Pork Chop Steak

It is a work-from-home day for me. I checked the freezer and we have pork chop. There must be some recipes available online. Nowadays, my first stop for Filipino recipe is www.panlasangpinoy.com. That's where I found the Pork Steak recipe. I did a little bit of adjustments here and there and call it Pork Chop Steak. Anyhow, credit should be given to www.panlasangpinoy.com. As always, it makes me super happy when all the ingredients are already available in my pantry. You should try this out :-)

Ingredients

6 pieces pork chops
5 tablespoons soy sauce
1 piece lemon
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 medium size onion, sliced
1 1/2 cups water
2 tablespoons granulated white sugar
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Procedure

1. Combine pork chops, soy sauce and lemon juice in a container. Cover and marinade in the fridge for one hour.
2. Heat a pan and pour the cooking oil.
3. Pan-fry the marinated pork chops in medium heat for 3 minutes each side.
4. Remove excess oil and pour the remaining marinade and water.
5. Let it boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
6. Add sugar, salt and pepper and stir.
7. Simmer for another 20 minutes or until pork is tender.
8. Add onions and cook for 3 minutes.
9. Turn off heat and transfer to a serving dish.

My husband liked it. He thinks this recipe will also work on beef. I will try that out next time. I have to add beef, maybe tenderloin, in my grocery list. :-)

Baked Potato with Toasted Onion and Garlic Seasoning

My husband and I love steaks. He tries to master the art of grilling, and he is getting there, if I may add that we don't dine out for steaks anymore. On my part, I tried to find a side dish that goes well with steaks as well as our Filipino palate. I roam around Safeway and found this seasoning: Toasted Onion and Garlic Potato Seasoning by McCormick. We super love it. You should try it out.

Ingredients

1 35g package of McCormick Toasted Onion and Garlic Potato Seasoning
4 cups cubed red potatoes
2 tbsp olive oil

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
   
2. Toss potatoes with the oil in a bowl.
3. Sprinkle with seasoning and toss again to coat well.
4. Arrange in single layer on foil-lined baking pan. You may also want to grease the foil with cooking spay.
   
5. Bake for 25 minutes.

Yummy, right?

Super Easy Chocolate Cake

There was one night when I was craving for something chocolate-ty. Asked Mr. Google and found this easy and yummy chocolate cake from Every With Rachael Ray's website. This recipe is not only easy to do, the ingredients are most likely already in your pantry. So, here it goes. Enjoy :-)

Ingredients

1 cup flour
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
7 tablespoons unsweetened (non-Dutch process) natural cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, melted
1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Procedure

1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease a 9-inch round cake pan; line the bottom with parchment paper and grease the paper.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, salt and baking soda. Make a well in the center, add the eggs and milk and whisk gently to make a thick batter; whisk vigorously 30 to 40 times. Whisk in the melted butter and vanilla just until smooth. Scrape into the prepared pan.
3. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool on a rack for 10 minutes; invert onto the rack, remove the pan and parchment paper and invert again. Let cool completely.

The original recipe calls for dusting of confectioners sugar after cooling the cake. I did not have any at that time. I skipped it. The cake is yummy even without it.

Thanks, Rachael Ray :-)