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Baked pork chops with mustard and yogurt

09/07/2009 //  by Connie Veneracion

They’re playing Christmas carols in the supermarket but the holiday season doesn’t begin in my house until the third week of October when I celebrate my birthday. Then, the cooking and the partying go on until January when my younger daughter celebrates her birthday. I thought I’d start experimenting and practicing with party dishes. I saw Nigella Lawson on TV do a dish of fried pork chops, mustard and cream, served with dumplings. I decided my pork chops would have yogurt and cream cheese instead of cream and I’d serve them with pearl potatoes instead of dumplings.

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Don’t let the appearance of the baked dish intimidate you. This is a very simple recipe. No cutting. Just pan frying, mixing, assembling and baking. But the result is truly gorgeous and more than good enough for a birthday party or a Christmas Eve or New Year’s eve dinner.

Ingredients

  1. 8 butterflied pork chops, about 2 kg. (you may use boned pork chops, lamp chops or even chicken)
    4 tbsps. of butter
    about 1-1/2 tbsp. of salt
    lots of freshly ground pepper
    a few sprigs of fresh thyme (or about 1 tsp. of dried thyme)
    1 kg. of pearl potatoes
    1/4 c. of prepared mustard
    2 c. of yogurt
    1 c. of cream cheese (I used onion and chive flavored)
    onion leaves, for garnish

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350oF.

    Melt 2 tbsps. of butter in a non-stick pan. Over medium-high heat, pan fry the pork chops in batches. You are NOT cooking them through at this point. You just want to brown them a bit. Flip the chops over to brown the other side. I pan fried four chops per batch and added the rest of the butter to the pan before frying the last four chops.

    Arrange the browned pork chops in two rows in a rectangular baking dish. Meat juices will ooze out because these are half-cooked chops but don”?t worry. Leave the juices alone in the baking pan, they”?ll serve their good purpose later.

    Wash the pearl potatoes thoroughly.

    I left some space between the two rows of pork chops for the potatoes and that’s where they went.

    Sprinkle the pork and potatoes with salt (liberally, because potatoes absorb a lot of salt) and freshly ground pepper.

    Scatter fresh thyme on top of the pork chops and potatoes.

    To the drippings in the frying pan, pour in the mustard and a cup of yogurt. Stir until smooth.

    Pour the mustard-yogurt mixture over the chops and potatoes.

    Cover the baking dish tightly with foil. Bake in a preheated 350oF oven for an hour and a half.

    The pork chops and potatoes are good enough to eat when they come out of the oven. The meat juices have mixed with the yogurt and mustard with a hint of thyme but the dish isn”?t complete yet.

    Take the tub of cream cheese. Scrape the contents into a bowl. Whip until light and smooth. Pour in the remaining cup of yogurt. Mix until smooth and no lumps remain.

    Pour the yogurt-cream cheese mixture over the pork chops and potatoes. Bake, uncovered, for another 15 to 20 minutes or until bubbly and the yogurt-cream cheese mixture thins and spreads a bit.

    Take the baking dish out of the oven and sprinkle the baked pork chops and potatoes with snipped onion leaves and serve.

    The sauce is so good, it can be spooned over rice or mopped with bread. Your choice.

Cooking time (duration): about 2 hours

Number of servings (yield): 8

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Comments

  1. Kris

    09/10/2009 at 12:10 pm

    Hi Connie, Just would like to ask, what type of mustard did you use? Thanks :-)

    • Connie

      09/10/2009 at 1:10 pm

      Plain yellow mustard. Not Dijon. Not grainy. Definitely no honey. :)

  2. michelle

    09/17/2009 at 7:04 pm

    Miss. Connie,

    I cooked this last night and my husband just love it!!! I used chicken thighs and it is just sooo marvelous! My husband is saving one piece for his lunch…he is so proud of me,hehehe! Thank you so much!

  3. Cheryl

    12/10/2009 at 4:29 pm

    Hi Ms. Connie,

    I’m really happy at nakita ko po itong site niyo. Talagang love ko po magluto..
    Hindi po buo ang araw ko pag hindi ko napapasyalan ang site niyo..
    I will try this recipe for Christmas.

    Maraming salamat po..and more power…

  4. Cheryl

    12/12/2009 at 7:36 pm

    Hello Ms.Connie..

    It’s me again..Ask ko lang po kng saan pwede makabili ng baking dish,tulad dito sa ginamit niyo? or if not kahit ano po na pwedeng baking dish na ma rerecommend niyo..

    Thank you po…

    • Connie

      12/12/2009 at 10:02 pm

      Try Kitchen World at the Eastwood Mall.

  5. lina

    05/19/2010 at 6:51 pm

    Hi Connie,i cooked this recipe last nigth and it was a success even when spanish people don’t like very much yogurt for cooking,thank you

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