Monday, July 23, 2007

Pork chops, beans and garlic, potatoes and a glaze

We had a small sunday dinner. I made pork chops, green beans with garlic and fried potatoes. I marinated the pork chops in a mixture of beer, olive oil, salt, pepper and apple jelly. I seared the chops on the fat side in a frying pan, then transferred them to the grill (the non-flame side) to finish. I reduced the marinade and used it to deglaze the pan to pick up all the meat fat.

The potatoes were small red ones that I cut up and nuked until partially done, then I fried them in olive oil and butter. I normally like to brown the green beans in a pan, but I had too much liquid so they merely boiled. I added about 3 tablespoons of pressed garlic (about 2 bulbs). That's a lotta garlic.

We had a margarita with dinner. Not bad. The glaze was delicious.