mom's spanish rice and pork chops

Name: Mom's Spanish Rice and Pork Chops
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) cooked brown rice; 6 medium pork chops; 3-4 slice(s) bacon, cooked, crisp, crumbled; 1/2 cup(s) diced green pepper (or add red, yellow or orange sweet peppers); 1 medium diced onion; 1 can(s) (10 oz) rotel mild with green chilis (or diced tomatoes); 2 tablespoon(s) tomato paste + water, or tomato juice; 1 cup(s) water; 1-2 teaspoon(s) chili powder; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/4 teaspoon(s) black pepper; 1 teaspoon(s) garlic powder

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Vickey Yott Morrissey

Grayling, MI

Updated on May 9, 2014

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.

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prep time 35 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Bake

yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 cups cooked brown rice
6 medium pork chops
3-4 slices bacon, cooked, crisp, crumbled
1/2 cup diced green pepper (or add red, yellow or orange sweet peppers)
1 medium diced onion
1 can (10 oz) rotel mild with green chilis (or diced tomatoes)
2 tablespoons tomato paste + water, or tomato juice
1 cup water
1-2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder

How To Make mom's spanish rice and pork chops

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Cook rice, brown pork chops.

Step 2

Fry bacon until crisp, crumble. Drain fat from pan, reserve cooked bacon until later.
Step 3

Add green pepper, onion, rotel or tomatoes, and water or tomato juice. Let simmer for around 1/2 hour.
Step 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.)
Step 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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