When I got home from work, the only kind of meat I had in the fridge was a 2.5 pound pork tenderloin….and it was almost 6 o’clock. No time to roast that baby, so I decided I would cut it into pork chops and cook them that way so it would go faster.
Here it is before cutting. I decided since it already had string on it, that’s the width I would cut them.
It turned out to make 11 pork chops (well 10 and 1 tiny one). I didn’t have any bread crumbs, so I just decided to dredge them in seasoned flour. I just threw flour, chili powder, cumin, black pepper and oregano into the flour and just dipped each pork chop in that.
Here’s them in the pan!
The pork chops were about to go into the skillet, (coated with a little olive oil) and I had no side dish/veggies planned! I asked if anyone minded if I made rice again, since I already made that once this week. Of course they could eat rice every day, so that was a no brainer.
But, to jazz up the rice, I added edamame, chick peas, a squeeze of lemon juice, a little thyme, feta cheese. I measured out my portion of rice.
1/2 cup cooked rice
1/8 cup of chick peas
1/8 cup edamame
.5 ounce of feta cheese (garlic and herb flavor)
squeeze of lime
salt and pepper to taste
The chick peas were from a can, I just rinsed them and warmed them up in the microwave for a minute. The edamame was frozen, I just cooked them in water in the microwave for a couple of minutes as well. It turned out really good too! I figured out the nutritional info for my rice dish on www.caloriecount.com. Thanks to my sister Biz for telling me about Calorie Count!
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 83 g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 218
Calories from Fat 61
Total Fat 6.8g 10%
Saturated Fat 2.6g 13%
Cholesterol 13mg 4%
Sodium 170mg 7%
Total Carbohydrates 28.5g 10%
Dietary Fiber 5.8g 23%
Sugars 3.3g
Protein 11.8g
Vitamin A 3% • Vitamin C 17%
Calcium 16% • Iron 18%
Nutrition Grade A
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet
Calorie Count will grade a recipe you enter which is nice, because you can kind of tweek the recipe to make the nutritional value better, or get a higher grade. I was happy to see my recipe got an A! So it turned out to be a tasty meal!!
You always know how to make my mouth water… 🙂
Yum I haven’t had pork in awhile – we have a hunk in the freezer. I love that frozen edamame too! I usually do the same thing, by microwaving it in a mug of water.
That website is cool, I’ll have to put some of my stuff in for the future. I like the idea of it giving you a nutrition grade.
I love calorie count but haven’t figured out how to give a nutritional grade to my recipes yet. explanation on that would be great…
superb… the other white meay indeed… Great eats
Very nice, love me some chops.
Looks like the perfect meal. I love how you jazzed up the rice too!