I don’t know where the original recipe came from; but this Zesty Pork Chop Bake has been a family staple for 50+ years. The recipe can serve up to 6 persons.
Ingredients for Zesty Pork Chop Bake
Pork Chops, cut at least 1 inch thick, one per person
1 lb elbow macaroni
2-3 Tbs minced onion
1 green pepper finely diced
4 Tbs flour
2 tbs brown sugar
1 Tbs pepper
1 tsp salt
2 – 12 oz bottled Heinz chili sauce
2 Tbs white vinegar
1 cup water
Directions for Zesty Pork Chop Bake
Bake at 350º
Cook the macaroni until just done, drain and reserve.
In a frying pan, with a small amount of oil, take the pork chops, lightly seasoned with salt and pepper, and brown on each side. Once browned, remove to a plate to hold. To the pan add the green pepper and onion and cook until onions are lightly browned, stir in the flour and continue to cook until all the flour is combined. Now add the brown sugar, salt, and pepper and cook in. Add the vinegar and water and stir to combine. Add the chili sauce and stir to combine all the ingredients. Finally add in the macaroni. Depending on the number of servings (for 6 – all the macaroni + 6 chops in a 9 X 13 bake pan, 4 chops and enough macaroni in a 9 X 9, or for 2 in an au gratin dish) put the macaroni in the baking dish and lay the chops on top pressing them partially into the macaroni . Cover loosely with foil and bake for about 1 hour at 350° remove foil for the last 10 minutes. It can be made in advance, refrigerated, and then baked at 350° for 1½ hours.
Brown Chopsbrown pepper and onionsadd flour and cook until flour is combinedadd the rest of the ingredients
Chicken Marsala is a simple recipe that never fails to garner compliments. Three main ingredients chicken, mushrooms, Marsala wine, almost so simple you can’t go wrong.
Preparation for Chicken Marsala
INGREDIENTS for Dinner for 2
1 Chicken breast butterflied one ½ per person
1 cup Marsala wine
8 oz button mushrooms
approximately ¼ diced red onion or 1 shallot
4-5 tbs flour seasoned with garlic salt and pepper
6 tbs butter
4 tbs olive oil
¼ – ½ cup chicken stock if necessary
¼ – ½ cup heavy cream
Cooking directions for Chicken Marsala
Begin by taking the shallot or red onion and dicing finely. Thinly slice the mushrooms. I like to take a very small slice off the edge of the button so it will sit flat on the cutting board and then thinly slice length wise. My sister came up with a unique idea and slices her mushrooms in the egg slicer, it works pretty well.
Into a sauté pan, that is big enough to take the chicken, place half the butter and oil and when heated add the onion and sauté until just slightly softened. Add the mushrooms and cook until all the moisture from the mushrooms has cooked off and the pan is slightly dry.
Remove the mushrooms to a bowl and set aside.
Dredge the chicken in the seasoned flour. Place the remaining butter and oil into the frying pan and when hot add the chicken and cook and brown on both sides. Once the chicken has been cooked put on a plate and place in a 200° oven to hold.
Add the Marsala to the pan and deglaze. Let the wine reduce by about ½ until it becomes slightly syrupy. When reduced add the cream and combine. Put the mushrooms back into the sauce to heat. Add the chicken to cover with sauce and place on serving plate, pouring some of the sauce and mushrooms over. If using pasta as an accompaniment, drain the pasta and add to the remaining sauce in the pan to coat and serve. If there isn’t enough sauce for the pasta add the chicken stock and reduce slightly, then coat the pasta.
4-5 tbs flour seasoned with garlic salt and pepper
6 tbs butter
4 tbs olive oil
¼ - ½ cup chicken stock if necessary
¼ - ½ cup heavy cream
Instructions
Begin by taking the shallot or red onion and dicing finely. Thinly slice the mushrooms. I like to take a very small slice off the edge of the button so it will sit flat on the cutting board and then thinly slice length wise. My sister came up with a unique idea and slices her mushrooms in the egg slicer, it works pretty well.
Into a sauté pan, that is big enough to take the chicken, place half the butter and oil and when heated add the onion and sauté until just slightly softened. Add the mushrooms and cook until all the moisture from the mushrooms has cooked off and the pan is slightly dry.
Remove the mushrooms to a bowl and set aside.
Dredge the chicken in the seasoned flour. Place the remaining butter and oil into the frying pan and when hot add the chicken and cook and brown on both sides. Once the chicken has been cooked put on a plate and place in a 200° oven to hold.
Add the Marsala to the pan and deglaze. Let the wine reduce by about ½ until it becomes slightly syrupy. When reduced add the cream and combine. Put the mushrooms back into the sauce to heat. Add the chicken to cover with sauce and place on serving plate, pouring some of the sauce and mushrooms over. If using pasta as an accompaniment, drain the pasta and add to the remaining sauce in the pan to coat and serve. If there isn't enough sauce for the pasta add the chicken stock and reduce slightly, then coat the pasta.
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Tuna and Pasta salad a very simple and delicious dish easy to make and great warm or cold.
Ingredients for the Tuna & pasta salad:
12 oz can of Tuna
Appox 6-8 oz Wish Bone Italian Dressing ( we’ve tried others but nothing seems to match the flavor of this one)
1 large or 2 medium red onions diced
4-6 oz grated parmesan cheese
fresh cracked pepper
1# medium pasta shells
For the tuna and pasta salad place salted water in a large stock pot and cook the pasta. When cooked drain . We use a pot with a teflon interior so we can use to mix all the ingredients saving another large bowl to clean up. Put the pasta back in the bowl add the other ingredients mix thoroughly making sure to break up the Tuna. Serve. Can be kept in the refrigerator but you should add more dressing to it and mix before serving.
This is the basic recipe, My daughter is a purist and will brook no additions to the recipe, but feel free to explore. Diced red, green yellow peppers, diced tomatoes,diced green chilies. broccoli florets or who knows.
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