Black Pepper Pork
One of my tricks for making meat go further is to add veggies to our main dishes. It really helps to stretch that main dish out and help out your food budget. Plus we eat so much more veggies by having them in the main dish and as a side. We eat Asian food a lot and mostly homemade especially since our favorite Chinese place had a kitchen fire. Eek!
The pork cooks up really quick when it is thin cut. You can buy it thin cut or just cut thicker chops in half lengthwise. I love that this recipe uses pantry ingredients and they don’t take much time to put together. Perfect for busy weeknights when you don’t necessarily have the time or motivation to cook.
You might also like Cantonese Black Pepper Beef with Green Beans, Sticky Pineapple Chicken, Honey Glazed Chinese Chicken, Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Adapted from Chinese Peppered Pork Chops from Food Network Kitchens Cookbook
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 4 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 1/2 lbs pork chops thin cut or if a thicker cut, sliced in half
- 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 cups green beans trimmed and washed
Instructions
- In a large plastic bag or shallow container combine soy sauce, garlic, sugar, black pepper. salt and cornstarch. Add the pork chops making sure they each get into the marinade. Marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Prep green beans by trimming the ends and rinsing them.
- Heat 1 Tbsp of vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Saute green beans until crisp tender about 5-6 minutes. Remove from pan.
- Increase heat to medium-high and add 1 Tbsp vegetable oil to pan. Using half the pork chops shake off excess marinade back into the bag or container and cook turning once until just cooked through about 6 minutes, more if chops are a little thicker.Repeat with the remaining oil and chops. Slice pork into strips and keep warm.
- Pour the marinade into the same pan and cook over medium high heat until bubbly. Reduce heat to medium and continue to cook stirring frequently until thickened. Add green beans and pork and toss to coat. Cook till warmed through.
Super easy and really flavorful
I’m so glad you liked them Kr!
Green beans with pork is one of my favourite combinations ever. Yum!!
This looks delicious! I’m ready for dinner now! Thanks so much for sharing at Totally Terrific Tuesday! I hope you stop by to link up with us again this week. Remember the party starts tonight at 10pm!
Christie ~ Sparkles of Sunshine
Oh this looks really good. I’ll be making it soon. Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned to the Bloggers Brags Broad.
This looks absolutely delicious! Would be thrilled if you shared it at our link party on Thursday please 🙂 Have a great week!
Mmmm, looks delicious! Can’t wait to try! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!