nectarine?
You will find out the answer to this question when you cook this original dish. So, first we clean the garlic, it needs to be crushed. In a separate bowl, mix the orange juice with garlic, butter, pepper and cumin.
Put the chops in one layer in a shallow form, pour the marinade on top and wrap with cling film. We clean for a couple of hours in the refrigerator to soak well.
We put hot pepper in a hot frying pan without oil, so that it is charred on all sides. Letting it cool, peel it, remove the seeds, and grind the flesh as much as possible.
My nectarines, cut them into small pieces. Grind garlic and onions, mix in the stewpan nectarines with hot pepper, honey, lemon juice, garlic, onions, salt, ginger and chicken stock. The resulting mixture is brought to a boil, and then, reducing the heat to a minimum, cook for half an hour.
Having removed the chops from the marinade, salt them and put them in a frying pan, fry for 5 minutes on each side until a delicious brownish crust appears. Serve with sauce on the table.
Chops with mashed green peas
For this recipe for pork chops, we need very few ingredients:
- 4 pork chops. The thickness of each in this case is about one and a half centimeters.
- Packing green peas.
- A tablespoon of olive oil.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- Salt to taste.
We cook chops in an original way
For starters, green peas are boiled in slightly salted boiling water along with peeled garlic cloves. This will take you about ten minutes. Immediately after this, throw the peas in a colander, let it dry as much as possible.
When this happened, put the peas in a blender, whip the mashed potatoes from it, and after it you need to rub through a sieve, seasoning with pepper and salt.
Separately, salt our pork chops, pepper and grease with olive oil. Fry them in a very hot pan for one minute on each side. In this recipe, it is allowed not to use oil at all during frying, but then each piece of meat will need to be turned over at least three times in a minute.
Pea puree and chops are laid out on plates. If you wish, you can sprinkle with olive oil and serve.