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Dutch-Oven Pork Chops and Potatoes

A Dutch oven stew of pork loin chops with potatoes, carrots, onions, tomatoes, and peas.

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Dutch-Oven Pork Chops and Potatoes

serves 4
Time45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the fat and pork

  1. Trim some fat from the pork loin chops.

  2. Place the trimmed fat in the Dutch oven.

  3. Cook the fat over medium heat until it turns light brown.

  4. Using a spoon, press and rub the fat over the bottom of the Dutch oven. Discard any excess fat.

  5. Add the pork chops to the Dutch oven and cook until browned on both sides.

  6. Remove the pork chops and set them aside.

Brown the vegetables

  1. In the remaining fat, cook the sliced potatoes, carrots, and onions until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Add salad oil if necessary.

  2. Return the pork chops to the Dutch oven.

  3. Arrange the vegetables around the pork chops.

Simmer and serve

  1. Stir in the canned tomatoes with their liquid and the remaining ingredients, except the peas.

  2. Bring the mixture to a boil.

  3. Reduce the heat to low.

  4. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until the pork chops and potatoes are tender.

  5. Add the frozen peas and heat through.

  6. Serve the dish to four people.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

728Calories
70 gProtein
19 gFat
70 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Potato + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Pork loin chops
Browned fat and meat provide the main savory base and protein of the dish.
Potatoes
Starch that softens during simmering, thickening the braising liquid slightly and giving body.
Onions
Browning in the fat builds sweetness and savory depth in the sauce.
Canned tomatoes
Acidity and liquid that form the braising sauce and tenderize the meat.
Carrots
Mild sweetness that softens during simmering and balances the tomato acidity.

The step that matters

Browning the pork chops and vegetables. Searing creates browned flavour through the Maillard reaction. Pale, crowded pieces steam instead, leaving the sauce flat, so brown in batches with space between pieces.

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, potato, carrot, onion, tomato, chicken, pepper):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, potato, carrot, onion, tomato, chicken, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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