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In on December 8, 2016 with No Comments

Sweet and Sour Pork

After making a huge pork roast the other night, we had plenty of leftover pork, and I wanted to come up with something simple to use it in. My youngest son had been hollering for Chinese food, so I decided to make a sweet and sour pork with some of the leftover pork roast. Since the pork had already been cooked, throwing everything else together was quick and easy.




While I love sweet and sour anything, I don’t love the store-bought sweet and sour sauces you can buy. They are just too sweet for me, so I made a quick and easy sauce from scratch. My youngest said I now have to make this anytime he makes egg rolls. Guess that’s one for the win column for me 🙂

If you’re using raw pork, sauté it in a little sesame oil first. Once it’s browned, remove the pork from the skillet, and then sauté your vegetables and continue with the recipe. You can use whatever veggies you like—asparagus would be good, as would fresh mushrooms and carrots. I was hungry for peppers, so that’s what I went with.

 

 

Sweet and Sour Pork

Leftover pork roast (or about 1 pound of pork loin cut into 1-inch pieces)

Sesame oil for sautéing

One green bell pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces

One red bell pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces

Half an onion, cut into bite-sized pieces

One package broccoli florets

8 ounces pineapple tidbits

Sweet and Sour Sauce (recipe below)

Rice or noodles for serving

 

In a large skillet, heat sesame oil. If using fresh pork loin, sauté the pieces until browned and cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon, and set aside.

In the same skillet, sauté the peppers and the onions until crisp-tender. Add in the broccoli, cooked pork, and pineapple, stirring to combine. Add enough sweet and sour sauce to completely coat everything in the skillet, and cook for a few minutes until everything is nice and hot.

Serve over rice or hot cooked noodles.

 

Sweet and Sour Sauce

1 cup pineapple juice

1/3 cup water

3 tablespoons white vinegar

1 tablespoon coconut aminos or soy sauce

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup honey

3 tablespoons cornstarch

3 tablespoons ketchup

Add all ingredients to a medium-sized saucepan, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sauce reaches your desired consistency. It took me about 5 minutes to thicken it.

 

 

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In , on December 8, 2016 with No Comments

Pressure Cooker Balsamic Maple Pork Roast

One of the first things I wanted to try in my new Instant Pot was a roast. We eat a lot of roast, both beef and pork, and I usually drag out my trusty Crock-Pot for these. It frees up my stove and oven, and I can put a roast on in the morning and go about my business without having to do anything else. I love my slow cooker so much that I have two of them, and I’ve often had two different recipes going at the same time simply because of the convenience they afford for meal prep.

With that said, my new favorite kitchen appliance is my Instant Pot. I cooked a huge pork roast the other night (7 pounds), and it was the best-tasting, most tender pork roast I’d ever made. My husband even commented (several times!) during dinner that it was the best pork roast he’d had. While I still love my Crock-Pot, it’s being moved to my basement shelving (sniff, sniff) to make room for the Instant Pot in my kitchen cupboards. Now I can’t wait to try a beef roast. I’m sure I’ll have the same wonderful results.




This pork roast marinade was simply an idea I had by looking in the cupboards to see what ingredients I had on hand. I knew I didn’t want barbecue or pulled pork (we have that a lot at our house), so I came up with this marinade. I pressure cooked my huge roast for 60 minutes, and it was tender and juicy, but if you have a “normal-sized” roast (3 to 4 pounds) you can bump back the cooking time to 50 minutes.

 

Pressure Cooker Balsamic Maple Pork Roast

7-pound pork butt (cut into pieces that fit in the pressure cooker pot)

3/4 cup maple syrup

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar

3 tablespoons stone-ground mustard

2 tablespoons coconut aminos or soy sauce

Place the pork butt in a large plastic bag. In a mixing bowl, combine the remaining ingredients, and stir to thoroughly combine. Pour the sauce into the plastic bag with the pork butt, and seal. Turn the bag over a couple times to completely coat the roast, and marinate the roast in the refrigerator for an hour or two.

Place the marinated pork butt in the pressure cooker pot, and add the marinating liquid to the pot as well. Lock on the pressure cooker lid, and select the manual setting. Pressure cook the roast on high for 60 minutes. When the pressure cooker beeps, let it go to the keep warm setting, and let the pressure naturally release. When the pressure is reduced, remove the lid, and slice up the roast. Serve.

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In on October 2, 2015 with No Comments

Jaegerschnitzel – Pork Cutlet with Mushroom Red Wine Gravy

In honor of my family’s German heritage, I decided to make a German-influenced dinner. While most people first think of sauerbraten, which I’m not crazy about, or brats as something they would have during Oktoberfest, I decided to search for a schnitzel-type main course. While searching through the mountain of saved recipes I have on Pinterest, I came across a recipe for jaegerschnitzel from Bacon, Butter, Cheese & Garlic that sounded scrumptious. I think my German grandparents would have approved of this recipe, as it’s fantastic. To round out the meal, we also had Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage and Kirschenmichel (traditional German cherry cake).

 

Jaegerschnitzel

4 boneless pork chops
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup panko breadcrumbs
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Black pepper
Seasoned salt
Dried parsley
Olive oil
2 eggs
1/2 pound bacon, chopped

Sauce Ingredients:

2 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 shallots, chopped
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup red wine
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 cups beef stock
2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Cook the bacon until crisp. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease.

Pound the pork chops to about 1/4-inch thickness. Mix together the flour with some garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, seasoned salt and dried parsley. (Amounts of spices are up to your family’s taste – start with 1 teaspoon of each and adjust as needed.)

In another bowl, whisk the 2 eggs together with a splash of water.

In a third bowl, mix the panko with 1/2 to 1 teaspoon each of garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, seasoned salt and dried parsley.

Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil in a large skillet. Dip the pork cutlets in the flour, then into the egg, and finally into the panko mixture, pressing down to coat. Fry the cutlets in the olive oil until browned and crispy on both sides and done through. Drain them on paper towels, and keep warm in a 200 degrees Fahrenheit oven.

For the sauce, put the reserved bacon grease and butter into a large skillet, and melt the butter. Cook the shallots and the mushrooms over medium-high heat until tender. Deglaze the pan with the red wine. Sprinkle the flour over the mushroom mixture, and stir to combine. Cook for about 3 to 5 minutes, to cook off the taste of the flour and allow the roux to form. Add in the beef stock, garlic, salt and pepper to taste, and sour cream. Whisk everything together to combine. Continue cooking and whisking until thickened and bubbly.

Serve the sauce over the pork cutlets, and garnish with the bacon the chopped parsley.

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In , on April 11, 2015 with No Comments

Days of Casseroles: Day 8 – Sauerkraut and Pork Chops Casserole

We love pork chops, and we love sauerkraut, especially our homemade kraut that we make about every other year. Since we plant huge late-Dutch flat cabbages, we usually make a batch of kraut that lasts us 2 years. When I saw this recipe on Taste of Home, I knew I had to try it and give us another way of using up all that kraut.

 

Sauerkraut and Pork Chops

3 cups sauerkraut, well drained (I used home-canned kraut)
2 cups applesauce
1/2 cup chicken broth (I used Wildtree’s chicken broth)
1/2 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional if your kraut is fairly salty)
1/2 teaspoon pepper
6 pork chops, 1-inch thick (about 7 ounces each)
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/4 teaspoon paprika

In a large bowl, combine the sauerkraut, applesauce, broth, bacon, brown sugar and seasonings. Spoon into an ungreased 9 x 13-inch baking dish.

In a large skillet, brown pork chops in oil; drain. Place chops over sauerkraut mixture. Sprinkle with paprika. Cover and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees Fahrenheit.

Yield:  6 servings

I admit to liking a Bavarian-style sauerkraut, which is a little sweeter than traditional kraut. My family, however, does not. This recipe definitely tastes like a Bavarian kraut, so keep that in mind if your family prefers a tangy, sour sauerkraut.

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