Perfect Oven Baked Pork chops & potatoes Maltese style

pork chops

🥗Healthier: chicken breasts

💰Cheaper: pork shoulder

Chicken is leaner and pork shoulder is less expensive.

red wine

🥗Healthier: grape juice

💰Cheaper: white wine

Grape juice offers a non-alcoholic option while white wine is often less costly.

capers

🥗Healthier: green olives

💰Cheaper: pickles

Green olives provide a similar briny flavor and pickles are more budget-friendly.

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: oats

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Oats are healthier and crushed crackers are often cheaper.

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).

Slice the potatoes into rounds.

Chop the onions into rings, saving some for later.

Chop 3 cloves of garlic.

Layer the chopped onions at the bottom of a baking dish.

Pour the Oxo stock over the onions.

Season the pork chops with salt and black pepper.

Lay the seasoned pork chops on top of the onions.

Sprinkle fennel seeds and fenic seasoning over the pork chops.

Layer the sliced potatoes on top of the pork chops.

Sprinkle the reserved onion rings on top of the potatoes.

Put the dish in the oven and bake for 40 minutes to 1 hour until the potatoes are crusty and the pork is cooked through.

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