Tastebud Poppin Pork Piccata Recipes

TASTEBUD POPPIN' PORK PICCATA

Steps:

• Combine wine, garlic, lemon peel and 3 tablespoons juice, 3 tablespoons capers, mustard, 2 teaspoons cracked pepper and 1 teaspoon salt in small bowl.
• Place pork in single layer in 2 1/2 gallon resealable plastic bag or large glass baking dish. Pour wine mixture over pork. If using bag, close bag to seal. Turn bag or pork over in dish to coat with wine marinade. Marinate for 30 minutes at room temperature.
• or in refrigerator for up to 1 hour.
• Preheat gas grill to medium-high heat for direct grilling. Remove steaks from marinade, brushing off any large pieces and reserving marinade. Transfer marinade to small sauce pan. Bring to boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 1 minute; remove from heat.
• Grill steaks, uncovered, for 6 to 10 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 155 degrees F, turning steaks over halfway during grilling and brushing occasionally with reserved marinade. Transfer steaks to carving board. Loosely cover with foil; let rest for 5 minutes.
• Remove foil. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Top with remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice, parsley and remaining 1 tablespoon capers.
• Cut into serving pieces before serving.

PORK PICCATA

Steps:

• Slice tenderloin into 1/2 inch pieces.
• Dredge in breadcrumbs.
• Heat olive oil on in a large skillet to medium high heat and brown pork for 3- 4 minutes each side until golden brown.
• Remove pork from pan and reduce heat to medium.
• Add shallots and garlic to pan and cook for 45 seconds.
• Add broth and lemon juice, scraping pan to loosen any browned bits.
• Stir in parsley, capers and pepper and simmer 2 to 3 minutes.
• Return pork to pan and cook 5- 10 minutes until thoroughly heated.
• Serve over garlic mashed potatoes or rice.

LEMONY PORK PICCATA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Pound pork chops between 2 sheets waxed paper or plastic wrap until very thin, about 1/8 inch.
• Mix flour, salt, and pepper together in a shallow bowl. Dredge both sides of each pork chop through flour mixture, shaking off any excess flour.
• Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat until butter starts to sizzle. Add shallots and pork chops in 1 layer, working in batches if needed. Cook pork chops until golden brown and almost cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer pork chops to a baking dish and lightly tent with aluminum foil, reserving the shallots and browned bits of food in the skillet.
• Bake pork chops in the preheated oven until cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
• Pour wine and chicken stock into the skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom with a wooden spoon. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce is reduced by half, 2 to 5 minutes. Stir lemon juice into sauce.
• Drizzle sauce over pork chops and top with parsley, lemon zest, and capers.

PORK PICCATA (A LIGHTER VERSION)

Steps:

• Place the breadcrumbs in a shallow dish. Dredge pork in breadcrumbs. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Cook the pork for 2 minutes per side or until golden brown. Remove pork from pan, Reduce heat to medium.
• Add shallots to pan, cook 30 seconds. Stir in broth and lemon juice, scraping pan to loosen the browned bits. Stir in 1 1/2 tablespoons parsley, capers, rind and black pepper, cook 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle pork with remaining parsley. Serve pork with sauce.

PORK PICCATA MY WAY

Steps:

• Cut each tenderloin into 6 (2 oz) medallions.
• Place between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap; flatten to 1/4-"inch thickness, using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
• Combine flour, salt, and pepper; dredge pork in flour mixture.
• Cook half of the pork in 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat about 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.
• Remove from skillet; keep warm.
• Repeat procedure with remaining pork and olive oil.
• Add wine and lemon juice to skillet; cook until thoroughly heated.
• Add butter, chopped parsley, and capers, stirring until butter melts.
• Arrange pork medallions over fettuccine; drizzle with wine mixture.
• Garnish, if desired.
• Serve immediately.

PORK SCHNITZEL WITH LEMON-CAPER CREAM

Steps:

• Pound pork circles between pieces of plastic wrap to flatten to 1/4 inch thickness.
• Sprinkle both sides of medallions with lemon juice.
• Combine flour and poultry seasoning in shallow dish. Coat medallions with flour mixture; shake off excess flour and set aside.
• In a deep pie plate, beat the eggs and mix in the mustard.
• Place bread crumbs in another pie plate. Dip the pork medallions into the egg mixture; coat well with bread crumbs.
• Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
• For the cream sauce, melt the butter in a small heavy saucepan.
• Add shallots and sauté over medium heat until fragrant (approximately 2 minutes).
• Remove saucepan from heat; add the wine, chicken broth and cream.
• Return saucepan to heat and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, for 12 to 15 minutes to reduce by half.
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large heavy skillet.
• Add half of the medallions; fry over medium-high heat on both sides for 1-2 minutes or until no longer pink.
• Transfer to a plate and tent with foil. Repeat with remaining oil and medallions.
• Remove sauce from heat and stir in lemon curd & capers.
• Serve with buttered spaetzle and garnish with lemon wedges.

PORK PICCATA

Steps:

• Pound chops between sheets of plastic wrap with flat side of meat mallet.
• Cut meat into bite-sized pieces.
• Mix flour, salt and pepper.
• Dip pieces in flour mixture.
• Cut 6-8 paper thin slices of lemon.
• Set aside.
• Squeeze remaining lemon for juice (you should have about 1/4 cup).
• Brown pork pieces in olive oil and remove from pan.
• Pour in 1/2 cup of broth and deglze pan, Turn heat down to simmer, return meat to pan and place lemon slices on top of meat.
• Cover and simmer for 15 min.
• Remove lemon slices and discard.
• Remove meat from pan and keep warm.
• Add remaining broth, simmer for about 5 min.
• then add lemon juice, simmer a little longer; add a small blob of butter to the pan and swirl.
• This adds a nice gloss to the sauce.
• Return meat to pan to warm.