• Pork Chops and Savoury Rice

    Someone recently pointed out in a comment on the blog that I do not have Pork recipes. I combed through my recipe list and truly didn’t find any. I promise it was not intentional. I eat pork once in a very red moon not because it is not tasty but just because my metabolism in general is slower and pork takes a longer time to digest than lean protein. So i typically reserve it for special occasions. There was really no special occasion today except that I wanted to at least start building some pork recipes on the blog. I decided to start with my favourite pork chops recipe and I paired it with savoury rice. My sister was upset with me because I did not make a lot of it. Ah well, there is always a next time. If you do not eat pork, you can substitute the pork in this recipe with beef and you should be ok. Enjoy this very simple and tasty recipe.

    Recipe for Pork Chops and Savoury Rice

    Ingredients

    1 pound of Pork

    1/4 bulb of Red Onions

    1 stalk of Rosemary

    4 pieces of small Scotch bonnet peppers

    4 Garlic cloves

    Small pieces of Ginger

    Seasoning cubes

    1/2 teaspoon of Black pepper

    1 tablespoon of Lemon juice

    1/4 teaspoon Salt

    1 tablespoon Butter

    1 cooking spoon Vegetable Oil

    1 teaspoon Sugar

    A handful of chopped yellow bell pepper

    A handful of chopped Spring Onions

    1 teaspoon of All purpose flour

    Savoury Rice

    1 cup Rice

    1 cup chopped Vegetables

    Seasoning cubes

    1 Cooking spoon Vegetable Oil

    1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice

    1/4 teaspoon Black pepper

    Salt to taste

    Method

    Blend your ginger, 3 pieces of garlic, pepper and seasoning cubes and pour over your chopped pork pieces. 

    Add the rosemary and onions and allow to marinate for at least an hour or longer if you have time.

    In a pan, heat up the butter and oil and chop your remaining garlic and stir fry on medium heat.

    Add the marinated pork but not all the marinade at once and allow the pork to brown on both sides.

    Reduce the heat to allow the pork cook.

    Add the lemon juice, black pepper, sugar salt and if more seasoning is required, add it here. 

    Add the rest of the marinade and allow to cook. Add 1/2 cup of water if the pan is getting dry and one teaspoon of all purpose flour to thicken the sauce.

    Add the yellow bell pepper and spring onions and immediately turn off the heat so the vegetables do not become too soft.

    Savoury rice

    Wash and bring to boil one cup of rice. Season with the lemon juice, black pepper, salt and seasoning cube.

    When the rice is soft, add the oil and stir in the chopped vegetables for 1-2 minutes.

    Serve the rice with the pork chops. 

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    26 comments on “Pork Chops and Savoury Rice”

    1. obi roseline Reply

      You did not tell us the vegetable u use for the rice. Also is there cury season in the because is it has yellow colour.

      • afrolems Reply

        i used carrots, bell peppers the different colours and spring onions. However I know people have their preference of vegetables which is why I just said chopped vegetables 🙂

    2. Eunice Duke Reply

      It looks really appetising but tell me… Is this the only recipe you have?? Besides what is this Rosemary??

      • afrolems Reply

        Hello Eunice,

        Yes for now this is the only recipe I have. Rosemary is a type of herb that is used to flavour dishes. They have it in the dried form in smaller containers for sale at stores. You can skip it in this recipe if you like or replace it with thyme.

    3. Okocha Angela Reply

      Thanks will be trying it out tomorrow. One issue is am not a fan of garlic so will be leaving that out. Thanks again.

      • afrolems Reply

        Hello Victor, I just squeezed some from lemons I had at home. I didn’t buy lemon juice pre-packaged although that may be sold in some stores.

      • afrolems Reply

        I’d rather not freely promote any brand as I always use numerous ones but for this one I used beef seasoning cubes

    4. Oma Reply

      First off, I’ve lost count on how much I come here to look at food recipes, am a food lover and you make it worth it…so I’ll just give this 10/10

      Secondly, pls need a great camera for my Autistic Parents Group, what camera is this or can you recommend one, thank you

      • afrolems Reply

        Hello Oma, thank you for always coming back to the blog 🙂 I have used a variety of cameras on this blog haha. This was shot with the Fuji XT10, I also use the Nikon D3200 and the canon eos 650D hopefully that helps haha

    5. Mia Reply

      I made this recipe last night and it was AMAZING! The flavor was unbelievable i thought maybe i was missing something like tomatoes to make the broth like in the pictures but everything was totally accurate. I omitted the garlic because i didnt have any and i was going to omit the Rosemary but i didn’t. The Rosemary really added to the flavor! Cant wait to try the next dish.

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