Pork Chops with Nopales in Chile Sauce

Alejandra Cota
This Mexican traditional dish is waiting for you! Prepare this outrageously good pork chops with nopales in chile sauce recipe and surprise your family with its exquisite flavor. Let the combination of garlic, tomatoes, tomatillos, cilantro, pork chops, nopales, and cumin do all the work. Let’s bring a piece of Mexico’s cuisine to your kitchen!
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Ingredients
4
Portions
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 onion, cut into chunks
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 tomatoes, cut into cubes
  • 2 tomatillos, cut into cubes
  • 3 pasilla chiles, trimmed and seeded
  • 2 morita chiles, trimmed and seeded
  • 1/4 cups fresh cilantro
  • 1 tablespoon allspice berry
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • 1 clove
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 cup onion, thinly sliced
  • 8 pork chops
  • 3 nopales, cooked
  • some queso fresco, for garnish
Preparation
20 mins
40 mins
Easy
  • In a deep skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium heat. Sweat onion and garlic. Add tomato, tomatillo, pasilla chile, morita chile, cilantro, allspice berries, cumin seeds, and clove and cook until tender.
  • Pour vegetable broth into the skillet and cook for 10 minutes or until reduced. Season with salt. Set aside and cool slightly. Transfer previous mixture to a blender and blend until smooth. Strain.
  • In another skillet, heat remaining oil over medium heat. Cook onion and pork chops until golden brown on both sides. Pour sauce and add nopales. Cook for 10 more minutes.
  • Serve pork chops with nopales in chile sauce and garnish with crumbled queso fresco.

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