Braised Porkchops in Sour Cream Sauce & Broccoli Braised in Wine

I decided to try two new recipes tonight and pork was the meat of the day.

Braised Pork Chops in Sour Cream Sauce

The Line Up

6  (4 oz) boneless pork loin chops

1/4 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

3/4 c beef broth

1 TBSP barbeque sauce

1/3 c evaporated milk

1/3 c nonfat sour cream

3 TBSP all purpose flour

The Game Plan

Sprinkle pork chops with salt and pepper. Spray large nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat until hot. Add pork chops; cover and cook 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.

In small bowl, combine 1/2 c of the broth and the barbeque sauce, mix well. Pour over pork chops; cover tightly. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5-10 minutes or until pork is no longer pink in center. Remove pork chops from skillet; cover to keep warm.

In same small bowl, combine remaining 1/4 c broth, evaporated milk, sour cream and flour; beat with wire whisk until smooth. Pour into same skillet, cook and stir over medium heat for 2-4 minutes until bubbly and thickened.

Serve sauce over pork chops

Broccoli Braised in Wine

The Line Up

1/4 c olive oil

1 tsp finely chopped garlic

5-6 c fresh broccoli (about 2 lbs including stems)

1 1/2 c dry wine

1/2 tsp salt

freshly ground black pepper

The Game Plan

In a 10 or 12 inch skillet, heat oil very hot. Remove skillet from heat and add garlic. Stir for 30 seconds. Return skillet to moderate heat and toss the broccoli in the oil until well coated. Add wine, salt and pepper and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Stir the skillet and simmer for another 15 minutes, or until broccolis is tender. To serve, remove the broccoli to a heated serving dish with a slotted spoon. Boil the liquid remaining in the pan over high heat until reduced to about 1/2 c. Pour over broccoli

Coach's Post Game Conference

Well... let's call tonight's dinner a pre-season game. The score doesn't REALLY matter, what matters is that it was a learning experience and we'll get better for the next game. Right? That's what is important.

To say tonight's dinner was a home run would be a stretch. I've got to sit down and reivew the plays and figure out what went wrong. On paper it looked good. However, when it was done the predominant flavor was the flour. What we could taste behind the flour tasted like it would have been really good but we just couldn't get past the flour taste.

The broccoli, on the other hand... two out of three team members really enjoyed

Final Score

Coach - pork chops - double

             - broccoli - triple

Catcher - triple

The All Star - pork chops - triple

                     - broccoli - double

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