Pork Chops in Orange-pineapple Sauce

Submitted by Tina Klein

"North Carolina State Fair 1998 pork chop bake off 3rd place"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 pork chops
• salt
• paprika
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ginger, to taste
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup pineapple juice
• 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can pineapple chunks (save juice)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1 unpeeled orange, sliced

directions

1. Sprinkle pork chops with salt and paprika.
2. Melt margarine in skillet, on medium heat; brown pork chops in margarine.
3. Remove from skillet.
4. Stir flour, 1/2 tsp salt, pepper, ginger, and sugar into margarine mixture in skillet; mix until smooth.
5. Add orange juice, water, and pineapple juice slowly; bring to boil, stirring constantly.
6. Add hot sauce and pork chops; cover, simmer for 20 minutes.
7. Add orange slices; cover.
8. Simmer for 15 minutes longer.
9. serve over rice.
10. Spread pineapple chunks over pork chops and remaining sauce.

Reviews

[bikelap9]

We had this last night (and I am having the left overs for lunch today) and what a great and different way for pork. We loved the citrus flavors (2 1/2 year old son included). The dish is just real pretty to serve as well. Will be making this over and over again...thanks for posting!!

 

[Its loose again]

Great! The only change I made was substituting 3 tablespoons of grapeseed oil for the 1/2 cup of butter and finishing off the dish with 1 tablespoon of butter at the end.

 

[Len23]

This was a really interesting dish. Gorgeous citrus flavour that compliments and doesn't overwhelm the pork. I used 5-alive instead of orange juice and mandarin oranges because that's what I had in the house, and it seemed to work out well. My pineapple was *really* sweet (a very ripe fresh one) and this overpowered it a little, but that's my pineapple's fault, not the recipe:). Bikelap is right, it is a really pretty dish, especially if you serve the orange slices on the plate for garnish. It's pretty mild, could maybe do with a tiny bit more kick- either more paprika or more hot sauce, but just a little.