Pork
Although I have had this hot dip a couple of times at our neighbors house this was the first time I made it as it’s delicious and loved by everyone who has had it. I made it in an aluminum pan for easy clean up! I served this with tortilla chips but when we were celebrating with our neighbors she served it with not only chips but some toasted crostini. This is sure to be a favorite of yours too!
INGREDIENTS
8 ounces diced ham. I used Smithfield smoked diced ham
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
8 ounces Swiss cheese, shredded
3 Tablespoons bread and butter pickles, diced
3 Tablespoon yellow mustard
3 Tablespoons mayonnaise
FOR SERVING
Tortilla chips or toasted bread slices
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl mix together all of the ingredients making sure the cream cheese is completely combined with all of the ingredients, you don’t want chunks for cream cheese.
Spread the mixture in an 8×8 baking dish and bake for 27 minutes. Turn the oven to broil and broil for 3 minutes watching closely not to burn. Once lightly browned remove from oven and serve warm.
Enjoy!
Anne
We absolutely love pizza nights! Sometimes it’s our usual favorite of spicy sausage with red onion or shrimp and asparagus with an Alfredo sauce but not this time! I had some BBQ pulled pork so I decided to use the leftovers for a pizza, we always make our pizza dough but any store bought works just fine then I added ….well, Jim added the BBQ sauce as the base then he added the pulled pork, red onion, pickled jalapeño’s, diced cooked bacon, pineapple tidbit and cheese. This became a family favorite after just one bite! It’s sweet, spicy and tangy all in one bite. So, so good!
NOTE-when we bake the pizza in the oven we use a pizza stone but when we grill the pizza we put the crust right on the grill grates. Follow the baking instructions for your particular dough.
I used left over pulled pork that I made but you can certainly buy it already made in the grocery store.
We did not measure amounts so I’m giving you approximate amounts, add topping’s to your liking!
INGREDIENTS
Dough for 1 pizza, home made or store bought
Your favorite BBQ sauce 1/4-1/2 cup
1/2 cup cooked BBQ pulled pork
1/2 small red onion-diced
1/4 cup pickled jalapenos
5 slices of cooked bacon-crumbled
1/4 -1/2 cup pineapple tidbits
1/2 cup of shredded cheese-we used mozzarella and cheddar
DIRECTIONS
Pre heat your oven according to the dough instructions.
Roll out the dough to your desired thickness, starting with the BBQ sauce, spread desired amount of sauce over the dough leaving 1/2 inch around the edge not covered with sauce. Add the pulled pork, red onion, jalapenos, cooked crumbled bacon, pineapple tidbits and lastly cover with desired cheese.
Bake according to dough instructions. Remove from oven and slice.
Enjoy!
Anne
I’m still working with Tatse of Home magazine submitting and reviewing recipes and actually they featured me as their Community Cook of the month this month, I am thrilled to have been chosen. All of the community cooks are in a private facebook group and one of the other members posted this recipe and mentioned how much her family enjoyed it. I thought I would give it a try! I did change one thing by adding a full bottle of BBQ sauce instead of half as we like extra sauce for the rice. We really liked the spice you get from the red pepper flakes and horseradish. Easy dish with a little zip to it. I served it with jasmine rice.
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds smoked kielbasa-sausage halved lengthwise and cut into 1/4 inch slices
1/4 cup finely diced onion
3 bacon strips, chopped small
3/4 cup or more honey BBQ sauce
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon crushed red peppers
1 Tablespoons prepared horseradish
Hot cooked rice for serving.
DIRECTIONS
In a Dutch oven sauté the bacon pieces until almost all the way cooked through, add the kielbasa and onion and sauté until the onion is tender. Add the BBQ sauce, brown sugar, horseradish, garlic and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil and mix to combine. Cook for 2-3 more minutes and remove from heat.
Serve warm over cooked rice.
Enjoy!
Anne
We are always looking for something different to grill when we are traveling in the motorhome so for this trip to Bar Harbor Maine I decided on grilled pork chops with grilled apples and an apple cider sauce. I made the rub (minus the olive oil. I added that when it was time to cook)and sauce before we left the house making this super quick to pull together for dinner! The sauce is just that….it’s not a glaze the sauce is much thinner. I made this with Honey Crisp apples but Jim thought he would like the tart from a Granny Smith apple so next time I will be using both types of apples. We always have our meat thermometer with us as that’s the easiest way to keeping the meat moist. We really enjoyed this dish. We grilled the apples at the end of the cooking time for the pork chops so they did not get over cooked and kept a little bite to them. will be adding grilled apples to more of our dinners this summer!
INGREDIENTS
4 bone in pork chops
2 Apples, sliced. Can use Honey crisp or Granny Smith or both.
FOR THE RUB
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 Tablespoon olive oil
FOR THE APPLE CIDER SAUCE
3/4 cup apple cider
4 Tablespoons Maple Syrup, the real stuff
1/2 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
Dash of red pepper flakes
Pinch of salt
DIRECTIONS
Light your grill to medium high heat.
In a small sauce pan prepare the sauce by combining the apple cider, maple syrup, Dijon, red pepper flakes and salt in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. While the cider comes to a simmer (simmer for about ten minutes then remove from heat) prepare your rub. In a small bowl combine the brown sugar, chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix the rub though with a fork. Add the oil to the spice mixture forming a paste. Pat the pork chops dry then cover the pork chops with the paste on both sides.
Place the spice covered pork chops on the heated grill and throughly brush with the cider sauce. Grill chops for about six minutes, flip chops , brush with sauce and grill for another couple minutes, flip and brush again. Repeat until the chops reach 145 degrees internal temperature. Add the sliced apple pieces to he grill and also brush with the sauce. Once you have grill makes on your apples you can remove them. Serve warm with your pork chops.
Enjoy!
I don’t make a lot of bone in pork chops but I had some that needed to be cooked. I had these in the fridge as it was our dog Zelda’s favorite treat but she was very sick and passed away recently.
I needed a quick and easy recipe as after loosing zel I really did not want to be in the kitchen for a while. This recipe changed my feelings about pork chops. It was quick, super easy with everything I had on hand. This was also one of the most juicy pork chops I have had in a long time.
Not a very good picture but don’t let that fool you, this was really a great quick dinner. I served this with a salad and dinner was done.
INGREDIENTS
2 bone in pork chops 1/2-3/4 inch thick.
1/2 onion, sliced
1/4 cup ketchup
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
Pinch of garlic salt
Salt
Pepper
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
DIRECTIONS
Place oil in your skillet on medium high heat. Season pork chops with salt, pepper and garlic salt. Add the pork chops to your hot skillet and cook 4-5 minutes on each side and remove them from the pan. In the same skillet add your sliced onion and sauté u til they are translucent. Add the ketchup and brown sugar mixing well in the pan to combine.
Add the pork chops back in the pan and cook until the internal temperature of the pork chops is 160 degrees. About 6-8 more minutes depending on the size of your chops. Remove from heat and serve warm.
Enjoy!
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