Chuletas Contentas (Happy Pork Chops)

6 Servings
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Chuletas Contentas (Happy Pork Chops) Ingredients

6 center cut pork loin chops (1/2- to 3/4-inch thick), seasoned with salt and pepper	4 plum tomatoes chopped
2 tablespoons corn or olive oil	2 medium jalapeo chiles minced (or to taste)
4 cloves garlic minced	1 cup beer or water*
1 small white onion chopped	2 cups chicken broth or water
2 cups uncooked rice

Instructions for Chuletas Contentas (Happy Pork Chops)

Heat oil in large skillet; add pork. Sear pork on both sides on medium-high heat just until brown, about 1 minutes on each side. Remove from skillet and cover loosely with foil.

Add garlic and onions to skillet. Cook and stir until tender, about 2 minutes, scraping up brown bits from bottom of skillet. Add rice, stirring constantly until rice just begins to brown, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomatoes, jalapeo chiles, beer and broth or water. Bring to boil; cover. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer 10 minutes.

Place pork on top of rice; cover. Simmer 8 or 9 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro if desired.

Main Ingredient: PorkCuisine: American

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Beer

Chicken Broth

Chile

Corn

Garlic

Onion

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Rice

Tomato

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This recipe was pretty simple and quite good. I used three jalapenos, but almost nothing is too hot for me. The rice was perfectly done and the loin chops I used were tender and tasty.

captaindes
on Apr 6 2008 10:38AM

added pickled banana peppers n muchroomms (fresk shitake)n a habrenero n it was great for those not faint of heart.

carl_1951
on May 14 2007 1:14PM

I used a can of diced tomatoes instead of plum tomatoes, sliced red bell peppers in place of jalapenos, and just the chicken broth for liquid. Will definitely make this again!