By TULSA TO DO on Jan 25, 2010, at 4:38 PM Updated on 1/26 at 11:06 AM
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Here's a good one that comes from Annette Sym. She's Australia's low-fat cooking queen. Her cookbooks are now available in the U.S. You can order them online or through a local bookstore. This recipe comes from her new book "Symply Too Good to be True."
If you have a good, easy-to-prepare recipe, please share it with me. We're bringing back a reader favorite – the What's for Dinner column filled with easy to make weeknight recipes. If you have one, please e-mail me at natalie.mikles@tulsaworld.com.
STICKY PORK CHOPS
Makes 4 servings
1/3 cup plum sauce (in jar)
2 teaspoons sweet chile sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce (low sodium)
2 tablespoons honey
Cooking spray
4 (7-ounce) lean pork chops
½ teaspoon crushed garlic (in jar)
½ teaspoon crushed ginger (in jar)
1/8 teaspoon ground Chinese 5 spice powder
1. In a small bowl combine plum, sweet chile, soy sauce and honey. Coat a large nonstick frypan with cooking spray. Fry pork chops until cooked to your liking. Remove chops onto a large dinner plate, and leave to one side.
2. Re-spray frypan with cooking spray and sauté garlic and ginger for 1 minute. Pour in honey mixture and add Chinese 5 spice, mixing well. Once sauce boils, simmer for 2 minutes. Return chops to pan to reheat and coat with sauce.
Variations:
Replace pork with 4 x 5oz skinless chicken breasts or 4 x 5oz lean beef steaks or 14oz firm tofu cut into 4 slices.
Nutrition, per serving:
298 calories
3.4 grams fat (1.2 grams saturated)
439 mg sodium
10.4 grams carbs
8.9 grams sugar
.1 grams fiber
46.2 grams protein
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