Thursday, May 22, 2008

seared pork chop with kim chee

This is a recipe that I saw in the Honolulu Star Bulletin while I was in Hawaii.

Seared Pork Chops with Kim Chee adapted from Honolulu Star Bulletin (3/9/2008)

4 boneless pork chops (1 inch thick)
50 grams (1.7 ounces) kim chee
1 tablespoon rice oil
1/2 cup sake (rice wine)
1 teaspoon honey
1 pat butter

Smear pork chops with kim chee
Marinate for at least 30 minutes, longer is better
Wipe off kim chee and use to make sauce

Sauce: kim chee, sake & honey

Heat oil in skillet
Sear pork for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown
Reduce heat and simmer until done (about 7 minutes turning once)
Transfer to plate and cover with foil to keep warm

Add sake, honey & kim chee to skillet.
Turn up heat to high and cook for about 3 minutes until most of the liquid evaporates.
Add butter.
If sauce is sour, add more honey.

NOTES: the next time I make this, I think I'll raise the heat, so I'll get a nice sear on the pork, mine was pale. Don't forget to put sauce on your rice, it was heavenly!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds so ono! Love your blog by the way...and I love even more that you update so often! Keep up the great work!

Rowena said...

I tried making my own kim chee here because I miss it so much...with everything if I'm eating rice. But nothing beats Halm's! Cool that you can get your hands on the stuff.

K and S said...

Thanks Chicago!

I think the next time you go home, you should stock up on either Noh's Kim chee mix or Park's, Rowena, then you can make some with whatever veggies you have :)
There is a Japanese kim chee mix in a bottle it is called "kim chee no moto", I use that one for making Spicy Poke :)

Take care you two.
Kat

OkiHwn said...

Think I'll be making kim chee this weekend now!

And yes Rowena, Halm's won bok kim chee is my favorite, from small kid time.

K and S said...

have fun, Nate :)

Take care.
Kat

Anonymous said...

I agree with you about these. Well someday Ill create a blog to compete you! lolz.

K and S said...

Good Luck with your blog, Winner.

Take care.
Kat

Unknown said...

Sounds delicious!

K and S said...

Super easy to make Rick, you should try :)

Take care.
Kat