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Smothered pork chops with mash and green beans
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Smothered pork chops with mash and green beans

Pork simmered in a soft onion gravy, with buttery mash to soak it all up.

Time 40 min
EffortMedium
Per portionΒ£1.70
Calories539 kcal

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Ingredients

4 servings
  • Pork loin steaks450 g
  • Brown onions300 g
  • Vegetable stock cubes1 cube
  • White potatoes1 kg
  • Semi-skimmed milk100 ml
  • Butter40 g
  • Fine green beans220 g

Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, plain flour. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.

Usually contains: Celery, Gluten, Milk.

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Nutrition per adult portion
539
calories
33g
protein
53g
carbs
22g
fat
7g
fibre

Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.

Method

  1. Peel the potatoes, cut into chunks and boil in salted water for 15 to 18 minutes until tender.1 kg white potatoes
  2. Season the pork steaks and dust them with a tablespoon of plain flour. Brown in a tablespoon of oil in a large frying pan for 2 minutes on each side, then lift out.450 g pork loin steaks
  3. Slice the onions and fry them in the same pan for 8 minutes until soft and golden. Stir in a tablespoon of flour, then the crumbled stock cube and 400 ml of water.300 g brown onions1 cube
  4. Return the pork to the pan and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes, until cooked through and the gravy has thickened.
  5. Boil the green beans for 4 minutes. Drain the potatoes and mash with the butter and milk. Serve the pork and onion gravy over the mash with the green beans.100 ml semi-skimmed milk40 g butter220 g fine green beans
The trick that makes it

Scrape up the browned bits from the pan as the onions cook. They are what makes the gravy.

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