Mexican Pork Chop Casserole Recipes

MEXICAN-STYLE PORK AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan and turn down to a simmer.
• Brown pork in a skillet over medium-high heat. Do this in batches so as not to crowd your pan. Remove pork to a 9" x 13" casserole dish.
• Saute your vegetables in the pork fat which has accumulated in your skillet, scraping the pan to get all the good stuff.
• Add rice and stir to coat grains with fat; then add tomato paste, spices and salt and stir to combine.
• Add rice mixture to pork in casserole.
• Pour most of the water over the pork and rice, saving about 1/2 cup to deglaze your skillet. Pour water from skillet to casserole and stir to combine.
• Cover tightly with foil and place in the oven to bake about 45 minutes, until pork and rice are tender (don't check before 30 minutes).

MEXICAN HOT PORK CHOP CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Season chops with salt and pepper and brown on both sides. You do not have to cook through. They will finish in the oven.
• 2. Peel and slice potato's into rounds. Drain corn and peas.
• 3. Blanch jalapeno's in boiling water. Cut off tops and add to blender. Chop up about 1/2 cup of cilantro and add. Pour in can of tomatoes, 2 tsp of garlic salt and puree.
• 4. Place chops in a baking dish. Cover with potato's and vegetables. Season with salt and pepper. Pour your hot sauce over entire dish. Cover with foil or lid and bake in a 325 preheated oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. When potato's are fork tender it is done.

CIAO BELLA MEXICALI PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. In a large skillet heat oil and brown pork chops on both sides. Remove and set aside.
• 3. Drain excess fat from skillet and in the same pan add undrained tomatoes, corn, beans, rice, green chiles, chili powder and hot sauce. Bring to a boil.
• 4. Place in a 9" X 13" baking dish. Arrange pork chops on top season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 5. Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 minutes more or until rice is tender and pork is no longer pink.

LEFTOVER TEX-MEX PORK CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Coat a 9 x 13 glass casserole dish with non-stick spray. Evenly distribute crushed tortilla chips over bottom of the dish.
• In a large skillet, heat oil and butter over medium until butter foams. Add bell peppers, onions and garlic. Saute' until soft.
• Drain the canned tomatoes, reserving the juice. Crush them up some, just so not whole.
• Add pork to skillet with vegies. Add crushed tomatoes, basil and cumin. Slowly add some of reserved tomato juice and chicken stock. This is where you need to do a lot of taste-testing. You need enough to moisten the ingredients but not too soupy, probably 3/4 cup total. Bring to a simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. I also added a pinch of sugar to tone down the acidic taste.
• Pour over the chips. Top with Velvetta and cheddar cheese.
• Bake at 375 for 15 - 20 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.

MEXICAN PORK CHOPS WITH VEGGIES (5 WW POINTS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Brown pork chops in a hot skillet sprayed with cooking spray-- approximately two minutes per side. Transfer the pork to a large casserole dish.
• Spray the same skillet with cooking spray, add the peppers and onions, and cook until tender. Add all the remaining ingredients and cook, stirring often, for about five minutes or until heated through.
• Pour the corn/tomato mixture from the skillet over the pork chops.
• Cover with foil, and bake for 45-50 minutes or until pork is cooked through.