Sugar-Spiced Pork Chops with Chipotle Pumpkin

Categories: Pork, Main dish
Yield: 4 Servings

1 c Solid pack pumpkin
1 Chipotle pepper (smoked
-jalpeno); snipped into tiny
-pieces
8 oz Salsa
1/4 c Parmesan cheese; shredded
1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
2 tb Brown sugar
1 ts Ground cumin
1 ts Chili powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Black pepper
4 Boneless pork chops; 1 inch
-thick
1 ts Olive oil
2 Plum tomatoes; seeded and
-finely diced
4 ts Fresh cilantro; chopped

In medium saucepan over medium heat, combine pumpkin, chipotle pepper,
salsa, parmesan cheese and nutmeg.
Cook until the mixture almost boils, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat
to low; cook 10 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, cumin, chili powder, salt and
pepper; sprinkle evenly over pork chops. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet
over medium heat.
Add pork chops; cook 8 to 10 minutes or until done, turning occasionally.
To serve, spoon generous 1/3 cup of the pumpkin mixture over the bottom
of each of four serving plates. Place pork chops on top of mixture;
sprinkle with tomatoes and cilantro. Makes 4 servings. From The Denver Post
Wed Food Section'

Formatted for MM by Pegg Seevers 11/6/96

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" on
Oct 3, 1998

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