Favorite Pork or Pork Chop Recipes

Slow cooked pork shoulder --- just toss it in with carrots, celery, onion, garlic, and whatever herbs, and you're golden. Sometimes I add some tomato paste, and chipotle --- or lime and cilantro (Mexican) ---- easy to modify to whatever tastes ye have. Set it at night, and it's ready to pack to work in the morning.

Dredge pork chops in seasoned flour (salt and pepper, ect)....pan sear on each side just for a couple minutes. In a large pot, layer seared chops and sliced onion...make a few layers. Cover chops/onions just barely with water. Let cook on the stove for 45 minutes to an hour on medium heat (check for done-ness of course depending on the thickness of your chops)..as the chops cook, they make their own gravy. Maybe not super light...but yummy! If your gravy needs more seasoning or thickening, add more seasoning or a flour slurry. Sometimes I add worcestershire sauce if needed to the gravy depending on how flavorful the chops make it.

Another very easy one....I take two racks of baby backs, coat them lightly in seasoning salt and throw them in the crock pot on their sides curled around the sides of the pot. Cook on low for however long you want....the meat will either fall off the bone like carnitas or if I take them out sooner (before cooking to the point of falling off the bone), I throw them on the BBQ with some sweet baby rays and they become ribs. Either way, they are super easy and delish.

Made a quick marinade the other night from 1/2 cup of orange juice mixed with a McCormicks garlic and herb seasoning pack. Quick, simple, tasty. We marinated them for a couple hours and then grilled them. I ate leftovers on a salad the next day which was awesome.

Too late for tonight but Crock-pot carnitas are a favorite around here. I shared this with another MFPer and she like it also.
Place a 4-5 pork loin roast in a crock pot add chicken broth about 2 inches up the side, coat exposed meat with cumin, coriander, oregano, garlic, onion powder, smoked chipotle or chili powder. I do this to taste, we like lots of cumin but not too much heat from the chipotle. cook on medium for 5-6 hr, shred the meat into the broth, add more broth if very dry. Let shredded meat soak up broth for about 10 minutes. I serve it with shredded cabbage dressed with lime juice and fresh cilantro and soft tortillas. My husband likes rice with it too.

Growing up, my grandma always took pork, potatoes cut in large chunks, carrots cut in large chunks and cabbage and simmered it on the stove covered in tin foil with water for an hour to an hour and 15 minutes. I loved it! It's been a long time since I had it and it's on the menu this week

Step one: Find at your grocery store in the Asian food isle, a sesame ginger GLAZE. yum
Step 2: pork chops
Step 3:Fresh Pineapple cut in slices
Step 4: Grill pork and pineapple and glaze both with the sesame ginger glaze.
Step 5: Eat!

Hmm im thinking i may cook this tonight

I love boneless pork loin chops with a generous slathering of smoked paprika, a drizzle of honey, and a grind of sea salt before cooking. Simple, and one of my favourites.

Also good is a healthy version of pork fried rice that I found in Clean Eating magazine a long time ago. A google search should bring up lots of similar recipes.

Pork and prunes - yum!

http://www.billandalex.us/recipe.php?name=Slow Roasted Pork and Prunes