Pork Chops with Plantain Chips - Honduran food - La Cooquette

pork chops

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork loin

Chicken breast is lower in fat and pork loin is often less expensive.

green plantains

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: potatoes

Zucchini offers a similar texture with fewer calories, while potatoes are widely available.

Marinate pork chops with sour orange juice, lemon juice, olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic, salt, and pepper for at least 30 minutes.

Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and add a little olive oil.

Add marinated pork chops to the skillet and cook for about 4-5 minutes on each side until golden brown and cooked through.

Remove pork chops from skillet and let rest on a plate.

Peel green plantains and slice them into thin rounds.

In the same skillet, add more oil if needed and heat over medium heat.

Fry plantain slices for about 2-3 minutes on each side until golden and crispy.

Remove plantain chips from the skillet and drain on paper towels.

Prepare the cabbage salad by mixing julienne-cut cabbage, onion, and tomato in a bowl.

For the salsa, combine tomato paste, chopped onion, green pepper, minced garlic, and stock in a pot and simmer for 5 minutes.

Serve pork chops topped with salsa alongside crispy plantain chips and cabbage salad.

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