Instant Pot HK Tomato Pork Chops
User Reviews
5
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Total Time
30 mins
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Servings
4
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Calories
314 kcal
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Course
Main Course, Lunch, Dinner
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Cuisine
Chinese
Instant Pot HK Tomato Pork Chops
Description
This recipe starts by tenderizing pork chops with gentle pounding, which helps the meat remain soft through pressure cooking. The chops are marinated briefly with soy sauce varieties, sugar, salt, and sesame oil to develop umami and subtle sweetness.
After marinating, the pork chops are browned in peanut oil to create a flavorful crust. Aromatics like onion, garlic, shallot, and mushrooms join the pot along with tomato paste, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, and water to form a savory tomato-based sauce.
Pressure cooking the pork chops in this mixture infuses them with the sauce flavor and ensures tenderness. The method prevents pork chops from drying out and allows the sauce ingredients to combine well, resulting in a dish suitable for serving with rice or noodles.
Key practical tips include thoroughly tenderizing the pork before marination and carefully adding tomato paste without scorching. The recipe cautions against mixing tomato paste into water beyond certain ratios to avoid burning. Total cooking time excludes inactive marinating and pressure build-up times.
Ingredients
- 4 pork chops 1.25 inches thick, boneless
Marinade
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.3g) white sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon (1.5g) salt
- 1/4 teaspoon (1.25ml) sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon (15ml) soy sauce regular
- 1/2 tablespoon (7.5ml) dark soy sauce
Other Ingredients
- 1 onion sliced, medium
- 4 garlic minced, cloves
- 1 shallot diced, small
- 8 mushrooms , sliced
- 50 ml tomato paste (roughly 1/5 cup)
- 2 tablespoons (30ml) ketchup
- 1 tablespoon (15ml) peanut oil
- 1 tablespoon (14g) white sugar
- 1 teaspoon (5ml) Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup (250ml) water
- salt Kosher salt
- black pepper Kosher salt
- 1 ½ tablespoon (12g) cornstarch mixed together, 2 (30ml) tablespoons water
- 1 ½ tablespoon (12g) water mixed together, 2 (30ml) tablespoons water
Instructions
- Tenderize Pork Chops: Use the back-end of a heavy knife, pound both sides of pork chops to tenderize the meat.
- Marinate Pork Chops: Marinate tenderized pork chops for 20 minutes with ½ tsp (2.3g) sugar, ¼ tsp (1.5g) salt, ¼ tsp (1.25ml) sesame oil, 1 tbsp (15ml) regular soy sauce, and ½ tbsp (7.5ml) dark soy sauce.
- Prepare Pressure Cooker: Heat up your pressure cooker (Instant Pot: press Sauté). Make sure your pot is as hot as it can be when you place the pork chops in the pot (Instant Pot: wait until the indicator says HOT). This will prevent the pork chops from sticking to the pot.
- Prepare Other Ingredients: Clean mushrooms with a damp paper towel and prepare remaining ingredients as listed.
- Sauté Pork Chops: Add peanut oil in the pot. Ensure to coat oil over the whole bottom of the pot. Add in marinated pork chops, then let it brown for roughly 1 – 1 ½ minute on each side (don’t need to constantly flip the pork chops). Do not let it burn. Remove and set aside.
- Brown Onion, Shallot, Garlic, and Mushrooms: Add in sliced onions, diced shallot and stir. Add a pinch of kosher salt and ground black pepper to season if you like. Cook onions and shallot for roughly 1 minute until softened. Then, add garlic and stir for 30 seconds until fragrant. Add in mushrooms and cook for another minute. Taste seasoning and adjust with more kosher salt and ground black pepper if necessary.
- Deglaze: Add ¼ cup (63ml) water and fully deglaze the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon.
- Create Tomato Sauce: Add in ¾ cup (188ml) water, 2 tbsp (30ml) ketchup, 1 tbsp (14g) sugar, 1 tsp (5ml) Worcestershire sauce, and 50ml tomato paste (See Tips). Mix well.
- Pressure Cook Pork Chops: Place pork chops back with all the meat juice in the pot. Close lid and pressure cook at High Pressure for 1 minute. Turn off the heat and Full Natural Release (roughly 10 minutes). Open the lid carefully.
- Taste & Thicken Tomato Sauce: Remove pork chops and set aside. Turn heat to medium (Instant Pot: Press sauté button). Taste the seasoning one more time. Add more salt and pepper if desired. Mix cornstarch with water and mix it into the tomato sauce one third at a time until desired thickness.
- Serve: Drizzle the tomato sauce over the pork chops and serve immediately with side dishes!
Notes
- Tenderize pork chops thoroughly with a meat mallet before marinating to ensure tenderness.
- Mix tomato paste carefully with water; avoid mixing it in if exceeding the recommended 1 cup tomato paste to 5 cups water ratio to prevent scorching.
- The total cook time noted does not include waiting times for pressure build-up or release.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 314 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 314kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 16g | 5% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 89mg | 30% |
| Sodium | 690mg | 29% |
| Potassium | 871mg | 19% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 230IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 7.3mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 26mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1.6mg | 9% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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