Recipe: Black Pepper Pork Chop

Black Pepper Pork Chop

Ingredients:
Pork Chops 5 slices thick cut
Sweet Yellow Onion 2 sliced
Fresh Grounded Black Pepper
Garlic 4 cloves minced
Shallot 1 minced
Oil 3Tsp
Oil 1tsp

Pork-Chop Marinate:
Fresh Grounded Black Pepper ~1tsp
Salt 1tsp
Five Spice 1/2tsp

Black Pepper Sauce Seasoning:
Fresh Grounded Pepper 1/4tsp
Sugar 1tsp
Salt 1/4tsp
Oyster Sauce 1Tsp
Dark Soy Sauce 1/2tsp (optional)
Cooking Wine 1Tsp
Corn Starch 2tsp and Water 2tsp
Water 200ml

Method:

1. Rinse and padded dry the pork chop.
2. Cut slits on the outer edge of pork chop to avoid cutlet to cured up when cooking.
3. Marinate the pork chops with a generous amount of freshly grounded pepper, 1tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp of Five Spice.  Set aside.
4. Add 2 Tsp of oil to frying pan over medium-high heat.
5. Add sliced sweet yellow onion into the pan and stir-fried over medium heat for approximately 7 minutes or until soft in texture.
6. Remove onion onto a plate.  Set aside.
7. In the same pan, add 2 Tsp of oil over high heat.
8. Add thick cut pork chop into the pan to pan fry for 5 minutes each side for medium doneness.
9. Place the cooked pork chop on top of the cooked onion.
10. Repeat step 8-9 until all pork chops are cooked.
11. Meanwhile, add 1tsp of oil on a small frying pan over medium heat.
12. Add minced shallots to pan and stir-fried for approximately 30 seconds or until fragrant.
13. Add minced garlic to the pan and stir-fried for approximately 30 seconds or until fragrant over medium-low heat.
14. Add 1/4 tsp of freshly grounded pepper, 1tsp of sugar,  1/4tsp of salt, 1Tsp of oyster sauce, 1Tsp of cooking wine, and 100ml of water into the pan.  Let it simmer for 1 minute.  Taste to adjust.
15. Check the black pepper sauce texture.  If needed, add the rest of 100ml water in.  If not, skip it.
16. Turn off the heat and add 1/3 of the cornstarch and water mixture (2tsp each) into the pan.  Stir to incorporate.  Add cornstarch and water mixture until desired sauce texture is reached.
17. In the pork chop frying pan, return the cooked onion to the pan.  Add 1/3 of the black pepper sauce in and incorporate.
18. Layer the cooked pork chops onto of the onion.  Pour the rest of the black pepper sauce on top of the pork chop.
19. Ready to served in the same pot with rice.