Category: Pork

Pork Dishes

Buffalo Pork Chops Recipe

Picture of Buffalo Pork Chops recipeBoneless center cut pork chops are an excellent choice for a simple, and easy to make dinner. Because many pork producers raise pork in overcrowded conditions, we try to buy humanely raised pork products when possible. Locating stores that sell organic and humanely raised pork is a bit difficult. We’ve had some success with Super Fresh, and Weis; you can usually find organic pork at a Whole Foods market, but if you have a local butcher, you could ask if the pork is raised local. Many local farmers will raise and sell pork that are raised in a comfortable setting.

Porks chops can be cooked in a variety of ways including pan fried, broiled, baked and grilled. We have a couple of excellent baked pork chop recipes which we’ll share in future posts. Todays recipe is for Buffalo Seasoned Pork Chops that are pan fried. These will go from refrigerator to table in about 15 minutes, so this is a great weeknight meal idea.

We chose to serve our pork chops with a vegetable of green beans and almonds, and buttered mashed potatoes.

Buffalo Seasoned Pork Chops Recipe

  1. Season the pork chops liberally with Durkee Buffalo Wing Seasoning
  2. Pan fry in a non-stick skillet about 8 – 10 minutes per side until the pork chops are cooked thru.
  3. Meanwhile, cut and prepare the green beans by steaming for 8 minutes, and then mixing in about 1-2 tbsp of Almond Slivers. Also, prepare mashed potatoes by following the package directions.

Mesquite Seasoned Pork Ribs

Mesquite Ribs and ColeslawHere’s one of our favorite ways to make pork ribs that are simply marvalous. The secrets are slow cooking, and Grill Mates Mesquite Seasoning from McCormick. You should plan on cooking these slowly for 3 hours. Make sure to keep water in the cookie sheet so that the ribs stay moist. And for safety, take the ribs off the rack but leave the cookie sheet in the oven to cool before removing so you don’t get burnt by the hot water.

Mesquite Seasoned Pork Ribs

McCormick Mesquite Seasoning

  1. Preheat oven to 275° F.
  2. Mix 1/4 cup McCormick Mesquite seasoning with an equal amount of water and 2 tbsp
    canola oil. Mix enough to make a seasoning paste that can be rubbed on the ribs.
  3. Spread the seasoning mixture over the ribs and coat all sides. Mix more mesquite seasoning if needed.
  4. Place seasoned ribs on wire rack on a cookie sheet [we use a large professional chef’s baking sheet].
  5. Place the pan on an oven rack, add water to cookie sheet, and then cover loosely with aluminum foil.
  6. Cook slowly for several hours, check every so often that there is still water in the cookie sheet.
  7. Remove foil for the last 30-45 minutes to allow ribs to brown.
  8. Remove ribs from pan, and allow water to cool before removing the pan from the oven.

Serve with coleslaw, and a baked potato.

Homemade Stuffed Cabbage Roll Recipe

Picture of prepared Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
This recipe is a bit of work, but the rewards are well worth the effort. We’ve made these cabbage rolls for years, and they’re always well received at the dining room table. Cabbage rolls require slow cooking for the flavors to blend, so they’re cooked in a slow oven. Some folks cook their cabbage rolls in a pot on the stove, but we find our cabbage rolls stay together better if we bake them in a covered baking pan. These cabbage rolls are really good on a cold winter Sunday afternoon served with buttered, toasted rye bread as we have in the picture.

Recipe for Stuffed Cabbage Rolls also known as Blind Pigeons

  • 1 large head of cabbage
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 pound lean ground pork
  • 1 large sweet onion
  • 1 tsp Nina chopped garlic (or 2 cloves garlic chopped)
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup cooked basmati rice
  • 1 large (28 oz) can tomato juice
  • 8 to 10 slices of bacon
  1. To precook the cabbage, bring a large pot of water to a boil.
  2. While the pot is heating, core the head of cabbage. Place the head of cabbage in the boiling water and cook just until you can start to peel the cabbage leaves off.
  3. Peel the leaves from the head of cabbage, and place the cooked cabbage leaves on a plate.
  4. Chop the onion finely.
  5. Cook the lean ground beef and lean ground pork along with chopped onions. Add
    salt and pepper to taste. Cook until onions are tender and beef and pork are cooked
    thoroughly.
  6. In the meantime cook rice according to package directions.
  7. Combine the cooked meat mixture and the cooked rice.
  8. Place strips of bacon evenly spaced in large roasting pan.
  9. Take a large cabbage leaf and cut a “v” out of the bottom of the leaf to remove the tough core section.
  10. Place a large spoonful of the meat and rice mixture towards the top and center of the leaf.
  11. To roll the cabbage rolls take the bottom edge of the leaf and fold it towards the center over the meat and rice mixture. Take the side of the cabbage leaf and tuck it under the meat mixture. Take the top and fold it down over the center of leaf. Take the bottom of leaf and fold it towards the center of the leaf. Roll the leaf so the open edge is under the cabbage roll.
  12. Place prepared cabbage rolls on top of bacon slices in roasting pan. Repeat until all meat mixture is finished.
  13. Pour tomato juice over prepared cabbage rolls. Place extra cabbage leaves
    over the top of the prepared cabbage rolls. This keeps the moisture in.
    Slow cook the cabbage rolls in a 300-325° F. oven for 1 to 2 hours*.

Serve with toasted buttered rye bread.

*Cook longer to allow the flavors to blend. Since everything is cooked, the baking time is to allow seasonings to mix together.

Marinaded Pork Roast Recipe

Marinated pork roast prepared
This is a recipe for a tasty roast of pork. It takes only a little bit of time to mix the marinade ingredients, and a few hours to allow the roast to absorb the flavors. We cooked our roast in the oven, but with a little care you could barbecue this roast over slow coals and have a delicious smoked roast.

  • 3 – 4 pound pork roast

    • Marinade

Place all ingredients (except roast) in a reclosable plastic bag and mix well. Pierce roast on all
sides. Place roast in marinade in plastic bag and turn to coat all sides of
roast. Place in refrigerator at 3 hours or overnight. Make sure to turn the
roast as it marinades. Slowly cook pork roast uncovered until done 165
degrees.