A delicious recipe with some uncommon spice. If you want to expand your culinary delights, give this one a try.
Spiced Kurobuta Pork Chops
By Published: May 1, 2012
A delicious recipe with some uncommon spice. If you want to expand your culinary delights, give this one a try.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Aleppo pepper ground
- 1 tablespoon Hungarian sweet paprika
- 2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons whole Malabar black peppercorns freshly ground
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage
- 4 kurobuta/Berkshire bone-in rib pork chops 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches thick; 10 to 12 ounces each
- 5 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
Instructions
Mix Aleppo pepper, paprika, coarse salt, ground Malabar pepper, and fresh sage in small bowl. Brush pork on both sides with 2 tablespoons oil. Sprinkle generously with all of spice mixture; press to adhere. Spread flour on plate. Dredge pork in flour; shake off excess. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook until brown, 3 minutes per side. Transfer skillet to oven and bake until instant-read thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 145°F, about 10 minutes.
Serve pork with Braised Bacon, Pomegranate, and Pine Nut Relish.
Ground Aleppo pepper from Syria has a moderate heat level and tastes slightly sweet. It is available at some specialty foods stores and by mail.
Malabar peppercorns, from the coast of western India, are especially pungent and zesty.
- Course: Entrée
