Pork Chops with Peanut Sauce

Description

Pork Chops with Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
  • Pork Chops
  • 2-4 pork chops
  • oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • garlic powder
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  • parsley, roughly chopped
  • green onions, chopped
  • Thai Peanut Sauce
  • one 13.5 oz can of full-fat, unsweetened coconut milk
  • 2 oz (approximately ¼ cup) of Thai red curry paste
  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
  • ½ tablespoon salt
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
  • ½ cup water
Directions
  1. Pork chops
  2. Preheat the oven to 400 F
  3. Heat a bit of oil in a cast iron pan over high heat
  4. Season both sides of the pork chops liberally with salt, pepper, and garlic powder
  5. Insert an oven thermometer (the kind where the cord goes into the oven and the meter sits outside) into the side of one of the chops
  6. Put the pork chops in the hot pan and sear for 3 minutes.
  7. Flip the pork chops over and place the whole pan directly in the oven. Cook until the meat thermometer reads 145 F
  8. Take the pork chops out and place on a plate to rest for 5 min.
  9. Drizzle with Peanut sauce, parsley, green onions, and chopped red bell pepper
  11. Thai Peanut Sauce
  12. Put everything into a medium heavy-bottomed pot and bring to a very gentle boil over medium heat, whisking constantly.
  13. Let the mixture simmer for 3-5 minutes over low heat; be careful not to let the mixture scorch at the bottom of the pot.
  14. Take the pot off the heat, let the sauce cool down to room temperature (or slightly warmer).
  15. You can store leftovers in the fridge for later.
  17. Peanut sauce recipe from She Simmers