Sugar-spiced pork chops with chipotle pumpkin

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Solid pack pumpkin
1 Chipotle pepper (smoked jalpeno); snipped into tiny pieces
8 ounces Salsa
¼ cup Parmesan cheese; shredded
¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons Brown sugar
1 teaspoon Ground cumin
1 teaspoon Chili powder
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Black pepper
4 Boneless pork chops; 1 inch thick
1 teaspoon Olive oil
2 Plum tomatoes; seeded and finely diced
4 teaspoons Fresh cilantro; chopped

Directions

In medium saucepan over medium heat, combine pumpkin, chipotle pepper, salsa, parmesan cheese and nutmeg.

Cook until the mixture almost boils, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low; cook 10 minutes more, stirring occasionally.

In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper; sprinkle evenly over pork chops. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat.

Add pork chops; cook 8 to 10 minutes or until done, turning occasionally.

To serve, spoon generous ⅓ cup of the pumpkin mixture over the bottom of each of four serving plates. Place pork chops on top of mixture; sprinkle with tomatoes and cilantro. Makes 4 servings. From The Denver Post Wed Food Section'

Formatted for MM by Pegg Seevers 11/6/96 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" <rpearson@...> on Oct 3, 1998

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