Hong Kong Style Pork Chops 香港式焗豬扒飯

Hong Kong Style Pork Chops 香港式焗豬扒飯 Hong Kong Style Pork Chops 香港式焗豬扒飯

Ingredients:

For pork chops

  • 1 tablespoon ginger juice;
  • 3/4 cup safflower oil;
  • 4 pieces 1/2” (1 cm) thick pork chops, about 1 1/2 to 2 lb (0.75 - 1 kg) clean and pat dry;
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour;
  • 2 eggs;
  • Sea salt.

For tomato sauce

  • 1 tablespoon safflower oil (for high heat);
  • 2 large onions, thinly slice;
  • 8 cloves garlic, peel and coursely chop (about 2 tablespoons);
  • 5 big tomatoes about 4 lb (2 kg), peel and seed;
  • 1 can 28 fl oz (794 gm) peeled tomatoes;
  • Sea salt.

For fried rice

  • 2 cups 1 day old cooked rice;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 2 tablespoons fresh English peas or frozen peas;
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons safflower oil, can use the oil from frying the pork chops;
  • 1/4 cup water;
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt.

For cheese (optional):

  • 1/2 cup coarsely grated Australian cheddar cheese;
  • 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

Recipe:

Serving for 4

For pork chops

  1. Add ginger juice and sea salt to the pork chops, marinate overnight;
  2. Beat 2 eggs in a bowl and add pork chops;
  3. Coat pork chops with a bed of flour;
  4. Add 3/4 cup of safflower oil in a heavy sauté pan over medium high heat;
  5. Brown both sides of pork chops;
  6. Pre-heat oven to 350˚F (180˚C);
  7. Place pork chops in for 7 minutes;
  8. Turn them over under the broiler for 2 minutes or until they are crispy;
  9. Take pork chops out and let them rest for 5 minutes.

For tomato sauce

  1. Heat 1 tablespoon of safflower oil in a heavy sauté pan over medium high heat;
  2. Add onion and cook until soft and translucent;
  3. Then add garlic;
  4. Add seeded tomatoes and then canned tomatoes;
  5. Cook them together until the tomatoes become a paste;
  6. Add salt if desired.

For fried rice

  1. Sauté English peas or frozen peas with safflower oil and salt;
  2. Take them out and set aside;
  3. Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of safflower oil in a heavy sauté pan over medium high heat;
  4. Add cooked rice;
  5. Dissolve sea salt in water;
  6. Sprinkle salted water to the rice to add flavor and help separate it;
  7. Creat a well in the middle of the rice;
  8. Add 1/2 tablespoon of safflower oil and pour eggs in;
  9. Let the egg white to solidify before mixing with rice, it looks and tastes better;
  10. Add English peas and stir fry together.

For the finished dish

  1. Layer fried rice on the bottom, pork chops and then tomato sauce;
  2. Place in oven for 5 minutes;
  3. Take them out and add cheese if desired;
  4. Put them back in the oven for 2 minutes or until the cheese melt;
  5. Add grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and put them back under the broiler until cheese melt;
  6. Plate it and serve hot.

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