Pork Chops In Mexican Salsa Verde

Salsa Verde:


Preheat oven to 400 degrees


1 lb Tomatillos - husks removed and rinsed
1 large onion, halved and peel removed, leave attached to the core
6 large cloves of garlic, unpeeled
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoon *special seasoning
2 limes
1 cup fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons olive oil

Pork Chops:

3 lbs pork chops (bone in or out, your choice)

2 eggs

2 cups seasoned bread crumbs

1 cup flour

salt and pepper to taste

*special seasoning

1/4 cup milk (your choice, whole, 1%, or skim)

1/4 cup olive oil

Toss the tomatillos, onion and garlic with olive oil, salt, pepper and *special seasoning and spread on cookie sheet or in a cast iron pan. Roast in oven until lightly charred. Reduce the heat to 350.

Let cool slightly and squeeze the garlic into a food processor or blender.

Cut the core from the onions and add them to the food processor/blender with the tomatillos.

Roughly chop cilantro and add to food processor/blender

Squeeze juice from limes into food processor/blender. ***tip***, to get the most juice from your limes, pop them in the microwave for 10 seconds. If you do not have a juicer, stab the flesh of the lime with a fork a couple of times and twist the fork to help juice the lime.

Process ingredients until smooth. In order to achieve the smooth consistency, add about 1/4 cup water or chicken broth.

Set the sauce aside

Shake off excess flour and dip into egg mixture.

Now dip pork chop into breading..Repeat process with each pork chop until done.

Heat olive oil in skillet on medium high until you see a ripple. This is how you will know the oil is hot enough. Place pork chops in the pan. Be careful not to overcrowd the pan. Reduce the heat slightly and cook the pork until golden brown. Flip to cook other side. As each pork chop is done set aside on an oven proof platter.Top with salsa verde and place in oven.

Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. In the meantime you can prepare your sides dishes and salad.

Remove from oven carefully and top with chopped cilantro.

Set up a breading station: Mix flour, salt, pepper and *special seasoning in one dish, beat both eggs and milk in the second dish and pour the bread crumbs in a third dish.

Start breading the pork chops. Dip/dredge the chop one at a time, first in the flour.