NEFF RECIPES: OVEN BAKED KOREAN PORK CHOPS
Serves 2.
These Korean pork chops have a cooking time of just 15-20 minutes. Dinner is five minutes from being ready when you receive a phone call to say that someone is running late. But dinner doesn’t have to be ruined. With the help of Neff Home Connect app, you can ask the oven to reduce the heat and turn on the steam to stop dinner drying out – without setting foot in the kitchen.
INGREDIENTS
- 4 pork chops
- 50 g Korean gochujang paste
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp light brown sugar
- 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 thumb-sized piece ginger peeled and minced/grated
- 1 clove garlic peeled and minced
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
TO SERVE: - 1 tsp mixed white and black sesame seeds
- 1/2 tsp shichimi togarashi Japanese seasoning (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, place the gochujang paste, rice wine vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, mirin, ginger, garlic and sesame oil. Mix together, add the pork chops and stir again to coat. Cover the bowl with clingfilm. Place in the fridge to marinate for 1-2 hours (up to overnight).
2. Next preheat the oven to CircoTherm® 190°C.
3. Then take the Korean pork chops out of the fridge and arrange on a baking tray. Place in the oven to cook for 15-20 minutes – until cooked throughout.
4. Finally remove from the oven and sprinkle with the black sesame seeds and shichimi togarashi. Serve with a green salad.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, place the gochujang paste, rice wine vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, mirin, ginger, garlic and sesame oil. Mix together, add the pork chops and stir again to coat. Cover the bowl with clingfilm. Place in the fridge to marinate for 1-2 hours (up to overnight).
2. Preheat the oven to CircoTherm® 190°C.
3. Take the pork chops out of the fridge and arrange on a baking tray. Place in the oven to cook for 15-20 minutes – until cooked throughout.
4. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the black sesame seeds and shichimi togarashi. Serve with a green salad.
TO DELAY YOUR MEAL:
If you need to delay the time dinner is ready when the chops are already cooking in the oven, simply cook for 10 minutes, then ask the oven to turn down to 90°C with low added steam. They can stay in the oven in this way for a further 15-20 minutes. Alternatively, if the chops are cooked, turn off the oven and open the door for 5 minutes to release the heat. Close the door, then approx. 15 minutes before required, ask the oven to heat to CircoTherm® 190°C with medium added steam for 10-12 minutes.
Note: don’t leave the pork chops in the oven in this way for more than 30 minutes. If it’s likely to be longer, then firstly remove the chops from the oven when cooked. Secondly cool, cover and refrigerate (for up to a day). Finally place back in the oven, uncovered, at CircoTherm® 190°C with medium added steam for 10-12 minutes until piping hot throughout.