This is a recipe that has only two main ingredients, is easy to make, unique and delicious. It is a recipe we started using from Jane’s Mom’s pork chop recipe and her cousin Jim’s wife Dina’s recipe for Chicken Pepperoncini.
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Recipe
Always read the ingredients and preparation instructions TWICE before starting!
PREPARATION: 10 minutes
COOK TIME: 1 hour and 50 minutes (20 minutes to brown Pork 1 hour & 30 minutes simmering)
SERVINGS: 3 servings for every 1 1/2 lbs of pork
EPISODE: 003
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs of boneless pork butt (cut into 1 1/2 inch thick, 5 inch strips)
- 1 16oz jar of sweet cherry peppers (we use Mezzetta sweet Cherry Peppers but you can use hot)
- salt and pepper to taste – but salt not needed at all because of pepper juice
- oil for browning pork – any high heat oil
- chicken stock/broth
Preparation
- Season Pork with salt and pepper
- Open the peppers and pour the pepper juice into a bowl
- Place oil in frying pan that has a cover
- Heat oil to medium high
- Brown the pork strips for 5 minutes on two sides and 3 minutes on the other two sides
- For new cooks or cooks with limited experience you want to use a medium high heat but you do not want the pork to burn. This will take some attention to frying the first few times.
- A pan screen will be good to use too because using a medium high heat will cause splattering
- When you turn the pork over there should be a brown crust on the pork side that just cooked
- When your pork is browned on all sides, place it on a platter.
- Dump the oil from the frying pan into a bowl to cool before discarding
- Place the pan back on the medium high heat and add pepper juice
- With a wooden spoon scrape the pan and bring up all those bits into the liquid and the sauce will start to turn a light brown. You will know when almost all the bits are off the pan when your wooden spoon glides easily through the pan hitting no resistance
- Place the pork back in the frying pan
- Also pour the pork juice from the platter into the frying pan and scrap to get every last drop
- Cover the pan and simmer for 20 minutes
- Check in 20 minutes and if the liquid in the pan is dissipating or at a lower level then when you started lower the heat and add a little chicken stock
- Check in 25 minutes and turn pork over and check the liquid level again
- While you are simmering the pork remove the stems and seeds from the peppers and place in a bowl
- Cook for another 25 minutes, check the liquid and adjust again if necessary and add peppers
- Cook for another 20 minutes
- It should be done at this time and plate
Options & Extras
If you are making this for the first time take a piece of pork out of the pan, cut a piece, dip in the sauce and taste. The pork should be tender and sweet. If not simmer for another 10 minutes but it will most likely be done.
This is a great meal to make a day or two ahead of time. Then when family of friends come to dinner, place in a baking dish and heat at 350 ° F in the oven until hot.
In the video I should have used 2 jars of peppers but was not thinking because this filming thing is new to us and even a little intimidating so we make some mistakes. But the recipe cooked in the video was gone in minutes.
You can use hot peppers too if you like. If you are a beginner do not hesitate to make this recipe.
Have fun while cooking! Didyaeat?