long and slow or flash fry?

[crisgal]

pork chops - how do you do them?

[gina32]

i coat them in mustard and brown sugar and put in oven for about 45 mins then make gravy with the juices, gorgeous

[mike11111]

Slowly in the oven - as with lamb chops. I find fried chops far too tough.

[crisgal]

well, i'm in a bit of a dilemma.
I have thin loin chops, that i usually flash fry with fennel seeds. Always tender and quite delicious. But, I haven't got enough so I'm also cooking four pork chops on the bone, which I would normally cook in oven in gravy.
I don't want to do two different things for one meal!

[mike11111]

I went off pork chops when they banned them with the skin on and the kidney attached.

[EcclesCake]

Mike11111, why do you believe pork chops with skin and kidney attached are banned? I can buy them in my butchers.

[scotman]

I've always grilled mine. Never thought about the oven, do they need to be covered?

[horseshoes]

I fry mine quickly until brown, but take them out of the pan and make a lovely sort of BBQ sauce and then put the chops back in for another half our or so. mmmmmmmmmmm

[gingejbee]

Either- depending on thickness and what I want the end result to be, ie fried, baked or braised.

[mike11111]

I'm sure the EU banned them with kidney attached a few years ago. I certainly haven't seen any for a good while, although I do tend to buy meat in the supermarket. It's the same with Brazil nuts - for a while you could not buy them in the shells and they've only started to reappear in the past couple of years.

[crisgal]

ooh - horseshoes - more info on that 'sort of barbecue sauce' - pleeeeease!

[pastafreak]

I've always pan-fried with loads of onions,then added stock-then simmer gently for anywhere from 30 min to an hour.

[LoftyLottie]

I loved them when kidneys were allowed. I rarely (actually never) eat pork chops now, but when I did I did them in the oven as per Pasta ^

[Davethedog]

Pork should always be well cooked.

[alexanderd]

always grill mine slowly

[EcclesCake]

I've had a quick poke around on the web and cannot find any hard evidence of chops with kidney being banned. Although I have found many acknowledgements of supermarkets not selling them. I can only suggest trying a butcher, because as I said mine certainly sells them.

The brazil nut issue was due to a carcinogen being found in the shells. Testing to confirm it was not present had to be undertaken before they could sold in the shell.

[anneasquith]

kidneys.........................yuk.

[crisgal]

you not sharing it then, horseshoes??
look, i'm smiling and fluttering my eyelashes at you sooo sweetly!