Pork chops with gingered plum sauce

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ pounds Italian prune plums
1 large Garlic clove
4 Pork chops (each about 1 inch thick)
1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
1½ teaspoon Finely grated peeled fresh gingered
¼ cup Soy sauce
2 tablespoons Sherry vinegar or red-wine vinegar
2 tablespoons Packed brown sugar
2 Whole star anise or 1/2 teaspoon anise seeds
Chopped scallion and plum slices

Directions

GARNISH

Quarter and pit plums and mince garlic. Pat pork chops dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper. In a 12-inch heavy skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and brown pork chops about 2 minutes on each side, transferring to a plate. Add garlic and ginger to skillet and saute, stirring constantly, 30 seconds. Stir in soy sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, and anise and bring to a simmer. Return pork chops to skillet and arrange plums around them. Simmer mixture, covered, over moderately low heat 50 minutes, or until meat is very tender. Transfer chops to a platter and, if necessary, simmer sauce, uncovered, until thickened slightly. Discard star anise, if used. Pour sauce over chops and garnish with scallion and plum slices.

Yield: 4 servings

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8977 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #846 by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on Oct 14, 1997

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