Well I tried a little 'speriment last night, thinking of you my dear! I
brined some chops - these were yer typical Costco rib chops, about 1/2"
thick. I then schmeared them with an "adobo" paste recipe from Bruce
Aidell's pork cookbook: mixture of garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, paprika,
red wine vinegar and olive oil. They "marinated" for about 1 hour. I
removed most of the paste as per recipe. I pan fried these for about 4
mins per side. I think I'll go a bit less next time, maybe 3 mins. But
MAN, they were tasty! We loved 'em. ORiginal recipe called for grilling
them, with pan frying as a secondary option.

Here's the original paste recipe for 8 chops:

1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup Spanish or sweet Hungarian paprika
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon olive oil

Hope you find this useful, Wayne, and thanks for the inspiration!

TammyM

On Fri 06 Jun 2008 05:51:09a, TammyM told us...

> Well I tried a little 'speriment last night, thinking of you my dear! I
> brined some chops - these were yer typical Costco rib chops, about 1/2"
> thick. I then schmeared them with an "adobo" paste recipe from Bruce
> Aidell's pork cookbook: mixture of garlic, oregano, salt, pepper,
> paprika, red wine vinegar and olive oil. They "marinated" for about 1
> hour. I removed most of the paste as per recipe. I pan fried these
> for about 4 mins per side. I think I'll go a bit less next time, maybe
> 3 mins. But MAN, they were tasty! We loved 'em. ORiginal recipe
> called for grilling them, with pan frying as a secondary option.
>
> Here's the original paste recipe for 8 chops:
>
> 1 tablespoon minced garlic
> 1 teaspoon salt
> 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
> 1/4 cup Spanish or sweet Hungarian paprika
> 1 teaspoon dried oregano
> 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
> 1 tablespoon olive oil
>
> Hope you find this useful, Wayne, and thanks for the inspiration!
>
> TammyM
>
>
>

Thank you, Tammy! The paste sounds delicious, with flavors I generally
use. I will definitely give this a try. I may try both cooking methods to
see if the paste marinade makes a difference, or it's just the cooking
methond.

Cheers!

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Wayne Boatwright
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