Paul’s Pork – Friday nite 1/29/10

This is a fav from Food network. Paula Deans Roast Pork




http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/herb-crusted-pork-tenderloin-recipe/index.html



She does a great job there is no reason to mess with perfection.

In my house, there is never a leftover after this meal.

The sides are simply manly, and for the lazy.

Mash potatoes made with chicken stock and canned corn.

Enjoy and I know you will.



TIP: I know the temp for the Pork starts high and may set off the fire alarms in the house but it does do it’s job by making the pork wonderful. It is worth the noise I promise

Beef Stir Fry with noodles – Thursday nite 1/28/10 and Pork on 2/1/10 Monday

Same process for both meats.

We found a flank steak marked down to ½ price and did a happy dance. This meal is so easy and yummy.

We then found a Teriyaki Pork tenderloin on mark down and went with it. Love Stir Fries.

Supplies: 

• Bag of frozen stir-fry veggies 
• splash of Olive oil 
• 1 flank steak an average size about 2 lbs- or Pork  
• ½ a box your favorite noodles (spaghetti est..) 
• “Yoshida” sauce

 Hardware:

• 1 boiling pot 
• 1 large skillet

 
Boil pasta then heat up skillet with some olive oil. When skillet is pops water cook the ingredients in the following order: Meat, veggie, then toss in pasta with the “Yoshida” sauce.

1/24/10 Sunday nite Polynesian Pork chops, with Sauerkraut and Sweet Carrots

We went to our Mega Mart and found 3 pork loins marked down to $2.00 each we could not pass this up. So here, we are 2 pork meals for the week.

This meal includes 2 side dishes-Sweet Carrots and Sauerkraut

These are very easy and don’t need much work.

Sauerkraut- buy a can at the store and open it up and microwave it. See Easy.

Carrots- boil some fresh cut carrots in a saucepan, then drain water, and add honey, orange zest, dab of butter, and S and P. These amounts will very so you will need to taste as you go.

Now the Pork is a little more challenging.

 You will need:

 In a large Skillet:

•  Pork Loin cut into chops
• splash of Olive Oil
• 1 small onion chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic minced

 In a Saucepan:

• 1 jar of chili Sauce
• 1 can of cranberry jelly
• splash of Worcestershire sauce
• couple of pinches of sugar
• a tsp of honey

 Get ready to put all the above into a baking dish so Pre-heat over to 350 degrees.

The Sauce: In the saucepan added the chili sauce and the cranberry jelly, cook until jelly is has diluted. Then add the other ingredients and taste. If it needs more of any of the other ingredients have at ….it is your sauce now. While the flavors of the sauce cook together on low for a little bit moves on to the meat.

The Meat: In large Skillet splash in the olive oil and heat the pan on med high for a bit. (Until when you toss a splash of water in it is sizzles away) then place the pork chops in. *You are just browning them on each side…. so as 1st side gets brown turn.
Then make some room in the pan for the onions and let them sauté until tender while the second side is cooking. Toss in the chopped garlic when 2nd side is almost done so as not to burn the garlic. (You may need to turn down the heat if it gets too hot)

Oven Time
When Pork is brown and onions and garlic are sautéed place, them in a baking dish and pour ½ of the sauce over it. Place it in a preheated over for about 15-20 mins. Check temperature of Pork with your meat thermometer if close to or at 180 degrees (if not cook until meat reaches that temperature) add the rest of the sauce and cook for about 5 mins.

Dinner is all done now so just plate up and serve Yumo’s. Hope you love the flavor combinations as much as we do.