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An Authentic Chinese recipe for Pan-fried Sweet and Sour Pork Chops with a fragrant simmering sauce seasoned with garlic, five-spice and cinnamon. Serve this easy yet impressive dish with my Sichuan-Style Spicy Potato Salad for a weeknight meal victory! <\/em><\/p>\n

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This authentic Chinese recipe for Sweet and Sour Pork Chops is a weeknight dinner hero!<\/h2>\n

Looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal? Look no further than these mouthwatering Chinese Pork Chops<\/strong>!  Accompanied by a spicy Sichuan-Style Potato Salad<\/strong>, it makes for an incredibly flavorful, authentic Chinese dish. The best part: It is super easy to make and comes together in no time!<\/p>\n

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Why this Chinese recipe for Sweet and Sour Pork Chops will be your new favorite:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We are huge fans of pork chops<\/strong>! Not only are they super tender and delicious<\/strong>, but they are also an inexpensive source of protein.<\/p>\n

However, you need a proper marinade or pan sauce to go with them. Enter Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork Chops! <\/p>\n

I tell you, tucking into a big portion of these succulent Chinese Pork Chops<\/strong> covered in this fragrant simmering sauce is an absolute pleasure! Chinese five-spice powder<\/strong> and a hint of cinnamon give the meat marinade a delicious flavor that penetrates the meat through and through. <\/p>\n

The simple spicy potato salad<\/strong> it the perfect accompaniment. It is so much lighter than any potato salad I have ever eaten and it sets a bright, spicy and sour counterpoint to the sweet-ish sauce.  Ant impressive and authentic Chinese dish<\/strong> easy enough for weeknights, yet also so special in flavour that you could easily serve it for a special occasion like the upcoming Valentine’s Day.<\/p>\n

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How to pan-fry pork chops perfectly every time: <\/h2>\n

Pork chops come from the area around the pig’s hip and often include part of the hip bone.<\/p>\n

They are fairly lean, so we have to be extra careful not to overcook them.<\/p>\n

I usually fry them for about 2 1\/2 minutes each side and then baste them with whatever sauce I have prepared. Pork should be cooked until the internal temperature at the thickest part of the meat reaches 145 degrees.<\/p>\n

As the pork chops continue to cook past this point they become increasingly tough, chewy, leathery. All the things we don’t want them to be. I tend to take the meat out of the pan at around 142 F and let it rest for a bit.<\/p>\n

Taking pork chops from the fridge and immediately placing them in a hot pan or into a hot oven is generally a bad move and will likely result in unevenly cooked meat.<\/p>\n

We’ve all had the odd ” overcooked on the outside and undercooked on the inside” incident, right? Make sure to take the marinated pork chops out of the fridge about 20 minutes before frying. <\/strong><\/p>\n

What sides shall I serve with Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork Chops:<\/h2>\n

You could serve these succulent Chinese Pork Chops<\/strong> with plain white rice or baked potatoes. For a lower-carb dinner, go with cauliflower rice. For a more authentic Chinese dinner, serve your sweet and sour pork chops with my all-time favorite Chinese side-dish: A spicy grated potato salad from the Sichuan Province<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

How to make Sichuan-Style Chinese Potato Salad: <\/h2>\n

Let’s talk about this Sichuan-Style Potato Salad. <\/strong>I came across it on one of my all-time favorite blogs, Omnivore’s Cookbook<\/a>, and have made it about 10 times in the last 3 months. That’s a lot for someone who gets bored as easily as I do.<\/p>\n

This Chinese-style potato salad<\/strong> is a super easy side-dish that you can whip up in less than 30 minutes. It’s different from any other potato salad I have ever made.<\/p>\n

You basically grate a raw, peeled potato and par-boil the slivers for a minute or so. What follows is serious Chinese kitchen magic. We infuse some oil with Sichuan-Pepper<\/strong> and chili and pour this aromatic, hot infused oil directly over the blanched vegetables. The hot oil will cook the vegetables further and bring all the flavors together. Fun, huh?<\/p>\n

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One last little ingredient-related tip:<\/p>\n

For my marinade, I like to use Organic Ground Ceylon Cinnamon<\/a>\"\", as it helps works to help the body digest and break down foods more easily, which may help insulin reach the cells quicker and may help lower the response.<\/p>\n

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Marinated and pan-fried Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork Chops with a fragrant sauce seasoned with garlic, five-spice and cinnamon. Serve this easy yet impressive Chinese restaurant-style dinner with a simple Sichuan-Style spicy Potato Salad<\/p>\t<\/div>\n\t

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