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Cigánska pečienka: marinated pork chops with bacon

Pork chops marinated overnight with butter, garlic, and paprika, then pan-fried in bacon fat with optional onion and vegetables. Serves 4.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak ·

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time
20 min
Cook time
15 min
Total time
35 min
Servings
4 servings
Difficulty
Medium
Cuisine
Slovak
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Cigánska pečienka, Slovak marinated pork chops with bacon and onion, is a familiar dish that many remember from school cafeterias. The pork chops are rubbed with butter, pepper, paprika, and garlic in the evening and left to marinate overnight. The next day, the meat is dusted with paprika and flour and pan-fried in rendered bacon fat. You can add onion and vegetables and make a sauce for the meat. Serve with a side dish of your choice.

Ingredients

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Instructions

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  1. The evening before, slice the meat, spread with butter, season with pepper and paprika, and add the garlic.

  2. The next day, dust the meat with flour and paprika.

  3. Fry the bacon in a skillet, then fry the meat in the rendered bacon fat.

    Tip: Add onion and vegetables if desired and make a sauce.

  4. Serve with a side dish of your choice.

Tip: Cook the bacon slowly over low heat to render as much fat as possible for frying the meat. Save the crispy slices and serve them with the pork chops.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy
411 kcal
Protein
42 g
Carbohydrates
5.4 g
of which sugars
1.2 g
Fat
24 g
of which saturates
8.2 g
Fiber
0.6 g
Salt
1.0 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Nakladaná cigánska pečienka so slaninou a cibuľou

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