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mexican style pork chops

Pork Chops with a Smoky Tomato Sauce

These delicious Mexican style pork chops will become a family favorite!

Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword mexican pork chops
Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 47 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 330 kcal
Author Carissa

Ingredients

For the pork chops

  • 8-10 thin cut pork chops
  • 1/3 cup of vegetable oil

For the sauce

  • 29 oz can of tomato sauce
  • 3 guajillo chilies
  • 2 pasilla chilies
  • 3 morita chilies
  • 1 garlic clove
  • a pinch of ground cumin
  • a pinch of oregano
  • 2 cups of water from chilies

Instructions

For the sauce

  1. Over medium heat simmer the chilies with 4 cups of water for about 15 min.
  2. Transfer the chilies to a blender with about 2 1/2 cups of the water, the tomato sauce, garlic clove, ground cumin and oregano.
  3. Blend for about 2 minutes.
  4. Set sauce aside.

For the pork chops

  1. In a large skillet heat up 1/3 cup of oil over medium heat.
  2. When oil is hot fry the pork chops. About 2 min on each side. Fry no more than 3 at a time.
  3. Throw away the oil leaving only a couple of tablespoons in the skillet.
  4. Turn heat to medium and push through a strainer the blended tomato sauce in to the skillet.
  5. Simmer the sauce for about 5 min.
  6. Return the pork chops to the skillet with the sauce.
  7. Serve and refrigerate any leftovers.