Pork Chops with Tamarind and Ginger
Pork Chops with Tamarind and Ginger

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pork chops with tamarind and ginger. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pork Chops with Tamarind and Ginger is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Pork Chops with Tamarind and Ginger is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have pork chops with tamarind and ginger using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pork Chops with Tamarind and Ginger:
  1. Get 3 garlic cloves, finely grated or minced
  2. Make ready 1 tbsp tamarind concentrate (or extract), or use lime juice
  3. Get 1 tbsp sambal oelek or other chili paste
  4. Take 2 tsp grated fresh ginger
  5. Get 2 tsp kosher salt, more as needed
  6. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  7. Make ready 1 tsp fish sauce
  8. Make ready 1 tsp ground turmeric
  9. Make ready 2 bone-in pork chops, 1 1/2 inches thick (2 pounds total)
  10. Get 2 tbsp coconut oil, grapeseed oil or safflower oil
  11. Take Scallions, thinly sliced
  12. Get Lime wedges for serving
Steps to make Pork Chops with Tamarind and Ginger:
  1. In a large bowl, combine garlic, tamarind, sambal oelek, ginger, salt, cumin, fish sauce and turmeric. Rub mixture evenly over pork, and let marinate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
  2. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Heat oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Scrape the marinade off the pork, reserving it (there will be a tablespoon or two), then place chops in pan and sear on one side until well browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Use tongs to hold pork chops vertically to sear the fat on the edges, another 2 to 3 minutes. Flip pork so browned side is on top and add reserved marinade to pan, stirring it into the drippings.
  3. Transfer pan to oven and cook to desired doneness. About 8 minutes for lightly pink on the inside (135 degrees).
  4. Transfer chops to a plate or cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes.
  5. Slice the meat off the bone and serve slices coated with pan drippings, scallions and lime wedges.

So that is going to wrap it up with this exceptional food pork chops with tamarind and ginger recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident that you will make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page in your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!