Pork Chops With Sauce Piquant Food

PORK CHOPS PIQUANT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Season both sides of the pork chops with salt and pepper.
• Over high heat, sear the pork chops on both sides. Do not cook through.
• Remove pork for the pan and place in a baking dish. The chops should be snug, but not overlapping.
• Remove any excess grease from the saute pan if needed.
• Adjust heat to medium low.
• Add the bacon and onions to the pan, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is transparent.
• Add the mushrooms, ketchup, sour cream and paprkia. Stir until all the sauce ingredients are combined, and the sour cream "melts".
• Pour the sauce over the pork chops.
• Bake, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Uncover, and bake for 10 minutes more, or until chops reach the desired degree of doneness.

PORK CHOPS WITH HONEY-GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet coated with cooking spray, cook pork chops over medium heat until a thermometer reads 145°, 5-6 minutes on each side. Remove; let stand 5 minutes. Combine remaining ingredients; add to pan. Cook over medium heat 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve with chops.

PORK TENDERLOIN PIQUANT

Steps:

• Trim fat from tenderloin, and place into shallow dish.
• Rub tenderloin all over with the mustard.
• Mix liquer (or stock) with the lime juice, salt, allspice and black pepper, then pour mixture over the meat.
• Cover and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.
• Remove meat from marinade and place on a rack in a roasting pan, and cover with the brown sugar.
• Roast meat at 450 degrees for 30-35 minutes per pound or until meat thermometer registers 165.
• As meat is roasting, baste with the marinade occasionally.
• Remove meat when done, and let stand for approximately 10 minutes.
• To serve, cut meat in thin diagonal slices and spoon juices over slices.