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mom's spanish rice and pork chops

Recipe by
Vickey Yott Morrissey
Grayling, MI

My mom has made this forever, but she just uses an eye to see how much spice she had to add, and/or tomato juice. It has always been a favorite of mine so I actually wrote down what I used. Surprise MOM! I did use a few different ingredients, but I liked the added zip and I know my husband loved it, because we had leftover rice a few days. Her original recipe calls for just tomato juice and chili powder, but all I had was rotel, tomato paste, and chili powder.

yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 35 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For mom's spanish rice and pork chops

  • 2 c
    cooked brown rice
  • 6 md
    pork chops
  • 3-4 slice
    bacon, cooked, crisp, crumbled
  • 1/2 c
    diced green pepper (or add red, yellow or orange sweet peppers)
  • 1 md
    diced onion
  • 1 can
    (10 oz) rotel mild with green chilis (or diced tomatoes)
  • 2 Tbsp
    tomato paste + water, or tomato juice
  • 1 c
    water
  • 1-2 tsp
    chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/4 tsp
    black pepper
  • 1 tsp
    garlic powder

How To Make mom's spanish rice and pork chops

  • 1
    Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Cook rice, brown pork chops.
  • 2
    Fry bacon until crisp, crumble. Drain fat from pan, reserve cooked bacon until later.
  • 3
    Add green pepper, onion, rotel or tomatoes, and water or tomato juice. Let simmer for around 1/2 hour.
  • 4
    Add bacon and simmered mixture to rice and season to taste with above spices. Place in pan large enough to hold desired number of pork chops on top. (I used a 4 quart corning ware as I only cooked 2 large chops.)
  • Spanish Rice and Pork Chops
    5
    Place browned pork chops on top of rice and bake covered for about 30 minutes. Uncover and bake another 30 minutes. You may have to add a little more tomato juice if it is too dry.

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