HK-style Baked Pork Chop over Rice (焗豬扒飯)

Baked Pork Chop over Rice is a very popular dish in Hong Kong style cuisine. Every restaurant will have some variation of this dish, but for the most part, the main ingredients include pork chops, rice and a tomato sauce. This dish is baked. My all-time favorite restaurant in the Bay Area that serves this dish is VIP Coffee and Cakes in SF Chinatown. They do it right... their pork chops are tender; sauce is excellent; and it is served with fried rice rather than plain white rice. I attempted to make this dish for dinner tonight and I must say that it turned out not too bad at all!! Husband-approved! Yay! So here I'll share with you my recipe. Sorry I didn't do exact measurements!

Ingredients: (serves 2-3 people)
For the pork chops

• 1.5 lb Thin Cut Pork Loin Rib Chops (about 5 pieces)
• 2-3 TBS of light soy sauce
• 2 tsp of salt
• 1 TBS of rice flour
• oil for frying
  

For the tomato sauce

• 1/2 of small onion, finely chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
  
• 3 TBS ketchup
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp rice flour
• 2 TBS sugar
• 1/2 cup of finely grated Parmesan cheese
  

For fried rice

• 1-1/2 cup rice, cooked
  
• 3 eggs, beaten
• about 6-8 large mushrooms, sliced
• 8-12 baby carrots, diced
• salt and pepper, to taste
  

Directions:
1. Cook rice, set aside
2. Marinate Pork chops (can do this in advance or day before)
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
4. For the sauce - using a small pot with some oil, fry the onions until limp (about 5 mins). Add in tomatoes until soft and broken
5. In a measuring cup, add water, ketchup, oil, rice flour, sugar, mix well. Then add mixture to the onions and tomatoes. Bring it to a boil and set aside
6. On a frying pan, fry pork chops until golden brown (about 2-3 minutes on each side). Remove from pan
7. Using the same pan, fry 2 beaten eggs until done. Add mushrooms & carrots. Stir-fry until mushrooms become cooked but not brown (about 5 minutes). Do not overcook
8. Add cooked rice, stirring constantly for about 5 minutes.
9. Add remaining beaten egg onto rice until the watery party is cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste
10. Pour the fried rice into a deep baking dish. Add the pork chops on top. Pour tomato sauce on top of the pork chops.
11. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top. Put into oven for 20 minutes for cheese to melt

The recipe above is my simple version. This is not a hard dish to make, but quite time-consuming due to the different parts and prep time.

Enjoy!

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