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Baked Pork Chop with Fried Rice (text recipe)
- Serves: 3 people
- Preparation time: approx. 60 mins
- Cooking time: approx. 45 mins
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/ Ingredients /
- 3 pork chops
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 3-4 tablespoon plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic, crushed
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 5 mushrooms, diced
- Boiled rice from 240ml (1 cup) uncooked rice.
- 70g mozzarella (adjust to preference)
/ Pork Chop marinade /
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon corn flour
- 1 teaspoon ginger juice
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon Chinese wine or beer
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil (optional)
/ Sauce /
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic, crushed
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
- 180ml chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
/ Directions /
- Cook the rice according to the package instructions. Take the rice out to cool.
- Marinade the pork chops for 30 minutes.
- Dip the pork chops in eggs and coat them with flour. Set aside. Reserve the eggs for later used.
- Preheat the oven to 220ºC / 430ºF.
- To cook the pork chops, heat up 1 tablespoon oil in a high heat skillet. Fry pork chops for one minute each side. Take out and set aside.
- To prepare the vegetables, reduce heat to medium to high, fry the onion and garlic with half teaspoon oil for half a minute. Add the mushrooms and cook until their water comes out. Add the peppers and tomatoes. Fry them until they are a bit soft but still in shape. Take out and set aside.
- To fry the rice, heat up one teaspoon oil in the same skillet and then pour in the reserved eggs. Add the rice when the eggs are half cooked and mix well. Separate the rice as much as possible with a spatula. Add 2/3 of the vegetable into the rice and mix well. Then put the fried rice into a casserole dish and set aside.
- To prepare the sauce, heat up half teaspoon oil in the same skillet and fry the garlic for 10 seconds. Add the tomato paste and fry for around 20 more seconds. Pour in the vegetable broth. When the broth starts boiling, add in the flour little by little, use a whisk to whisk constantly. Season with salt and pepper.
- To assemble, return the pork chops to the skillet and add the rest of the vegetable. Mix them with the sauce for just about 10 seconds. Put the pork chops on the fried rice and pour over the sauce and remaining vegetable. Sprinkle mozzarella on top.
- Put the casserole into the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve it hot. Guten Appetit~!!
Adapted from: christinesrecipes
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Unlike most of the Hong Kong dishes which require only a couple of ingredients, this baked pork chop with fried rice comparatively needs quite a lot, but I'm sure you will have most of these ingredients in the pantry already.
The first thing you have to learn about Asian dishes is the marinade. It doesn't take long, only thirty minutes, but it's important because it just makes the boring meat burst with delicious and mouthwatering flavor. Once you learn this basic marinade it can be used as the foundation of several dishes, or simply eaten alone. Its simple and delicious - the perfect combination in cooking.
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| Echos Tipp: The Chinese wine can even be replaced by beer. |
After the pork chop is marinated, dip in eggs and coat them with flour. Reserve the eggs for the fried rice later.
Adding to the simplicity of this recipe, the vegetables are easily found in most supermarkets.
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Echos Tipp:
Mushrooms shouldn't be washed under water because they are like a baby and just can't retain any of their 'liquid'. Washing them with water will increase their water content and thus release even more when cooking. Simply just clean them with kitchen paper. |
Since I moved to Germany, my rice cooker just stays in the cupboard with the delivery box. The truth behind my laziness is that cooking rice on a stove is equally easy and convenient - therefore not too lazy. Most websites suggest the 1:2 rice to water ratio. I didn't try their approaches, but my 1:1 ratio (one cup water to one cup rice or equal amounts of each) give me perfect boiled rice just like from a rice cooker.
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| Echos Tipp: Cook the rice before marinating the meat for better time management. |
The success of this dish relies on the softness of the pork chop. Therefore it's important to not over cook the meat - our cute pink friend wouldn't want that! Bare in mind that the pork chop will be in the oven for 15 minutes later on, so you just need to quickly make the skin a bit crunchy. Fry them on a high heat skillet for around one minute each side then take them out and set aside - no more or else the pork will become rubber like and that can really put you off eating pork chop. Also don't put the skillet straight to wash - this will be needed later.
Like the pork chop, the vegetables also don't need to be too cooked, you can take them out when they are a bit soft but still in shape.
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Echos Tipp:
Vegetables retain more nutrients if they are not too soft, so to get the enhanced health value and enhanced taste, keep them a bit crunchy. |
Add the rice when the eggs are half cooked so the rice can be coated with some lovely eggs, contributing the layers of flavor especially found in Asian dishes. Separate the rice as much as possible with the spatula. Then add in 2/3 of the reserved vegetable to the rice.
When they're mixed well,
put the fried rice into a casserole dish. I've used a 27 x 19 x 5 cm
casserole dish and it makes a perfect and comfortable bed for our cute pork friends.
In the same pan, prepare the sauce with a whisk. Add the flour little by little and whisk constantly to make sure they are dissolved. Test the sauce before adding the salt and sugar as everyone has a different preference.
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| Echos Tipp: If you prefer to use Chicken Stock rather Chicken broth you can absolutely do that. The only differences will be a thinner sauce and perhaps not quite as an intense flavor. But in recipes there is always room for adaptation to suit your personal preference. |
Return the pork chops and the rest of the vegetable to the skillet to mix with the sauce for about ten seconds. Put the pork chop to bed on the fried rice, then pour the sauce and vegetable on top as the most delicious duvet. Don't forget to sprinkle the mozzarella on top. You can adjust the amount of cheese according to your own preference.
Bake the casserole in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. If the cheese has browned before 15 mins, cover the casserole dish with aluminum foil. The result should be a delicious vegetable fried rice with golden cheese and soft and juicy meat. Serve it hot and most importantly. Guten Appetit~!
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