Hawaiian Pork Chops

Name: Hawaiian Pork Chops
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Hawaiian
Ingredients: ketchup; prepared mustard; brown sugar, light; apple cider vinegar; soy sauce, sodium reduced; garlic powder; onion powder; cayenne pepper; pork loin chops; black pepper; kosher salt; onions; garlic; canola oil; pineapple juice; pineapple tid-bits; basmati rice; sugar snap peas

Submitted by lynn in ma

Meaty loin chops cooked in a tropical barbecue sauce, sweetened with pineapple. A taste of the islands.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

35 min

READY

50 min

Ingredients

CUP KETCHUP

2 ½

TABLESPOONS PREPARED MUSTARD
yellow mustard

TABLESPOONS BROWN SUGAR, LIGHT
or dark

1 ½

TABLESPOONS APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

TEASPOONS SOY SAUCE, SODIUM REDUCED

TEASPOON GARLIC POWDER

TEASPOON ONION POWDER

DASH CAYENNE PEPPER *

EACH PORK LOIN CHOPS
center cut, trimmed *

⅛

TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER

⅛

TEASPOON KOSHER SALT

CUP ONIONS
sweet Hawaiian or Vidalia, chopped

CLOVES GARLIC
minced

1 ½

TABLESPOONS CANOLA OIL
or vegetable oil

CUP PINEAPPLE JUICE
saved from can

OUNCES PINEAPPLE TID-BITS
canned, drained, liquid reserved (above)

Accompaniments

EACH BASMATI RICE
servings, cooked, hot, or white rice *

EACH SUGAR SNAP PEAS
servings, steamed or stir-fried *

Directions

Combine the first 8 ingredients in glass measuring cup; whisk until brown sugar is dissolved; set aside.
Season trimmed chops with the salt and pepper.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add the seasoned chops, onion and garlic. Sauté until the meat is well browned on both sides. Add the reserved pineapple juice; cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, or until meat is cooked through. Gently stir in pineapple tidbits and heat through.

Serve over hot cooked rice with a vegetable, such as sugar snap peas or snow peas.