Porktoploinwitharedbellpeppermushroomandonionsauce Recipes

PORK TOP LOIN WITH A RED BELL PEPPER, MUSHROOM, AND ONION SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rinse Pork Top loin then pat dry. Apply barbecue rub to the outside of the pork loin, use as much rub as you see fit. I keep it to where it is lightly coated more like a heavy salt and pepper consistency. Next, lightly apply the brown sugar so that it coats the top of the rub and covers the loin. Place pork loin on a raised rack in a 13x9 cooking dish and slide in the oven. Let it cook until you see that the brown sugar is just starting to roll off of the pork loin and onto the bottom of the cooking dish, then add 3/4 cup of water and 3/4 cup of apple juice along with the 1 1/2tbs of liquid smoke to the bottom of the cooking dish. Cook until the internal temperature of the meat is around 140 degrees and drain the sauce from the cooking dish and into a warm pan on the stove, "Place loin back in the oven and continue to cook", add the red bell pepper, mushrooms, and onion to sauce on the stove and reduce the sauce until it is the consistency you want. combine the 5tbs of ketchup and the 1/4 cup of apple juice and Baste the loin with the glaze 2-3 time before the loin is finished cooking. This is not a real thick glaze! More like a mop sauce. Remove pork loin when internal temperature is 165-170 degrees and let it rest for 8-10 minutes. Slice pork loin into 3/4 inch slices and top with the sauce from the stove, and serve while hot. This dish goes well with white rice also.

FISH WITH RICE AND ONION SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, fry the onions in 2 1/2 tablespoons oil over low heat, with the lid on until they are soft and transparent, stirring occasionally. Then take off the lid and let them get very dark brown and caramelized. Blend them to a cream in the food processor and return this to the pan.
• Add about 4 1/2 cups boiling water and the crumbled bouillon cubes; season with salt, pepper, cumin, and allspice, and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Pour out the onion stock to measure the quantity you need for cooking the rice. Return 2 1/2 cups to the pan, and put the rest aside to use as the sauce. Add the rice and some salt, stir well, and cook, covered, over a low heat, for about 10 to 18 minutes, until the rice is tender. (Some brands that claim not to be parboiled or precooked now take as little as 8 to 10 minutes, so read the information on the package.) Set it aside until you are ready to serve.
• Pan-fry the fish fillets, seasoned with salt and pepper, in the remaining oil, for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, until the flesh just begins to flake. Squeeze a little lemon juice over them. Fry the pine nuts in a drop of oil until lightly browned. Reheat the onion sauce, adding a little lemon juice to taste.
• Serve the rice heaped in a mound with the sauce poured over. Arrange the pieces of fish on top or around the rice and sprinkle with the pine nuts.
• A way of preparing the dish in advance is to layer it in a deep baking dish-pine nuts first, then fish, then rice-and heat it through in the oven. Turn it out upside down just before serving, and serve the sauce separately.
• You can accompany the dish with the tahini sauce on page 290 as well as its brown sauce.
• For a "white" version of the same dish, the onions should be meltingly soft, but should not be allowed to brown.

COOKED BELL PEPPERS & MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat stock and butter in a heavy nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Saute bell peppers and mushrooms 7 to 8 minutes, or until mushrooms are tender.
• Stir in tarragon and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook another minute.
• Sprinkle with cheese.

MY OWN SLOW COOKER STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Wash peppers, cut tops off and remove core. Drain and chop stewed tomatoes, reserving liquid.
• In a large mixing bowl combine ground beef, rice, onion, garlic, 1/2 of the chopped stewed drained tomatoes, salt and pepper.
• Stuff peppers with this mixture and sit in the crockpot standing up. Trim bottoms of any especially wonky peppers though they should stand and up packed nicely.
• Combine tomato soup, chili sauce, the rest of the chopped tomatoes and reserved stewed tomato liquid. Check the consistency as you may not need all of the reserved tomato liquid.
• Pour sauce over peppers.
• Cook on low 6-8 hours or until tender. This can take less or more time as crockpots differ wildly.