Grilled spinach stuffed pork chops
Guess who is back errrr….guess who has been so lazy to post but now has a massive backlog of blog posts?
I do have a legitimate excuse this time because I have been on business travel in Colorado Springs. We spent a lot of time working but did manage to get out the one day to Pikes Peak and wander around. On the way back down there was a fox just chilling in the road and so I spent the next 10 minutes with a camera chasing him around.
One of my favorite shots of him or her:
(click to enlarge)
The joy of being out of town and away from your stove is all you do is eat out. After landing I swore I was going to turn into a vegetarian for couple weeks just to flush out the mass quantity of meat, potatoes, more meat, and booze that I had consumed. However, I felt it was best to slowly reintroduce green leafy stuff into my diet just to prevent my body from revolting and what better way than to shove the vegetation into a pork chop.
For this recipe you will need:
- Couple good handfuls of spinach
- 1 shallot
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Handful of dried tomatoes
- 1 hot pepper (cayenne pepper)
- 1/3 cup panko
- 1/2 cup of your favorite cheese (pepperjack)
- Couple good glugs of extra virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and black pepper
- Pinch of crushed red pepper
Really complicated steps:
- Take everything and spin it in a food processor until it comes together.
- Cut a slit in the pork chops (I used 1 inch thick bone in chops).
- Shove mixture into the slit
- Seal up the slit with a toothpick
- Rub oil, salt, and pepper over the pork chops
- Grill until the pork chops are done.
Looks great, Jeff! Are you sure, though, that we’re not seeing the fox–before and after?
hahaha!!!
PS:
Brady rules, Peyton drools.
na na na na boo boo!
Your not the only lazy one lately….same here w/ me! I like this recipe. Grumpy has been after me to try making stuffed pork chops so I’m bookmarking to try it out! Thanks!
Lovely! Such a great photo too. You are correct, you don’t want to shock the body with too much veggie-goodness at once.
I thought pork was a vegetable….
Hey man, if it makes you feel better, I’ve been planning to cook vegetarian once a week ever since school started and it’s been an epic failure so far.
Great looking pork too. Love the generous stuffing of the spinach
That stuffing sounds great! Good idea to slowly re-introduce healthy eating.
“Shove the vegetarian into a pork chop”. I have a feeling you are going to have people stumbling upon your blog after some…interesting…google searches.
I totally know what you mean about needing to flush out the meat/booze. When my roommate was here last week, all we did was eat out and drink. And eat out some more. And then have dessert. It was awesome but I think my body needs a rest. Thus, I am having a vegetarian week (we think alike).
These pork chops look fabulous! You stuffed them so well. The orzo in the background looks good too.
What a great idea. I think I will try this for dinner tonight.
Jeff, why so lazy…or pre-occupied?
That filling looks real good…you sure jammed in alot of stuffing (not complaining).
mmmm. i love stuffing chicken, and spinach is such a natural choice! this looks delicious!!
You make it sound so easy! Last time I tried to do something like this, it didn’t look “normal”. Maybe I’ll try it again. =)
Lucky you to visit Colorado. Nice to see you back. What a delicious meal you prepared.
I love the way this looks! I know what you mean about eating out too much.
Your stuffed porkchops look wonderful. I love the picture of the fox. How cool…I feel the same way about detoxing. Just got back from San Francisco and I need to eat vegan for a week or so…
What a fabulous Michelin starred looking dinner!!
MMMMMMMMM,…Jeff!!
I really love the fox photo, Jeff! Welcome back! This is a mighty meal!
those are some mightily-stuffed chops, jeff, and that’s one adorable fox. unfortunately, the only foxen (what, is that not correct? it should be) i ever see are in a heap on the side of the road.
Oh! How yummie…love the stuffed pork chops, looks so tasty…should try it
And the picture of the he or she fox is amazing 
…and welcome back!
Great photo. I so rarely ever get more than a glimpse of a fox around here.
I wish I had your pork chop inspiration last week when I was making pork chops with a glaze that turned out nasty!
Wow, you really got a lot of stuffing into that pork! Hope you had fun eating out in Colorado Springs!
Foxy fun. Bet he’d take a bite out of that pork chop!
Jeff that is beautiful, just beautiful! I bet it was delish!
Love the fox too - Colorado is my favorite vacation state, makes me want to go to Estes Park!
Man oh man I would love to go back and romp around CO Springs, love it there! There is a fantastic German restaurant that is there that made me feel like I was back in Germany. Edelweis is the name me thinks. We did the Pike Peak climb in our car. It was pretty white knuckle for us. The transmition gave out on the way down!!! Darn rental car!
Now we are all hungry. Pork it is what’s for dinner.