When Barry and I brought home 231 pounds of pork, I was a weeeee bit overwhelmed. I mean really – I knew the pig was big, but maybe he should have been working out a bit more. My uncle raised the pig for us on the family farm – my neighbors have been cool with the chickens, but I really didn’t want to press my luck with a hog in the back yard.
We turned the 18 pounds of pork belly into homemade bacon, which is utterly fantastic. Now I’m working my way through the other 213 pounds. So…you might be seeing lots of pork recipes in the next year. You’ve been warned.
Sometimes I struggle getting a good picture – you’ll notice some days are better than others. Some days, all my photos look like my 15 month old snapped them. Or maybe it’s because my 15 month old is trying to climb up my leg and pulling my pants down in the process. It’s hard to snap a good photo when you’re standing in the kitchen with no pants. I wear a lot of elastic pants when at home – I’m cool with it.
I purchased these peppers thinking I could do something really cool with them – and I won’t lie…they sat in the basement for a long time. Am I the only one who does stuff like that? I buy something, think I’ll use it, and it sits in my basement because I don’t know what to do with it. I see lots of recipes for roasted red pepper dishes, but they just never made it to my table.
I think it might possibly have something to do with the fact that I have a ton of food things pinned on my Pinterest boards and it’s really hard to get around to 300+ recipes. Meal planning day can be a bit indecisive as I try to pick which 2-3 of the new recipes I’ll try each week. I CAN’T HANDLE THE PRESSURE! Okay, just kidding…I get a high from pinning recipes. Who needs drugs? I just need Pinterest.
Annie has recently taken an interest in helping me in the kitchen. Helping usually includes stirring dinner out of the bowl on to the cabinet and dropping her plate of food in the floor – oh wait, that was me. Sorry.
She also would spend all day in her pajamas if I would let her. Pick your battles, mamas…pick your battles.
This dish produces a good amount of liquid. I used a slotted spoon to serve the chops, because that allows me to get the meat and veggies but leave the liquid behind. You could use the liquid for something else, throw it out, or feed it to your chickens. In case you didn’t know, they love this stuff. I’m not sure if that speaks highly of my cooking or not.
Serve this lovely dish over some steaming hot rice. I’m contemplating buying a rice cooker. Cooking rice is easy with the boiling method I use, but something about that rice cooker keeps calling out to me. So, what says you? Does Stacy need a rice cooker?
I almost always use basmati rice because it’s our favorite. Sometimes I like to change it up and throw in some short grain brown rice. I’m wild and crazy like that.
If you like pork, this dish if for you. And since we have around 200 pounds of pork, we like this dish. If you don’t like pork – well, use chicken.
Roasted Red Pepper Pork Chops
- 2 pounds bone-in pork chops
- 16 ounce jar, roasted red peppers, drained
- 15 ounce can diced tomatoes, drained
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- Rice for serving
- Lay chops in bottom of crock – 5 quart works great.
- In a bowl, combine peppers, tomatoes, onion, chili powder, oregano, salt and pepper. Stir well.
- Pour mixture over chops.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
- Serve mixture over hot, cooked rice.
Yield: 4-5 servings
Happy New Year! Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂
Hope your week is great! Can’t wait to see what you link up this week!
Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
Thank you so much, Cindy!
I love easy meal ideas 🙂 Pinned – Thanks for linking up to Freedom Fridays!
Well, I just died and went to hog heaven. 231 pounds. 18 pounds of pork belly. Now I understand why people always used to raise pigs an amazing amount of meat. I come from sausage manufacturing family. You have got to try making some sausage and dried salami. Enjoy and thanks for sharing this with us on foodie friday.
This look like a wonderful mid-week meal! Thanks for sharing at the Blog Strut! Can’t wait to see what you bring next week!
Cathy
APeekIntoMyParadise.com
Thanks so much for sharing this delicious Crock Pot Pork Chop recipe with us today at Full Plate Thursday. This looks delicious!
Miz Helen
Looks delish! I pinned it so I can try it sometime. Don’t be surprised if I blog about your recipe! LOL (I always give proper credit.) Anyhow, stopping by from the Let’s Get Real blog hop. 🙂
I cook rice in the microwave. Why have another appliance taking up space?!
Hi Stacy! Since you are a crock-pot person, do NOT buy a rice cooker before you at least try making rice in the slow cooker. Maybe you’ve already done this, and then you can ignore this comment, but I would not buy another thing unless you NEED it-I know you are good at this. First try cooking the rice in the crock-pot, and if you aren’t happy with it, buy a rice cooker. It takes about 2 1/2 hours in the slow cooker. I am not sure how much time the rice cooker takes though.
Love my rice cooker!
I tossed my rice cooker about two years ago. I twas used a lot in the beginning but I returned to using a pan because if I used different kinds of rice the cooking time was off and yup you guessed it, burned rice! YUCK! I cook rice several times a week and that rice cooker was just taking up space not getting used…this Stacee doesn’t need one anymore. Just my 2 cents worth.
Stacy, I second Jill, you need a rice cooker. I absolutely love mine and use it for everything! Soups, stews, cooking meat, steaming/sautéing vegetables, oatmeal, semolina, cooking eggs, boiling eggs, cream sauces, gravy, (especially if you are having a function and need to keep it hot, frying meat, meatballs in sauce, and much more. It gets hotter than a crockpot so foods like potatoes will cook faster without turning colour. We use ours all the time. Recently we moved from one side of the country (East coast of Newfoundland) to the other (Northern BC) and I made sure it was put in the van. We used it in hotel rooms to keep the costs of meals down for our family (2 adults 4 teens) and we used it as soon as we got here, for me it’d be on the must have list. A little tip for you, I keep the rice cup in the rice jar, 😉 you will never lose it. I highly and wholeheartedly recommend it! 🙂
YES to the rice cooker! It will make your life so much easier!
This sound DELISH! I will be trying this…don’t know if the kids’ll eat it, but I think it sounds awesome! 🙂 And I have a rice cooker… sometimes I think it is more trouble than it is worth. Especially if the kids have lost the measuring cup that goes with it…you need a masters degree to figure out how much rice/water, etc to put in it. lol
Stacey NEEDS a rice cooker! It’s the most used appliance in our house.
Yes, you need a rice cooker! I live in Asia, so of course I have one, but I use it for more than just rice. I love use it for making oatmeal. Just add 1 part oats to 2 parts water with some cinnamon sprinkled in. It cooks and then stays warm until I have everyone dressed and ready…. with no fuss from me! And much easier to clean than a pan. So many things you can do with it!
I have been thinking about purchasing a rice cooker but didn’t know which one is a great one. Which rice cooker do you suggest?