Pork Piccata Revisited – Tasty Tuesday!

Welcome back to another edition of Tasty Tuesday! I feel like making something for dinner this evening that I have not had in a long time. Reviewing old recipes I came across the recipe for Pork Picatta! So for today, we will revisit this recipe which is very tasty and easy to make!

Ingredients
4 pork loin chops, boneless and 1″ thick
flour
salt and pepper
3 TBS butter
1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
2/3 cup of chicken broth
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup extra dry vermouth
1/3 cup capers
parsley

Here is a side view of the pork loin chop.

Take the boneless loin chop

Cut each chop in half length wise. You do this by placing your hand on the chop and then bring the knife from one side to the other. One at a time, place a slice of the pork into a zipper bag and pound it with a kitchen mallet until it measures about 1/4″ thick.

1/4″ thick pieces of pork

Set these aside. Now add the butter and olive oil to your pan.

3 TBS butter and 1 TBS EVOO

Turn the heat on to medium and when the butter has melted, swirl the pan so that it combines with the olive oil. While the butter is melting, dredge the slices of pork in the flour that is mixed with a bit of salt and pepper.

Working in batches, brown the pork slices on both sides.

Turn over and continue cooking

When brown, set these aside on a plate.

Set aside

With all the pork slices now browned, we turn our attention to creating the lovely piccata sauce. We are going to deglaze our pan. Take the broth, lemon juice and vermouth and add it to the pan.

Deglaze the pan

Be sure to scrape up all those lovely browned bits left by the pork and flour. Then add in the capers.

Add the capers

The aromas rising off the pan will have your stomach growling! Bring this up to a boil and cook for two minutes. Now add back your slices of pork. The flour we used when browning these babies will thicken our sauce!

Add back the cooked pork and heat through

With the pork slices now hot, you can now serve this up!

Dinner is served!

Doesn’t that just look great? This dish feeds 2 with leftovers. Prep time is about 1/2 hour, and cooking time is about 15 minutes. Please let me know if you try this lovely dish. I am looking forward to making this for my husband and me this evening!

Thanks for stopping by, and see you next week for another edition of Tasty Tuesday! Be well… ^..^

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Pork Loin Piccata

Seeing as how I had all these capers lurking in the house, and leftover pork loin chops from making the Hot Sour Soup, I had to combine the two.  What can you do with pork and capers? Make a Picatta! Without further ado…

Ingredients
4 pork loin chops, boneless and 1″ thick
flour
salt and pepper
3 TBS butter
1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
2/3 cup of chicken broth
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup extra dry vermouth
1/3 cup capers
parsley

Start with the pork loin, and holding the meat flat to the cutting board, cut the chop in half horizontally. Next place a slice of meat flat into a zip lock bag.

Place the slice in a zip lock bag and using a mallet pound

until they are half the thickness

Next, add butter and olive oil to your pan. Get your liquids and capers ready.

Vermouth, chicken broth, lemon juice and capers

Heat the pan with your butter and olive oil over medium high heat. Dredge the strips of meat, and working in batches cook the pork. When the first pieces go in, turn the heat down to medium.

Start to brown the pork

Cook until just browned.

Turn over and continue cooking

As they are done, put them on a plate and set aside.

When all the meat is done, deglaze the pan using the broth, the lemon juice and the vermouth.

Deglaze the pan

Add the capers too!

Add the capers

Bring this up to a boil and cook for about a minute or two. Then add the meat back to the pan. The flour coating that you used on the meat will thicken the sauce a bit. Heat through, turning as you go. This should only take a couple of minutes.

Add back the cooked pork and heat through

Remove the pork from the pan to serve. Tonight I served this with jasmine rice and asparagus!

Dinner is served!

I hope that you enjoy this quick, easy and very tasty dish!

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