Pork chops with baked apples

4 large pork chop
3 unpeeled red apples, cut into wedges
2 teaspoons rosemary leaves
2 teaspoons olive oil
salt and cracked black pepper
olive oil spray

1. Preheat oven to 210°C. Using a sharp knife, score fat around edge of chops at 3cm intervals. Sprinkle chops with salt and pepper and spray with oil spray.
2. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add pork chops, two at a time, and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Remove from heat.
3. Toss apple with rosemary and oil. Spread roughly over the base of a large baking dish (do not line with baking paper). Place pork chops on top of apples and cook for 10 minutes until pork is cooked through and apples are tender.
4. Serve pork with apples and steamed greens.

Source
Simply Food - May 2007 , Page 4
Recipe by Kate Murdoch

Bean Thread Noodles with Shredded Pork

This is from Khym Lam's Eating In. A simple tasty meal with the wonderful texture of bean thread noodles.

1 serve bean thread noodles
1/2 cup lean pork tenderloin, sliced
2 tsp light soy
1 tblsp vegetable oil
Mix together:
1 tblsp light soy
2 tsp tahini
1 tsp fish sauce
2 tsp Chinese cooking wine or sherry
1 tsp sugar
3/4 cup chicken stock

Soak bean thread noodles in hot water for 5 mins, drain. Mix pork with the 2 tsp light soy, set aside. Heat oil in a wok and fry the pork for 1 minute. Add the sauce ingredients and bring to the boil. Add drained noodles to wok. Cook a further 5 minutes or until noodles absorb liquid. Garnish with spring onions.

Additions: Bean sprouts, snake beans, or julienned zucchini added to the simmering sauce.

Baked Soy Lemon Chops

Pork chops again tonight, and I found this recipe.

1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
4 pork chops

1. In a shallow dish, combine soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, lemon juice, pepper and oil. Add pork chops, and turn to coat evenly. Cover, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
3. Place marinated pork chops in a roasting pan, and bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, basting meat often with marinade.