Pork Chops for the Slow Cooker

Pork Chops 

The weather dipped to closed to -40 this week and its freezing! Been too busy with life and everything in between aswell! So my time in the kitchen these past few days have been limited. The more better excuse to take my out my slow-cooker. I rarely use my slow-cooker, and I truly appreciate it more so now...and of course it was given to me by John- he always get me a cool gadget or tools in the kitchen without me asking it. He knows how I love kitchen tools or anything with kitchen stuff. Really, it dawned on me why I never use it in the kitchen as much. Well, its going to get some using this week. Here's a pork-chop recipe for you to try. It's tender and smackingly delicious.

6-8 pork chops

1 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. ground ginger

salt and pepper

1/2 cup soy sauce

1 tsp. garlic powder or 3 cloves of garlic

1/2 cup rice wine vinegar or vinegar will do

1 cup ketchup

Throw all the ingredients in the crock-pot on high or low heat and let simmer for 5-6 hours. Stirring on occasions. 

The house smells amazing.......

*********I rarely use my crock-pot due to the fact, I'm always scared leaving it "ON" for  hours. I always use it when I'm around at home. Despite, what everyone says, "you can walk-away and leave it  for few hours", I always treat the slow-cooker as a stove, and it shouldn't be leaf unattended.{just my preference}.

Pork Chops! Yummo. This is really fork tender and delicious. I shouldn't say more, just go ahead and try this recipe for yourself at home.

Pork Barbecue

Pork Barbecue

Ingredients:

1 cup soy sauce
Pork meat cut thinned slices diagonally

2-3 cloves of garlic minced

1 small onions - minced {optional}

2 lemons

1/2 cup 7-UP or Sprite soda

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup ketchup

ground black pepper
Pepper flakes or siracha {optional}
1/2 tsp. salt {optional- the soy sauce is salty enough}
{Add more or less of the above ingredients according to your taste}

Directions:

Combine  soy sauce, minced garlic, mince onions, juice of lemons, soda, ketchup, brown sugar and black pepper. Whisk and dissolve mixture well. Pour mixture over pork.

 Cover and marinate meat overnight, upto 2 days.

I've been looking for this recipe that reminds me of the pork barbecue street food from back home. This is one of the favorite street food in market sidewalks. The smell and taste of this barbecue while cooking is reminiscent of these fond memories. Enjoy grilling!

{Soak bamboo skewers overnight or half an hour before skewering the meat, to avoid splitting and burning during grilling or barbecuing}.

Pork Barbecue! Happy eating! Let me know what you think.

Pork Chops

Pork Chops

Ingredients:

Pork chops

salt and pepper

Paprika {optional}

Garlic salt {optional}

Olive oil

Directions:

Heat pan grill.

Season meat with salt and pepper, garlic powder, and or paprika

Drizzle olive oil onto meat before placing onto the hot grill pan, and cook each side for 10 minutes on each side.

Let meat cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.

Pork chops! Need I say more?