Happy Pork Chops

I don't know what makes a pork chop happy... but it must be this recipe.

Enjoy!!!
Macdaddy

2 lb. pork loin chops (3/4 to 1-in. thick), seasoned with salt and pepper
2 tbsp. corn or olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 small white onion, chopped
2 cups uncooked rice
4 plum tomatoes, chopped
2 medium jalapeno chiles, minced (or to taste)
1 cup beer or water2 cups chicken broth
chopped cilantro



Heat oil in large skillet, add pork.

Sear pork on both sides on medium-high heat just until brown, about one minute on each side. Remove from skillet and cover loosely with foil.

Add garlic and onion to skillet.
Cook and stir until tender, about two minutes, scraping up brown bits from the bottom of skillet.

Add rice, stirring constantly until rice just begins to brown, about three to four minutes.
Add tomatoes, chiles, beer and broth or water. Bring to a boil; cover.
Reduce heat to medium low and simmer 10 minutes.

Place pork on top of rice; cover.
Simmer for 10 minutes.

Let stand five minutes before serving.

Sprinkle with chopped cilantro if desired.



Chicken broth or water may be substituted for the beer in this recipe.
If using water only, additional salt and pepper may be needed.


Makes six servings.

Jerk Pork Tenderloin

Here's a good recipe for the grill that looks hard, but it's very easy.

I try to stay with recipes that have ingredients in them that everybody usually keeps in the kitchen.

Enjoy!!!
Macdaddy


Ingredients:
1 bunch green onions, cut into 1-inch pieces
3 bay leaves, broken into pieces
3 garlic cloves, peeled
2 jalapeno chiles, seeds and membrane discarded, cut up
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon dried thyme
2 teaspoons ground allspice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
2 whole pork tenderloins (1 pound each)
2 small or 1 large ripe pineapple


Directions:

1. In food processor with knife blade attached, blend green onions, bay leaves, garlic, jalapenos, vinegar, thyme, allspice, salt, and pepper to a thick paste.

2. On large plate, rub tenderloins all over with jerk paste; cover and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.

3. Prepare charcoal fire or preheat gas grill for covered direct grilling over medium heat.

4. Meanwhile, with sharp knife, cut pineapple lengthwise through crown to stem end into 8 wedges, leaving on leafy crown.

5. Place tenderloins on hot grill rack.

Cover grill and cook 18 to 22 minutes or until browned on the outside and still slightly pink in the center, turning tenderloins over once.
When meat is done, internal temperature should be 155 degrees F. on meat thermometer.

While tenderloins are cooking, add pineapple wedges, cut sides down, to same grill; cook 5 to 8 minutes or until golden brown and heated through, turning wedges over once.

6. Transfer pineapple to platter. Transfer tenderloins to cutting board and let it rest, then thinly slice.

Serve sliced tenderloins with pineapple wedges.

Some Useful Information about Barbecue Sauces

This might help you out some as to the many choices and styles of Barbecue Sauces that are out there and what some of the recipes may contain.

Today there are literally hundreds of barbecue sauces being used, and experts tend to categorize them according to the ingredients and characteristics that connect them to a specific region.

Here are a few of the regions and the flavors associated with them:

North Carolina- Sauces in the region east of Raleigh and tend to include vinegar, salt, black pepper, crushed or ground cayenne, and a few other spices.

In the western part of the state the recipe is pretty much the same, with the addition of small amounts of ketchup, molasses or Worcestershire sauce.

South Carolina- Here the sauces tend to be a unique mustard style, which is a thin vinegar-mustard sauce slightly sweetened with honey or molasses.

Memphis- Meats here tend to be either dry-rubbed with a dry spice rub toward the end of cooking or covered in a sauce that is made up of vinegar, mustard and tomato.

Kansas City- The sauces here are thick, with a tomato and sugar base and tend to be sweet, tangy and spicy.

Many of the well-known national brands are based upon the KC formula.

Texas- In Texas beef is king.

Sauces here range from thick, spicy, tomato-based sauces, to thin, hot pepper-based sauces to thick and dark sauces from south of the border.

Just thought you would like to know...

Macdaddy

Italian Beef

This is a very simple recipe if you like to use a crock pot for cooking.



Italian beef
(Crock-Pot)

1 two or three pound lean beef roast, such as sirloin or bottom round roast

1 envelope Good Season's Italian Dressing Mix

Place the roast in a Crock-Pot.

Sprinkle the dressing mix over the beef.

Add about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of water.

Place lid on Crock-Pot and set temperature to low.

Let the roast cook for about 11 hours.

I usually let the roast cook overnight if I am serving it for a noon meal.

For an evening meal, put it on early in the morning and let it cook all day.

After the roast is cooked, shred the meat with a couple of forks and serve it on hoagie buns.

Serve some of the liquid in a small dish for au jus.

Enjoy!!!
Macdaddy

Happy Birthday Jenner

Happy Birthday to my older daughter Jennifer!!!!!!!

(Robyn calls her Jenner) " Happy Birthday Jenner"

14 Years old today!!!! Woo Hoo !!!!!!!!!!!

Glad you got to spend your spring break with us last week.


I hope you have a wonderful day!!!

Luv Ya and see you again soon.

Terry... aka...Bigdaddy...aka...Macdaddy

Wet Friday

Boy howdy... did it rain today!

I'm glad I cut my grass last Saturday.
A couple of days of warm weather, and it took off...nice and green and getting thicker by the day.

And now this rain...

We killed out everything last year, because we had more weeds than grass.
Re- seeded it with tall Fescue and it looks a whole lot better this year.

But we have to stay on top of it.
Next year it should be nice and lush and very green.

One thing about me...I love to have and keep a pretty yard and so does Mrs. Macdaddy.


Like I said...I'll post some recipes this weekend.

Seeing that I doubt I will get to do anything outside. ( maybe Sunday)


Stay tuned... Stay dry...

Macdaddy