Braised Pork Chop With Onions And Tomato Sauce Food

STEWED TOMATO PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Heat a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Season pork chops with salt and black pepper on both sides and add to skillet. Brown pork chops, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and cover with aluminum foil.
• Add onions and garlic to the hot skillet. Cook and stir until softened but still crisp, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, capers and liquid, rosemary, red pepper flakes, oregano, and basil. Bring sauce to a simmer and cook about 5 minutes to meld flavors.
• Pour any accumulated juices from the plate with the pork chops into the sauce in the skillet and stir. Add cooked pork chops and cover with sauce. Simmer until warmed through, about 5 minutes more.

BALSAMIC GLAZED PORK WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• *Note-You could use chopped fresh garlic in place of the dried powder, but I wouldn't add it until the the last ten minutes or so.
• I'm thinking the garlic may burn if you add it at the beginning and would ruin the dish.
• Combine all dry spice ingredients.
• Sprinkle on both sides of the ribs, rub into meat surface.
• Let stand at room temperature for 1/2 hour.
• In a large skillet, add the olive oil and 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium-high heat.
• When the butter has melted, add the ribs.
• Cook for approximately 5 minutes, and then turn over and sear the other side.
• You want to get a nice crust from the spices on each side.
• Add the chopped onion.
• Cook for approximately five more minutes, stirring the onions until they become tender and are starting to brown.
• Pour the balsamic vinegar over everything in the skillet.
• Turn the heat down to medium-low and cover the skillet.
• Cook for approximately 10-15 minutes more, depending on the thickness of the meat.
• Occasionally stir the onions and turn the meat.
• You want to really caramelize the onions, until they become slightly charred.
• They take on a lovely, sweet and smoky flavor.
• Test your meat to ensure that it's cooked through by inserting a meat thermometer in the center.
• Temperature should be 170 degrees.
• Remove the pork and onions to a platter.
• Turn the heat up to medium-high.
• Add the wine to the skillet.
• Stir up the browned bits in the skillet with a wooden spoon.
• Cook until the wine is reduced by about half, five minutes.
• Take the skillet off of the heat, and add 1 tablespoon butter.
• Stir the sauce until the butter has melted, and season with salt and pepper.
• Pour the sauce over the pork ribs and onions.

PORK CHOPS WITH ONIONS, CREAM AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet (12 or 15 inches) and brown chops on both sides over moderate heat, about 15 minutes. Remove chops. If necessary, brown chops in 2 batches.
• Drain tomatoes, reserving the juice, and cut tomatoes into slivers. Pour tomato juice into the skillet, stir to loosen all brown bits from the bottom and return all the chops to the skillet, making 2 layers if they are thin.
• Mix slivered onions and tomatoes together and pour over chops. Season lightly with salt and pepper, cover skillet securely and cook over very low heat about 2 hours, or until the meat is almost but not quite falling off the bone.
• Remove chops to a serving platter and keep warm. Add cream to mixture in skillet, raise heat and boil hard, stirring constantly, until mixture has a viscous, saucelike consistency. Season to taste with salt and pepper, pour over chops and serve.

BRAISED PORK CHOPS WITH TOMATOES, ANCHOVIES AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rinse pork chops and pat dry with a paper towel. Season generously with salt and pepper. In a large, ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat, place 1 tablespoon oil. Sear chops until well browned, 3 to 4 minutes a side. Transfer to a plate.
• Add remaining tablespoon oil to skillet and sauté onion and rosemary until onions are golden, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for another minute.
• Add tomatoes, anchovies and remaining salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes begin to break down, about 8 minutes.
• Add pork chops to skillet, spooning sauce over chops. Cover skillet and transfer to oven to bake until a thermometer inserted into center of meat reads 145 degrees, about 15 minutes. Allow chops to rest for 5 minutes in pan. If desired, serve with polenta, noodles or rice to soak up sauce.

BRAISED PORK CHOPS WITH TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Pat pork chops dry with paper towels and generously season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium high heat; sear chops in 1 tablespoon of oil until well browned, about 3 to 4 minutes per side; transfer to a plate.
• Add remaining tablespoon of oil to skillet and cook onion and rosemary, stirring occasionally, until onions begin to caramelize and turn golden, about 5 minutes; add garlic and cook another minute.
• Stir in tomatoes, anchovies, remaining salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes break down, about 8 minutes.
• Return pork chops to skillet and spoon sauce over chops.
• Cover skillet and place in preheated oven and cook until internal meat thermometer reads 145 degrees F, about 15 minutes.
• Serve over polenta, egg noodles, or rice.

BRAISED PORK CHOPS WITH ONIONS AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Dredge chops by shaking in a paper bag with flour, salt, and pepper.
• Melt butter in a heavy Dutch oven or large oven proof frying pan over moderately high heat and brown chops well on both sides, about 8-10 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Remove chops to pour in vermouth and water and scrape up any bits from bottom of pan.
• Put chops back in pan and pan back on heat source and lay onion slices over chops.
• Top with rosemary sprigs (if using dried rosemary, sprinkle evenly over all).
• Cover and bake 1 hour or until chops are tender (or cover and simmer on top of stove on low heat for about 45 minutes to an hour).
• Remove herb sprigs and serve, topping each portion with onions and a generous ladling of pan juices.

TOMATO CHOPS II

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion and bell pepper in oil over medium-high heat until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from skillet and set aside.
• Generously season pork chops with salt and pepper. Dredge each chop in flour. Place pork chops in hot skillet and brown on both sides.
• Return onions and peppers to pork chops in skillet. Pour in tomato sauce; reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 15 or 20 minutes, until pork chops are fully cooked. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a chop should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).