Best Vietnamese Glazed Skinny Pork Chops Recipes

SUON NUONG (VIETNAMESE PORK CHOPS)

Steps:

• Heat 1/2 cup of sugar in a 1-qt heavy bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat, swirling pan often, until sugar dissolves and turns to liquid caramel.
• Remove from heat; add 1/4 cup boiling water. Return pan to heat; cook, swirling pan gently, until caramel dissolves in water.
• Remove from heat and let cool.
• Transfer to a food processor along with remaining sugar, shallots, lemongrass, oil, soy sauce, fish sauce, pepper, and garlic; puree until smooth.
• Place pork chops in a 9″ × 13″ baking dish and pour over puree; cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight.
• Heat a 12″ cast-iron grill pan over high heat. Working in batches, add chops; cook, turning once, until charred in spots and cooked through, about 2 minutes. Serve immediately with rice and chili-garlic sauce.

VIETNAMESE GLAZED SKINNY PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Note - The ingredients above are directly from the recipe; however, I didn't use the shallots when I made mine. I didn't have any. I also didn't use the peanuts b/c I forgot. But honestly, I don't think you need them. Nor did I add the salt b/c fish sauce is pretty salty tasting.
• Combine vegetable oil with honey, fish sauce, garlic, shallots and pepper. Add the pork chops, coat thoroughly in marinade and refrigerate over night or place in freezer bag and freeze. (Mine marinaded more than one night once thawed - turned out great!).
• Lightly season pork chops with salt (I did not do this step). Brush grill with oil (I used indoor grill pan). IMPORTANT - cook the pork over a very HIGH heat until nicely charred and just cooked through, about 3 minutes per side.
• Scatter the peanuts on top and serve right away. (However, I have refrigerated these and reheated the next night in microwave on 50% power and they turned out fine.).

VIETNAMESE PORK CHOP

Steps:

• To prepare the pork chops: add the pork chops, garlic, onion, pich of salt, pepper, 2 tsp of fish sauce, 1 tsp of sugar. Cover and place in the fridge for at least 6 hours.
• On medium heat, add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
• Add the chops, cook for about 7 minutes each side.
• To prepare the eggs: add a tbsp of vegetable oil.
• Drop in four eggs.
• Cook for 1 minutes.
• To prepare the fish sauce: add 1tbsp of sugar, add one fresh chili, add 1/4 cup of water.
• Stir well until sugar is dissolved.
• Add 2 tbsp of fish sauce.
• Stir again.
• Enjoy.

VIETNAMESE PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Whisk shallot, brown sugar, fish sauce, vinegar, and pepper in a shallow dish. Using a fork, pierce pork chops all over (to allow marinade to penetrate faster) and add to marinade in dish. Turn to coat. Cover and let pork chops marinate at room temperature, turning occasionally, 20 minutes.
• Remove pork chops from marinade, scraping off excess (reserve marinade for sauce). Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Lightly season pork chops with salt. Cook until browned and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Let pork chops rest 10 minutes before serving.
• Meanwhile, bring marinade to a boil in a small saucepan and cook until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 4 minutes. Serve pork chops with reduced marinade and lime halves.
• DO AHEAD: Chops can be marinated 1 day ahead. Chill, turning bag occasionally.