Farmers Market

We mentioned on Wednesday that we’d picked up a few things at the East Nashville Farmers Market. Tonight we took some of that food from market to table, and it was so tasty we thought we’d share it with you.

For your own Dang Good Eastside Pork Chops, you’ll want to visit the folks from Peaceful Pastures at the Farmers Market and pick up two pork chops. Then gather all these items together:

• 1 small sweet onion, finely diced
• a few squirts of lemon juice
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 3-4 tablespoons oil
• 1/2 cup Southern Comfort
• hot sauce (to taste)
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)
• 2-3 teaspoons brown sugar

Mix all the above ingredients together in a saucepan and simmer until the onions begin to cook. We used Dave’s Gourmet Insanity Sauce for the hot sauce; if you use it, just a few drops are necessary for the whole recipe because this stuff is hot. Drop the pork chops in the pan and simmer them until they have a nice sear.

While they’re cooking, you can prepare a side dish of green beans; we got ours from the folks at Delvin Farms. Trim the ends off the beans and drop them in a pot of boiling water until they’re your desired texture – we like ours crunchy, but you might be different. Drain the water and lightly coat the beans with olive oil. Add a splash of lemon juice, and salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste.

When you finish, your tangy, spicy meal should look something like this:

Dang Good Eastside Pork Chops - click to see full-size image

If you keep your portion sizes fairly small, you’ll have room for a treat later in the evening. Tonight we’ll be enjoying our Chipotle Colby from Kenny’s Farmhouse Cheese with a 2006 bottle of Sebeka Shiraz Pinotage Cape Blend.

Enjoy!