Description
Pork chops baked with Spanish rice for a unique casserole.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
- 6 pork chops
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups uncooked rice
- 3 cups water
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce, or more to taste
- ½ (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced into rings
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook pork chops in the hot oil
- in batches if necessary
- until browned on both sides
- about 5 minutes. Transfer chops to a 9×13-inch baking dish and season with salt. Pour rice around the pork chops.
- Mix water
- tomato sauce
- and taco seasoning together in a bowl. Pour over pork chops and rice. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven until rice is tender and liquid is mostly absorbed
- about 1 hour. Remove cover and top with bell pepper rings and Cheddar cheese. Continue baking until cheese is melted
- about 15 minutes more.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Servings: 6