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Sweet and Spicy Pineapple Pork

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This sweet and spicy pork skillet dish with chunks of pineapple is an easy recipe that can be on your table in 30 minutes!

 

sweet and spicy pork in a iron skillet

 

Sweet and Spicy Pork

Ready for a tasty dish that can be quickly prepared? Well, I’m always on the hunt for more casseroles, 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!

 

sweet and spicy pork with pineapple topping on a brown plate

 

Simple pork chop recipe

I have a couple of Rachael Ray’s cookbooks and each one has sticky notes sticking out of it marking the recipes that I’ve cooked or have caught my eye while flipping through the book. 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!

It’s the way I cook when I’m not writing down instructions for the blog!

 

Cut pieces of sweet and spicy pork

 

Pork the other white meat

I like to make this colorful Sweet and Spicy Pineapple Pork skillet meal when we are all “chickened-out” and have had enough poultry for a few weeks! Rachel created this recipe to suit my tastebuds perfectly, but if you want more heat then add an extra few slices of jalapeños. Prefer more pineapple? Add it!

This dish takes no time to cook and is pretty enough to share with guests!

 

sweet and spicy pork with red pepper on onion on a tan plate

 

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Yield: 4

Sweet and Spicy Pineapple 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.
    • © Sandra @ The Foodie Affair
    Category: Main Dish - Pork

     

    Sweet and spicy pork recipe credit: 365: No Repeats, Rachael Ray, 2005

     

    Serve this easy and tasty Sweet and Spicy Pineapple Pork dish is 30 minutes! The Foodie Affair

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    6. Nicole

      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

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      • Sandra Shaffer

        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 🙂

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    12. Amy Nash

      I adore the combination of sweet and savory and this pork hits my favorite flavor notes. It looks so fresh and delicious and flavorful!

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    14. Michaela Kenkel

      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!

      Reply

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