Tom Kerridge's sticky pork chops recipe

Tom Kerridge's sticky pork chops recipe

British chef Tom Kerridge is famous for making healthy eating easy with his fabulous ideas for simple, delicious, low-calorie meals – and, at 420 calories per portion, these sticky pork chops make a delicious lunch or midweek meal.

They're not fiddly to make, either; all you'll need to make the glaze are a few everyday store-cupboard ingredients. Meanwhile, the slaw is an easy combination of shredded cabbage, white wine vinegar and Greek yogurt.

"This recipe taps into everyone’s love of those all-American smoky flavours," Tom says. "It has a great barbecue-style glaze, but with much less added sugar. A fresh and crunchy slaw is the perfect foil for the sticky chops."

Ingredients

  • 2 trimmed bone-in pork chops, i.e. all fat removed (250g/9oz each)
  • 1 spritz of olive oil spray
  • 1 pinch of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 trimmed bone-in pork chops, i.e. all fat removed (250g/9oz each)
  • 1 spritz of olive oil spray
  • 1 pinch of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 trimmed bone-in pork chops, i.e. all fat removed (250g/9oz each)
  • 1 spritz of olive oil spray
  • 1 pinch of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the barbecue sauce
  • 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp English mustard
  • 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp English mustard
  • 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp English mustard
  • 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
For the slaw
  • 100 g red cabbage, finely shredded
  • 100 g white cabbage, finely shredded
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Greek yogurt (0% fat)
  • 3.5 oz red cabbage, finely shredded
  • 3.5 oz white cabbage, finely shredded
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Greek yogurt (0% fat)
  • 3.5 oz red cabbage, finely shredded
  • 3.5 oz white cabbage, finely shredded
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Greek yogurt (0% fat)

Details

  • Cuisine: American-inspired
  • Recipe Type: Pork chops
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Preparation Time: 15 mins
  • Cooking Time: 15 mins
  • Serves: 2

Step-by-step

  1. Preheat the oven to 260°C/240°C fan/500°F/gas mark 10, or as high as it will go. Line an oven tray with baking parchment.
  2. Season the pork chops on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat a griddle pan over a high heat. Spray both sides of the chops with a few sprays of oil. When the griddle is smoking hot, add the chops and cook for 2 minutes on each side, or until well charred. Set aside on the lined oven tray.
  3. For the barbecue sauce, mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl.
  4. Coat the pork chops in the sauce, on both sides. Cook on the top shelf of the oven for 10 minutes, or until cooked through.
  5. Meanwhile, mix together all the ingredients for the slaw and season with salt and pepper.
  6. Remove the pork chops from the oven and run a cook’s blowtorch over them to blacken slightly. Serve with the crunchy slaw.

Recipe extracted from Lose Weight for Good by Tom Kerridge (published by Bloomsbury, £22 RRP, Hardback). Photography by Cristian Barnett.

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