Pork chops with barbecue sauce

Name: Pork chops with barbecue sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 0.5 tsp ground ginger; 0.5 tsp mustard powder; 0.5 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tbsp oil; 1 shallot; 420 grams soffritto passata; 200 mls cider vinegar; 240 grams demerara sugar; 2 tbsp worcestershire sauce; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 2 garlic cloves; 1 salt; 1 freshly ground black pepper; 8 pork steaks

Prep: 5 minsCook: 20 mins

Prep

5 mins

Cook

20 mins

Servings

Difficulty

Medium

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This is my go to dinner when I want something impressive but don't have much time. Pork chops with barbecue sauce come together in just 25 minutes, which means you can have a restaurant quality meal on the table on a busy weeknight without breaking a sweat. The beauty of this recipe is how simple it is: you make a deeply flavoured barbecue sauce while the pork steaks cook, and the ginger brings real warmth to the dish along with some lovely digestive benefits. It's the kind of food that feels fancy but costs very little to make, and honestly, it never fails to impress whoever I'm cooking for.

Ella x

Ingredients

Servings:

½ tspground ginger
½ tspmustard powder
½ tspsmoked paprika
1 tbspoil
1shallot(finely chopped)
420 gramssoffritto passata
200 mlscider vinegar
240 gramsdemerara sugar
2 tbspworcestershire sauce
2 tbspgolden syrup
2garlic cloves(chopped)
1salt
1freshly ground black pepper
8pork steaks

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Instructions

1
Mix the ginger, mustard powder and smoked paprika in a bowl and divide the mixture in half.
2
Add the oil to a frying pan over a medium heat and the chopped shallot and cook until caramelised. Add the passata and cook for 5 minutes before adding half the spice mix, vinegar, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, golden syrup and garlic. Cook for another 5 minutes. Using a hand blender, blitz the sauce until smooth. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and allow to cool completely. Rub the remaining spice mix into the steaks and leave them for 5 minutes.
3
Pour ¾ of the barbecue sauce into a freezer bag, reserving the rest to serve with the cooked meat. Put the steaks into the bag and seal. Allow the steaks to marinate in the fridge for 15 minutes or longer if you’re preparing ahead.
4
Barbecue the steaks until cooked all the way through, brushing with the sauce left in the freezer bag every 2-3 minutes.
5
Serve the meat with the reserved sauce and a sprinkle of salt.

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