Category: Pork
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Easy Pork Chop Recipe
I’m a pattern seeker/finder by nature. One thing that led me to learn how to experiment in the kitchen is seeing the patterns in various recipes for “nearly” the same thing. Take pork chops. One recipe says brown, the cover with x, then cover the pan and simmer for 30 minutes (or 45 or 60).…
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Soft Tacos with Pork Carnitas
Record the day. I almost followed a recipe exactly. I did, however, begin with a different cut of meat… This is from the most recent issue of Cooking Light. I have to say I stopped my subscription because I got tired of all the non-cooking stuff in there. I don’t want to read about exercise,…
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Awesome Pork Loin
The Pork Loin (served 7 plus lots of leftovers) Pork loins were on sale this week. I do not know my meat cuts well at all so I really enjoy this book my sister gave me, The Complete Meat Cookbook. There are great explanations at the beginning of each chapter about the different cuts and…
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Fried Rice with Pork, Carrots, Celery, and Onion
The pork chops last night were great–but we still had about 3/4 of one left over. Tonight I used it to make up some fried rice. I had leftover rice from dinner last night. Fried rice comes out a bit better if the rice you use is leftover and dried out a bit, but if…
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Brined and Fried Pork Chops
I know pork chops are leaner than they used to be and hence older recipes will turn out dried hockey pucks if you’re not careful. I have a few good recipes that consistently turn out moist chops. But I’ve been reading about brining and have brined pork tenderloin with good results before and thought to…