Salsa Verde Pork Chops
Ingredients
2 pork chops
2 cups Salsa Verde (see recipe)
2 tablespoons cooking oil
salt as necessary
Instructions
Heat a frying pan to very hot and add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil. Brown the pork chops on both sides. Set aside.
Add ½ of the salsa verde to your frying pan and warm. Add the pork chops to the pan. Pour the remaining salsa over the pork chops
Turn the heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes until the salsa has noticeably reduced.
Salsa Verde
Ingredients
1 ¼ lb. tomatillos or green tomatoes
1 onion
4 serrano chiles (optional)
4 cloves garlic
12 sprigs cilantro
2 tbsp. cooking oil
1 ½ tsp. salt + to taste
Instructions
Remove the papery husks from the tomatillos and rinse to remove the sticky residue.
Quarter the onion.
Add all of the ingredients except the cilantro and salt to a large pot and just cover with water.
Bring the water and ingredients to a boil and then simmer for 10 minutes.
Blend the cooked ingredients and the cilantro with the cooking water until smooth. (About 30 seconds)
Heat 2 tablespoons of cooking oil in the pot.
Pour the blended salsa back into the pot with the hot cooking oil.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Add the salt and adjust if necessary.
From https://mexicanfoodjournal.com/