** Juicy pork chops

[Gemini]

PHIL VICKERY'S JUICY PORK CHOPS


Ingredients

• 1 heaped tbsp table salt
• 1 heaped tbsp sugar
• 4 x 2-3cm thick pork chops, rind removed
• 4 tbsp cornflour, arrowroot or tapioca starch
• vegetable oil

Method

• Mix the salt and sugar together really well.
• Spoon half evenly over the 4 chops.
• Turn the chops over and repeat with the other half of the mix, then leave for 20 minutes, turning again after 10 minutes.
• After 20 minutes, rinse off under cold running water and pat really dry in kitchen towel.
• Heat a large frying pan with a little oil, the dust each chop with a little starch on both sides, don’t go mad, just a light dusting.
• Place straight into the hot oil and gently cook for 5-6 minutes, turn over and cover loosely with a little foil and pop under a hot grill or in the oven for a further 5-6 minutes.
• Once just cooked remove the pan from the oven, and leave to rest for 10 minutes under the foil.
• Serve.

Phil's Tips


If cooking chops with no bone, there is no need to pop under the grill or in the oven, just cook through in the frying pan.

[Plantaholic]

Does sound good and easy.

[Glammanana]

I like all Phil's recipe's they are always so easy and have store cupboard ingredients this sounds very tasty.

[Nanto2girls]

Sounds nice Gem, but what is the point of the sugar.

[Gemini]

I think the salt and sugar tenderise them Nan2.
They are certainty both tasty and tender, so we don't do pork chops any other way now.

[Daisy]

Gem - thank you very much. I guess this is in response to me saying my pork chops lack flavour. I really must get a frying pan I can also put in the oven or under the grill though!!

I'll certainly give this method a go. I've never used a Phil Vickery recipe before - something to look into.