pork chops

Daisymac_2

I am looking for some ideas on how to cook Pork Chops, we normally just have them grilled with some mashed pots and veg but would maybe like to do them in a hot pot style if I can, any help would be welcomed. I am determined to be very OS this year and Pork Chops is what we have in the fridge so Pork Chops is what we are having !, but we had them on Monday grilled (because a pack of 8 of them was going cheap !) so I dont really want to serve them the same way again. I used to throw so much food away becuase I just lacked imagination on how to cook it 'differently' from what we usually have.

picklepick

how about apple and pork? try google for loads of yummy apple and pork chop recipes.

Pink.

Hi Daisymac,

There's an earlier thread with lots of ideas that should help so I've added your thread to it to keep the suggestions together.

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HappyIdiotTalk

I've bought myself a couple of nice looking pork chops at butchers! I intend to eat them at some point tomorrow. However what I normally end up with when I cook these things is something approximating leather.

To avoid doing this again, could any of you nice old stylers let me in on the secret of the best way to cook pork chops, so as not to end up with a gladiators cod piece.

I thank you.

me!

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Hi HappyIdiotTalk,

Unless it's perfectly cooked, pork can be a bit dry. The way I get round this sometimes is to grill the chops until they are slightly underdone. While they're grilling mix some grated cheese, English mustard and a little double cream to make a thick paste. Put a small dollop of the paste on each chop and finish them off uncovered in the oven. Keep a close eye on them though as the cheese mix can burn easily.

Pork chops are also good in a casserole (or slow cooker). Brown them first, add onions, potatoes, veg, garlic, and whatever herbs and seasoning you fancy. Sliced apple and/or cider work well in pork casseroles.

If just grilling them I serve them with seasonal vegetables and mash with a caramelised onion gravy.

There's an older thread that should give you lots more ideas so I've added your thread to that one to keep the suggestions together.



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emjay123

Fry an onion till soft, and put to one side. Then seal the chops in a pan with a little oil or buter. put onion in a dish and place chops on top. Slice 1 or 2 apples ( cooking) and spread over the chops. Poor 1/2 a pint of cider over the onions, pork and apple and oven cook for as long as you can ( or use slower cooker)
The alcohol in the cider makes the meat tender.
I serve with mash and make a gravy out of the liquid and mash up the apples with a pinch of sugar for an apple sauce. Mmmmmmmmmmm
hope this is another idea for you!

HappyIdiotTalk

Thanks folks, the cidar idea sounds particularly nice, I'll be giving that a try tomorrow! Many thanks.

CashSavingGirl

Hi,

I am new to this, but have been lucky so far. My granny cooked the most wonderful meals, but she never used a cook book, or wrote recipes down.

I am trying to recreate those old recipes and have hit a brick wall with this one in particular. Can anyone help?

She used a white, glazed, square ovenproof dish about 6 inches square. She rested a pork chop against one side, then laid the rest of the chops alternately facing different sides. In the groove provided by the thin end of the chop between the two thicker ends, she would put a thick half slice of onion.

Obviously I can remember all that. It is the rest of the recipe I don't remember and that I need your help with. I seem to remember that the chops stood on some kind of green veg - cabbage perhaps? And her gravy was creamy and rich - any ideas what kind of gravy would she have used for this?

Even the name of this dish would be a huge step forward.

Any help greatly appreciated.

CSG

Triker

some ideas here http://oldrecipebook.com/porkrecipes.shtml

CashSavingGirl

Triker wrote: »

some ideas here

Hi Triker,

Thanks for the link. I looked through it carefully, but couldn't find my gran's recipe there. Although the Pork Chop Bake came quite close I think.

I know that she didn't use rice, mushrooms or carrots.
If she used a tin of soup for the gravy, I never saw her do it.
I am positive that the chops were standing on a bed of cabbage, as when it was served up, it looked a bit like bubble and squeak.

I'll keep on looking and thanks to all who are trying to help.