Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2018 in
Pork Recipes
Portuguese Pork chops (Costeletas de Porco)
This Portuguese pork chops recipe (receita de costeletas de porco) is a very popular dish in Portuguese cuisine.
| Preparation time | 2 h 15 min |
| Cooking Time | 25 min |
| Ready In | 2 h 40 min |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 4 |
Ingredients
6 pork chops4 cloves of garlic1 bay leafLemon juice (to taste)Salt and pepper (to taste)Hot sauce or piri piri sauce (to taste)Olive oil to taste1 tablespoon of water
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Preparation
- In a bowl, season the pork chops with the salt, pepper and hot sauce (to taste).
- Chop up the garlic and bay leaf and add to the bowl.
- Add the lemon juice to the seasoning and mix all the contents together, cover it, and let marinate for about 2 hours.
- After 2 hours, heat the olive oil in a frying pan.
- Add the pork chops to the pan and let them brown to a golden color and remove them.
- Now add the remainding marinade sauce from the bowl to the frying pan with the olive oil, the water and let it continue cooking until well done.
NOTE: The sauce from the pan goes great when served with some rice or fried potatoes.
Recipe Credit: easyportugueserecipes.com
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| Level of Difficulty | Moderate |
| Servings | 2 |
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| Level of Difficulty | Moderate |
| Servings | 6 |
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| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
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Mark
This recipe is very unclear on measurements. I seasoned the chop but I didn’t French then enough to have marinade left in the bowl. What’s to drench them in beside mom juice and hot sauce. I don’t want either over powering in taste.
3 Years ago, Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Colleen
Step 6 says continue till done, doesnt say to put porkchops back in pan? Hiw much olive oil. Doesnt give much sauce to put over rice. Measuements would be handy
3 Years ago, Sunday, December 12, 2021
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