Culinary Disasters

Have a couple entries submitted in for the chili cook off (click here to read more) so Woo Hoo!!

 If you are not a pork fan fear not because chicken would work perfectly for this dish.

For this recipe you will need:

• Pork chops
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• 10 whole unpeeled garlic cloves
• 4 ounces of mushrooms finely sliced
• 2 shallots or 1/2 of an onion
• 1 jalapeno finely diced
• 1 pepper roasted and diced (click here for a quick refresher on roasting peppers)
• 1 28 ounce can of tomatoes
• crushed red pepper
• kosher salt and black pepper
• Extra virgin olive oil

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.

In a large baking dish put a layer of extra virgin olive oil down, some rosemary leaves, and thyme leaves. Rub the pork chops with salt and pepper and place in the dish. Cover with more thyme and rosemary leaves and scatter 10 garlic cloves unpeeled around.

Throw this in the oven till the pork chops are done (about 15 minutes).

While the chops are baking away over medium heat add in about 3 TB of Extra virgin olive oil and toss in the mushrooms with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook till slightly softened (about 5 minutes).

Add in the shallot and jalapeno and cook for another couple of minutes. Dump in the can of tomato along with a pinch of crushed red pepper and the roasted pepper (if you are to lazy to roast the pepper then dice it and toss it in with the mushrooms).

Let this simmer for a good 10 minutes.

When the pork chops are done remove from the oven and set on a plate to rest.  We now have this beautiful flavorful liquid gold in the baking dish so instead of wasting it take a strainer and strain it into the sauce and stir to combine.

Alright so you have a couple good garlic cloves that are halfway roasted well take some bread turn your broiler to high. Rub the bread with extra virgin olive oil and then rub the garlic cloves over top of them. Throw under the broiler for a couple of minutes for a simple easy side.

Before service dump the juices that have accumulated on your plate where the meat was resting into the sauce and stir.  Taste the sauce and adjust the flavors. 

Serve the pork chop with the sauce generously poured over top with your garlic bread on the side. Of course you better grate some parmesan cheese over everything.

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