Recipe: Slow Roasted Pork Chops with Caramelized Onions

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The idea for this meat dish came to me at about the same time as my Caramelized French Onion Dip. I was thinking about when I was growing up and how my mom had a few recipes that called for Lipton Onion Soup Mix. One of those was roasting some meat in a mixture of water and dry Onion Soup Mix. The meat always turned out moist, tender and flavourful but I cannot have Lipton Onion Soup Mix now that I’m gluten free. However, I’ve recently discovered how simple it is to prepare and freeze Caramelized Onions and how flavourful the onions are. I don’t miss the Soup Mix, nope…not one little bit.

This recipe mimics my Mom’s old Onion Soup Mix recipe in that the pork chops are slow roasted in a liquid but if you use a homemade or a whole-foods broth like I did, the result, will be a healthier main dish for you and your family. I roast the meat in my flavourful GF vegetable broth until it is fall apart tender. Once the meat has finished cooking, use the broth for a gravy to drizzle over the baked pork chops and mashed potatoes (if you like) before serving. So yummy! I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.

Now, if you’re someone who has known me for any length of time, I’m sure you’re surprised to hear me use the word yummy to describe Slow Roasted Pork Chops with Caramelized Onions. You see, I have always harboured a dislike for onions. Cooked, raw, green, white, red, yellow, any which way I’ve ever had them, I have never liked onions! That was before I discovered Caramelized Onions. Now, I seem to be adding onions to everything…which reminds me, I really have to share the Cauliflower and Carmelized Onion Soup we’ve been eating. Healthy, ridiculously easy to make and yet its some of the best soup I’ve ever had!

Anyhow, the other thing that might surprise people, is the fact that I was a vegetarian for over 20 years. I only started eating meat again a couple of years ago after deciding my diet was too restricted and lacked enough protein.

When I made these Slow Roasted Pork Chops with Caramelized Onions the other night, I served them with Roasted Garlic & Asiago Mashed Potatoes (**see recipe below) and a side of vegetables (green peas).

And for dessert, we had some of these Almond Butter Baked Apples with GF Vanilla Ice Cream. The Baked Apples recipe by Spicie Foodie was recently featured on Foodbuzz Today’s Top 9.

I followed the Almond Butter Baked Apples recipe pretty much as written, except I omitted the Flax Seeds and replaced it with a sprinkle of Almond Meal and Cinnamon. These Baked Apples are terrific warm from the oven, with or without the ice cream, we all loved the results. My pictures don’t do justice to this delicious, no sugar added dessert but Nancy has some beautiful pictures along with the recipe details over on her Spicie Foodie site.