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Pork Chops with Pickles & Mustard Sauce

Pork Chops with Pickles & Mustard Sauce

This entree was inspired from a French Restaurant I visited years ago.  It was the first time I came home and tried to re-create what I had eaten without a recipe.  Over the years, I’ve tweaked it a few times.  Now I’ve modified it for the slow cooker.

Ingredients:

10 thick cut pork chops

1 yellow onion, sliced

1/4 cup of honey

2 Tbsp of dijon mustard

1 cup of chicken broth

1/4 cup of water

1/4 cup of flour

1 jar of dill pickle “stackers”, julienned

2 Tbsp of pickle juice

salt and pepper to taste

Place onion, honey, mustard, broth and pork chops in a slow cooker.  Cook on low for 6 hours.

Remove pork chops and cover with foil.

Meanwhile, to make the sauce, pour all the juices from the slow cooker into a large skillet.  Cook over medium heat.  In a separate bowl, mix flour and water to create a slurry.  Add the slurry to the juices and bring to a boil.

Add julienned pickles and pickle juice.  Cook another 5 minutes or until sauce begins to thicken.

Place pork chops on a serving plate.  Pour sauce and pickles on top.

Slow Cooker Orange Pork

Slow Cooker Orange Pork

Chinese Orange Pork in a slow cooker. Yes! Follow these simple steps and set your crock pot to enjoy a great dinner later today.

Ingredients:

2 lbs of country-style pork cutlets

1/2 cup of cornstarch

2 Tbsp of vegetable oil

1/2 cup of orange juice

1/4 cup of soy sauce

1 Tbsp of minced ginger

1/2 cup of rice wine vinegar

2 Tbsp of Sriracha Sauce

2 Tbsp of honey

Green onion, sliced (for garnish)

Roll slices of pork in corn starch.  Place in a pre-heated pan with oil and cook 2 minutes on each side over high heat.  Remove and drain.

Prepare orange sauce by combining orange juice, soy sauce, ginger, vinegar, Sriracha and honey in a bowl.  Whisk until thoroughly combined.

Place pork in a slow cooker.  Pour sauce over pork.  Cover and cook.

Garnish with sliced green onion.  Serve with rice and steamed broccoli