Pork Chops with Plantains Chips | Chuleta con Tajadas
Chuleta con Tajadas is one of my favorite recipes. It's a delicious and meaty dish from La Ceiba, Honduras.
Ingredients
- 2 pork chops, medium
- ½ cup sour orange juice (for seasoning, marinating)
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
Tajadas
- 2 green plantains
- 2 guineos (green bananas)
Honduran Coleslaw
- ⅓ of a head of white cabbage
- ⅕ of white onion
- 1 tomato, thinly sliced
Red sauce
- ½ cup of tomato paste
- ¼ onion, chopped
- ½ green chile, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup of broth (chicken or beef or -the best according to my aunt- pork leg)
- 2 tbsps of chopped cilantro
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mix all minced garlic, sour orange juice, Worcestershire Sauce, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a deep flat container. Using a flat container will help to marinate pork chops uniformly. Let the pork marinate for 30 minutes.
- To make the topping, slice the cabbage into julienne. Then, cut the tomato into thin slices, as well as the onion.
- Put the salad ingredients in a bowl. Then season them with salt, pepper, and lemon juice and mix thoroughly.
- Peel and cut the guineos and plantains into oval shape slices.
- Fry the guineo and plantain slices until they are golden. Bear in mind that guineos look a bit lighter, while plantains will get a more intense color.
- Heat oil on a pan and sauteé the chopped onion. Then add minced garlic and chopped green chile. Let the ingredients cook a bit. Once they get softer, add the tomato paste and mix.
- Add broth, chopped cilantro, salt, and pepper. Then mix again and let it reduce until you get a thick sauce.
- Heat oil in a pan and seal the pork chops. Let them get a brown and crispy crust on each side. Then, remove from the fire and get ready to build this delicious dish.
- First, make a bed of plantains and guineos. Then, place the pork chop on top. Next, cover the pork chop with the salad and, finally, top it with the red sauce generously.
- Now you can serve and enjoy this typical dish, from La Ceiba!
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