Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Vietnamese Spiced Pork Chops

Smooth this sweet-hot rub into the scored surface of the chops. Serve with rice.

Yield
4 servings (serving size: 1 pork chop)

Ingredients
4 (4-ounce) boneless center-cut loin pork chops (about 1/2 inch thick)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons ground coriander
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 tablespoon bottled minced ginger
2 teaspoons bottled minced garlic
Cooking spray
Sliced green onions (optional)

Preparation
Lightly score a diamond pattern on both sides of pork. Combine sugar and next 6 ingredients (sugar through garlic); rub evenly over pork.

Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add pork; cook 4 minutes on each side or until done. Garnish with sliced green onions, if desired.

Nutritional Information
Calories:199 (29% from fat)
Fat:6.4g (sat 2.1g,mono 2.7g,poly 1g)
Protein:25.3g
Carbohydrate:9.2g
Fiber:1.1g
Cholesterol:62mg
Iron:1.4mg
Sodium:491mg

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