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Wonderful simple recipe for pork chops:

Jerk Pork

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Marinade for Jerk Pork
1 T ground allspice (piment in dutch)
¾ t ground cinamon
½ t ground nutmeg
½ t chilipowder
2 small chillies
2 cloves garlic, chopped
4 T limejuice
1 T olive oil

Marinade porkchops for 4-6 hours.
Grill in grillpan.

Serve with (coconut) rice and mango, cucumber red onion salsa.
With a dressing of
2 T limejuice
2 T fishsauce
1 T palmsugar
2 T sweet chilisauce
Lots of fresh coriander.

It was a nice dish. But next time I’ll try a different marinade. I’ve seen better on the internet. With ginger and soy, for example. But it’s a nice way to spice up a simple pork chop or fillet of pork.

From : Aromatische Gerechten. (Spice It)

Refinement :

Twitterchops

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This dish is in my regular rotation. Take a pork medallion and trim away the visible fat. Brush on — and this is a euphemism for "smear ir on with your fingers" — a sauce made from the following ingredients:

1 tablespoon of molasses
1 minced or finely chopped garlic clove
1/2 teaspoon or so of cumin

Tile it with thin slices of apple and seal it inside a foil envelope. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for a little under 15 minutes, or until it reaches an interior temperature of 160 degrees.

Serve over a bed of rice; pour drippings from pouch onto dish.

Damned tasty, easy to make, easy to clean up; this is one of the signature dishes of Bachelor Kitchen. Like all of the dishes in my usual rotation, it’s not so much a recipe as it is the residue of my having some pork in the fridge one day and vaguely remembering details from two or three different preparations I might have read or seen in my travels.

Why is this called "Twitterchops"? And why am I bothering to blog about such a simple, straightforward dinner?

Because the last time I made it, I Twittered "Enjoying a pork chop baked with cumin, garlic, apples and molasses" and immediately heard back from several demographics, ranging from "I’m having a microwave burrito; I hate you" to "Oooo, I think I have that stuff in the fridge; I’m making those tonight!" And someone dubbed them: Twitterchops.

I’m posting this here in response to folks who’ve messaged me asking for it in the form of an actual, you know…recipe.

Bachelor Kitchen sort of resists any dish that’s so complicated to make that you can’t just remember it off the top of your head (or work it out procedurally). But it’s a signature example of this style of cuisine. In addition to the aforementioned characteristics, Twitterchops requires just a handful of ingredients, takes longer to enjoy than to prepare, isn’t distinctively unhealthy, makes you feel as though you made an effort to be a grownup who doesn’t have to have Cap’n Crunch for dinner five nights a week…and yet pricewise and trouble-wise, it’s competitive against the impulse to jump in the car and just grab some drivethrough.

Suffice to say that if I appeared in Kitchen Stadium honored as Iron Chef Bachelor, the challenger would be running around like a rabbit for the full time allotment preparing five dishes. Bachelor Kitchen insists that you do one very nice dish in twenty minutes and then spend the rest of the time eating dinner and reading "People."

Some cool simple recipe for pork chops images:

Wonderful simple recipe for pork chops:

Chicken, Penne and Tomato Stew with Dill

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Adapted from Margaret Fulton’s One Pot Fish and Risoni Stew recipe, using the chicken breast fillets and penne I had on hand. Just needed to buy some leek and carrots.

Instead of parsley or coriander, I opted for dill. I love the grassy, aniseedy flavour of dill with chicken and fish. The dill and tomato combination makes it a rather like Greek youvetsi! Yum.

- Margaret Fulton’s One Pot Fish and Risoni Stew recipe – Honest to Goodness Family Meals – Woolworths
My hearty stew is a great recipe for Lent and all year round. It’s quick and easy to prepare, and packed full of flavour for you to enjoy.

- Interview: Margaret Fulton
My ‘Honest to Goodness’ range of recipes focuses on simple, nutritious and delicious meal solutions for families. The first of my recipes, which are available at Woolworths stores nationally, include ‘Quick Prep Lemon Pork Chops’, ‘Sage and Ham Stuffed Chicken Breast’ and ‘One Pot Fish and Risoni.’

Beautiful:

Pork and Garlic Chives

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The recipe is from this book. We made a couple of changes, as noted after the original recipe.

Original recipe
2 tbs peanut oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 slice fresh ginger, julienned
2 green onions, sliced
1 tbs light soy sauce
1/8 tso ground white pepper
Pinch of MSG (optional)
1 tbs rice wine or dry sherry
1/2 lb lean pork, cut into thin strips
1 cup chopped garlic chives or regular chives
Sesame oil for garnish

Heat a wok (or large pan) and add 1 tbs of the peanut oil, the garlic and ginger. Stir-fry for a moment and then add the green onions, soy, pepper, MSG (if using) and wine. Stir-fry for a minute and remove from wok.

Add the 2nd tbs of oil and the pork to the wok. Stir-fry until the pork is tender and remove from wok. Add the chives and stir-fry until tender, then return the sauce and pork to the wok. Toss and then add a splash of sesame oil and serve hot.

Changes
We used an extra clove of garlic and regular chives. We also used 4 oz of sliced mushrooms instead of green onions. I also didn’t bother removing everything from the wok and cooked more at medium than high. We served it over cumin scented rice. The pork was delicious. A simple, quick and very tasty dish.