Blue Cheese ‘N’ Chops Recipes For Supper

By | May 6, 2009

Recipe For Chops With Blue Cheese

Cheese Chop Ingredients

Brown rice – two and a half cups (cook the rice and keep aside)
Apple juice – one third of a cup
Blue cheese – one fourth of a cup (crumble the cheese)
Salt – half teaspoon
Cooking spray
Green onion – four (cut the onions into thin slices)
Black pepper – one eighth of a teaspoon
Pork, boneless loin chops – four (Cut them into pieces of thickness between half to three fourths of an inch)
Walnuts – one fourth of a cup (chop and roast them, without oil) Use other nuts, if available.
Dried thyme – one teaspoon (use one tablespoon of fresh thyme, if available)
Red pear – one (remove the core and deseed them) Chop them into small pieces.

Method Of Preparation

  1. Take a large bowl and prepare the rice mixture. This comprises of green onions, salt, and two tablespoons of apple juice, one eighth teaspoon of pepper powder, cooked brown rice and walnuts.
  2. Prepare the baking tray and a skillet. Grease them with the cooking spray.
  3. Scoop out the rice mixture on to the baking dish.
  4. Marinate the chops with pepper powder and salt. Rub them well, over the chops, so as to enable, uniform distribution.
  5. Sprinkle some thyme over the chops.
  6. Take a skillet and place it over medium heat.
  7. Place the loin chops on the skillet and turn, in between to ensure even cooking.
  8. Keep the chops over the rice mixture.
  9. Pour in the apple juice, on the chops, which is placed over the rice.
  10. Bake the rice and chop for about half an hour, at a temperature of 350 degree Fahrenheit.
  11. Cook till the chops are tender, or till the pink color vanishes.
  12. Add in the crumbled blue cheese and red pear pieces.
  13. Serve the mixture, with hot rice.

Health Tips

  1. The above mentioned recipe caters to four people.
  2. Blue cheese ‘n’ chops contain red meat, dairy products and nuts. This recipe is not recommended to individuals with allergy or intolerance to nuts or dairy products.
  3. It is not preferred by weight watchers, as it is high in its calorie content: 305 calories, per serving.
  4. The recipe provides nine grams and five grams of total fat and saturated fat, respectively. It also provides 45 mg of cholesterol.
  5. It is a high protein (17 grams per serving) recipe, owing to the presence of red meat.
  6. Blue cheese and chops is high in its sodium content, about 416 mg per serving.
  7. The recipe contributes to 38 grams of carbohydrates and three grams of dietary fiber.