Pork Loin Chops Cacciatore Style

Pork Loin Chops Cacciatore Style

Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 2 pork loin chops
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, peeled and finely diced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 (410 g) can chopped tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon mixed Italian herbs
• 100 ml chicken stock
• 100 ml white wine
• 1/2 cup black olives, pitted and chopped
• basil leaves, to serve

Directions

• 1 Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a frying pan and cook the onions over a low to medium heat for 5 minutes or until translucent; add the garlic and cook a further 2 minutes.
• 2 Add the tomatoes, herbs, stock, wine, and olives, bring to the boil then simmer for 5 minutes.
• 3 Sprinkle the paprika over the chops and season them. Heat the remaining oil in another frying pan and sear the chops for 3-4 minutes each side until golden.
• 4 Add the chops to the tomato sauce pan and continue to cook a further 10 minutes over a low heat.
• 5 Scatter with torn basil leaves to serve.