There is a population of Jamaican that does not eat pork meat, but I would say that most does. There are many ways that we cook pork meat. Some of our favorite ways are to jerk, pot roasted and braised. Below is a simple dish of braised pork chops.
Recipe
Serve 2-3 people
1+1/2 -2lbs thick pork chops
1/4 cup seasoned or plain breadcrumbs
1 tbsp jerk powder
1 tsp black pepper
2 tsp garlic powder or 4 cloves chopped garlic
1 tsp all purpose seasoning
2 tbsp vinegar or 1 medium lemon
1 cup water
1/2 cup oil
1 beaten egg (optional) or 1/2 milk
Preparation:
(1) Wash pork chops in vinegar or lemon water
(2) Season pork chops with jerk powder, black pepper, garlic powder, all purpose seasoning using fork to stab little holes in meat
(3) Cover pork chops and put in refrigerator, let it marinate in seasoning for 2 hrs to overnight.
(4) When you are ready to cook, heat you oven to 350 degree
(5) Put pork chops in baking dish and add water to let it steam for about 30 minutes (this keep moisture in when ready to fry)
(6) Prepare bread crumbs and set aside
(7) Prepare beaten egg or milk in another dish and set aside
(8) Heat oil on stove to about medium hot
(9) Take steamed pork chops out of oven, remove from fluid and set fluid aside
(10) Dip pork chops in egg or milk mixture and then into the bread crumbs, make sure the it’s saturated with the bread crumbs on both sides
(11) Gently put pork chops in medium hot oil and let it fry on both sides to a crispy brown, do not burn
(12) When pork chops is all brown, set aside
(13) Take fluid that was set aside from the steamed pork along with 1/4 cup of the used oil and put back on the stove
(14) Add a little of the used crumbs and let it simmer until it get a little thick like in image above
Note: You can pour the gravy on the pork chops or keep them separated until ready to serve.
There was no egg used on the pork chops above.
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