Name: Chinese five-spice pork chops
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 4 pork chops; 1 onion finely grated; 1 garlic cloves, grated; 1 fresh ginger thumb size, peeled and grated; freshly ground black pepper; lemon juice only; 1 Tbs Chinese five-spice powder; 1 Tbs fresh chillies 573; 1 tsp soy sauce; 1 tsp honey

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Ingredients (10)

4	pork — chops
1	onion — finely grated
1	garlic — cloves, grated
1	fresh ginger — thumb size, peeled and grated
	freshly ground black pepper
	lemon — juice only
1 Tbs	Chinese five-spice powder
1 Tbs	fresh chillies — 573
1 tsp	soy sauce
1 tsp	honey

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Method:

If you’re using unsmoked chops instead of smoked, then season the chops with more salt.
Grate the onion, garlic and ginger on the fine side of the grater so that it’s like a spicy mulch.

In a dish, combine the grated spicy mulch and all the other ingredients and mix till it’s a well combined marinade.

Rub the pork on both sides in the marinade and leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours, ideally longer or overnight.

Once marinaded, scrape off the excess bits and place the chops on a baking tray lined with tin foil.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 minutes, turning the chops halfway.

Serve with wilted greens (like spinach and Chinese cabbage) and some garlic or some Asian-style cauli rice.

Recipe reprinted with permission of Jax of the Bushveld. To see more recipes, please click here.

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