Sweet and Spicy Pork Chops
This sweet and spicy pork chops skillet dish is made with with chunks of pineapple, onion, red pepper and jalapeno slices. This is an easy meal that can be on your table in 30 minutes!
Sweet and Spicy Pork Chops
Ready for a tasty dish that can be quickly prepared? Well, I’m always on the hunt for more easy family dishes like this low carb chicken casserole or one-pot or skillet meals like this easy sweet and spicy pork dish to make mid-week!
This skillet meal is made with simple and fresh ingredients that tastes great, is WAAAY better than ordering out, and quite nutritious too!
Simple Pork Chop Recipe
This recipe is from Rachael Ray’s cookbooks.
I love the way she writes her recipes with guidance like “eyeball it” or “pour EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil) twice around the pan!”
Now those wing-it instructions are what REAL cooking is all about! She gives the reader the basics and encourages us to adjust the seasoning and ingredients to what we like!
Pork the Other White Meat
Pork is low in fat and calories just like chicken and turkey. In addition, pork also cooks quickly too!
Mix up your menu plan with pork! This skillet meal is a nice transition from poultry dishes that we tend to eat several times a week.
I happen to think that Rachel created this recipe to suit my tastebuds perfectly, please adjust to your preference.
For more spicy heat add an extra few slices of jalapeños. Prefer more pineapple? Go ahead and sweeten it up with more pineapple chunks!
This dish takes no time to cook and is pretty enough to share with guests!
What Goes With Sweet and Spicy Pork Chops
Sweet and spicy pork chops are a meal in itself, but for something a little extra serve with sticky rice or cauliflower mash.
Other Pork Recipes to Try!
Looking for more pork recipes? Give these a try:
- Pork Chops with Mushroom Cream Sauce from The Foodie Affair
- Simple Skillet Pork Chops with Caramelized Onion & Bacon from The Foodie Affair
- Easy Baked Pork Chops from The Stay At Home Chef
Sweet and Spicy Pork
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 4 1-1/2 inch thick boneless center-cut pork chops
- 1 large red onion diced
- salt and pepper
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 jalapeño pepper seeded and diced
- 1 8- ounce can pineapple chunks in juice
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- parsley leaves for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Heat a large skillet with olive oil over medium-high heat. Generously season pork chops with salt and pepper and add to skillet and sear for 2 minutes on each side. Remove pork and place on a baking dish and put in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
- While pork is cooking. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the skillet. cook onions, garlic, bell peppers, jalapeños and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables soften (3-4 minutes). Add the pineapple with the juice and chicken stock. Place pork back in the skillet with the vegetables and pineapple and cook for about 3 minutes. Garnish with parsley and serve.
Nutrition
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Sweet and spicy pork recipe credit: 365: No Repeats, Rachael Ray, 2005
It has been so cold and dreary here, this colorful pork dish was the perfect winter pick me up! Thank you for the great recipe!
Sweet & Spicy is my ABSOLUTELY favorite! This is such a great recipe!
I adore the combination of sweet and savory and this pork hits my favorite flavor notes. It looks so fresh and delicious and flavorful!
I love the change up with using pineapple instead of apples with the pork chops! What a great idea!!
I think pineapple was made to go with pork, this is such a delicious flavor combination!
It’s it a surprising good combo. Love how easy this recipe is too.
We eat more pork than beef and my grocer has a 2 for 1 sale this week. I can’t wait to put this recipe on the table. My family is going to love it!
Oh, wow! Yes, load up on that pork. Wish my store had that deal.
I love how versatile pork chops are and this combination of pineapple and red peppers take them to a whole other level!
I love making pork for company. Everyone will love this flavorful recipe. So tropical and nice
This is amazing quick and perfect for a busy family like mine! Lately with my new job I’ve been getting take out more frequently and I hate having to do this but this quick and delicious meal has added time for my family to enjoy a good home cooked meal together! Thank you
I’m so glad this worked for your family! Busy weeks can get crazy, and this really doesn’t take a lot of time to put together. Thanks for stopping by and congratulations on the new job 🙂
Thank you, Summer 🙂
Your pork looks perfectly cooked and juicy…love the color.
Thank you, Karen! It’s an easy tasty dish that we love!
I just love one skillet meals like this! 🙂 I have a feeling that my family would love this one too. Can’t wait to try it!
This is a great family meal, especially when you want a hearty dish that you can get on the table quickly!
This is a gorgeous dish. I love seeing all of those vibrant colors on the plate.
Red peppers are my favorite for color and taste! They’re perfect in this dish!
I can enjoy a Hawaiian theme meal in the comfort of my home.
Reasonably priced to bring some aloha right to dinner table too 🙂