Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Seared Pork Chops with Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

To go with the Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp, we went with pork chops (they were on sale at Publix!).  I found this recipe on myrecipes.com which seemed like a winner to me because it not only had the chipotle peppers, but it was also paired with green beans.  You know what that meant!  Oh yeah, we made our favorite green beans, too!  The pork chops turned out really good, but we weren't that impressed with the sauce.  The pork chops had our favorite, favorite steak seasoning on them, so how could we go wrong??? (Other than overcooking them of course!)  I felt like sauce needed something else.  If we make it again, I think I'd try adding a couple of cloves of garlic.  Here's what we did...

Seared Pork Chops with Spicy Red Pepper Sauce
Ingredients
  • 4 pork chops (about 1/2 inch thick)
  • 2  teaspoons  25%-less-sodium Montreal steak seasoning (such as McCormick Grill Mates)
  • 1  cup  bottled roasted red bell peppers, drained
  • 1  chipotle chile, canned in adobo sauce
  • 2  tablespoons water
  • 1/2  teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Directions
Sprinkle pork evenly with steak seasoning. Heat one tablespoon of olive oil large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. . Add pork to pan; cook 4 minutes. Turn pork over; cook 3 minutes.

While pork cooks, place bell peppers and next 3 ingredients in a blender; process until smooth.

When pork has finished cooking, place around 2 tablespoons of sauce on a plate and then top with the pork chops.  Serve with the green beans!
Enjoy!

No comments:

Post a Comment

Link within

Related Posts with Thumbnails