herbed pork chops and potatoes

Name: Herbed Pork Chops and Potatoes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 medium onions, peeled and thinly sliced; 2 clove(s) garlic, minced; 4 thick - pork chops; 2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 teaspoon(s) black pepper; 2 teaspoon(s) fennel seeds; 2 teaspoon(s) dried oregano leaves; 3 to 4 large baking potatoes, thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon(s) olive oil; 1 1/2 cups - vegetable broth; 1 tablespoon(s) tomato paste

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Vickie Parks

Renton, WA

Updated on Jun 6, 2018

This is a common dish in Malta (in the Mediterranean region). Nearly every family has their own favorite way of making it, which recipes tend to vary mostly in what seasonings are used (though some families like to add vegetables, especially zucchini strips or fresh green beans, to cook along with the chops and potatoes). But it's the cooking process that makes this such a great dish. Slow cooking at a lower temperature tenderizes and moistens the pork chops during roasting. Increasing the temperature during the last portion of roasting time is to brown and crisp the potatoes.

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layer of potatoes is a pork chop and under that thinly sliced onions

prep time 20 Min

cook time 3 Hr

method Bake

yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 medium onions, peeled and thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 thick - pork chops
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons fennel seeds
2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
3 to 4 large baking potatoes, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 cups - vegetable broth
1 tablespoon tomato paste

How To Make herbed pork chops and potatoes

Step 1

Preheat oven to 275°F.

Step 2

Arrange the onion slices across the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish, overlapping them if necessary. Sprinkle the garlic over the onions.
Step 3

Arrange the pork chops over the onions, making sure the chops don't overlap. Season the chops with salt, pepper, fennel seeds and oregano.
Step 4

Layer the potato slices over the chops, completely covering the chops. Drizzle olive oil over the potatoes.
Step 5

In a large measuring cup with a spout, stir together the broth and tomato paste. Pour the broth into the baking dish from the side (don't pour it directly over the potato/pork layers).
Step 6

Cover the baking dish with foil, and bake in the oven for 2 1/2 hours.
Step 7

After 2 1/2 hours has elapsed, remove the foil, increase the oven temperature to 350°F and bake another 30 minutes or until the potatoes are browned and slightly crisp.
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