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Japanese pork chops being picked up with a chopstick.
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Japanese Style Pork Chops

Try my Japanese Style Pork Chops recipe for a quick and delicious meal! Tender pork chops are pan-seared and topped with a savory-sweet sauce, perfect for an easy weeknight dinner!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Japanese Style Pork Chops
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 198kcal

Ingredients

Pork Chops

  • 3/4 lbs Pork Chops thin ½ inch thick, top loin, boneless
  • 1/8 tsp Salt
  • 1/8 tsp Black Pepper
  • 2 tbsp Flour
  • 1 Stalk Green Onion chopped
  • 1 tsp Cooking Oil neutral netural, no flavor
  • 2 Cups Rice rice of choice

Sauce

  • 3 tbsp Japanese Sake
  • 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 Clove Garlic grated
  • 1 tsp Ginger grated
  • 2 tsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener
  • 1/8 tsp Black Pepper

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
  • Boil the Japanese sake in a skillet for 15-20 seconds.
    Boiled Japanese sake.
  • Next, mix the boiled sake with soy sauce, grated garlic, grated ginger, sweetener, and black pepper in a bowl to make the sauce.
    Japanese pork chop sauce in a bowl.
  • Pat the pork dry with a paper towel, season with salt and pepper, and coat both sides with flour.
    Seasoned pork chops coated with flour.
  • Heat neutral cooking oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Once heated, lower the heat to medium and add the pork chops. Cook for 2-4 minutes on each side until golden brown.
    Pork chops being pan fried.
  • Remove from heat, pour the sauce over the pork to coat, then place the pork on a plate. Garnish with green onions and drizzle any leftover sauce over the top and serve with rice.
    Japanese pork chops being cooked in a pan.

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Nutrition

Calories: 198kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 618mg | Potassium: 365mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg