Your email address is required to begin the subscription process. We will use it for customer service and other communications from Milk Street. You can unsubscribe from receiving our emails at any time.
Pork Chops in Chipotle Sauce (Chuletas de Puerco Enchipotladas)
Pan-fried pork chops get a savory-spicy partner in a chipotle-tomato sauce drawn from a Mexican culinary tradition. Four chipotle chilies go into the sauce for substantial, but not incendiary, heat. If you like, add more adobo sauce after simmering to increase the spiciness. To keep things tender and succulent, we browned only one side of ½-inch-thick bone-in pork chops. Simmering the chops in the sauce finished them without overcooking the meat. Slightly thicker chops also work: If using ¾- to 1-inch chops, brown on both sides (about 6 minutes total) before removing them from the pan. Partially cover the skillet during simmering and increase the simmering time to 7 to 9 minutes. Serve with warmed tortillas or roasted potatoes or sweet potatoes.
4
Servings
Tip
Don’t forget to nick the silver skin on the pork chops. This prevents them from warping during browning. Also, be sure to let the skillet cool a bit before pouring in the tomato puree. Otherwise the puree will splatter.
30 minutes
Ingredients
-
1
pound plum tomatoes, cored and cut into chunks
-
1
medium white onion, cut into chunks
Directions
-
01In a blender, puree the tomatoes, onion, garlic, chilies, cumin and 1 teaspoon salt until smooth, about 1 minute. Using a paring knife, make a couple of vertical cuts in the silver skin that encircles each chop; evenly space the cuts and try to cut through the silver skin without cutting into the meat. Season the chops on both sides with salt and pepper.
Reviews
March 14, 2025
Outstaning, simple, accessible ingrediants.
Wondeful recipe. Made cheesy mashed potatoes to go with it. Mash down, little cheese, chop on top, little cheese, little cilantro, sauced around the edge. Was perfect weeknight meal!
December 18, 2024
Very Fast, Very Good
Very fast recipe and very good! I did a scant teaspoon of cumin and only two chipotle peppers, and after cooking the sauce, it was perfectly spiced. Do not skip the cumin. The flavor of the cumin makes the sauce so good. And, no heartburn either! We could not find cojita cheese, so used pecorino romano. It worked.
November 22, 2023
Delicious
Great flavour and an easy sauce to prepare. I had a question for milk street regarding the cook temp. I usually pull pork at 130 degrees for pink. 160 seems high, i'm just wondering if someone could clarify if this is specific to pork chops with bone in? If it is 160 at the bone won't the rest of the meat be even higher? Thank you
March 12, 2024
Yum
Personally would add more chipotle next time. Flavor was delicious and pork chop came out perfectly tender
Become A Subscriber To Rate and Review All Our Recipes.
Please Log in or join today for $1.
Wish I had thought to deseed the chilies.