This easy and delicious Indian inspired curry pork chops recipe is cooked in an onion, ginger, and tomato paste based sauce. The sauce for the curried pork chops is also amazing with chicken or tofu.
It is an easier variation on one of the first dishes that I loved to eat from a French / South African woman that taught me so much about cooking.
She would serve curried pork chops with lentils and rice and an eggplant dish similar to baba ganoush.
Use Bone In or Boneless Pork Chops With This Curry Sauce
The recipe is written for bone in pork chops but also works for boneless pork chops, thick or thin.
Decrease the cooking time for boneless pork chops. Decrease cooking time even more for thin pork cutlets.
The video below shows boneless pork chops in curry sauce.
Curry Variations For Indian Pork Chops
There are a ton of different curry varieties. I recommend one below that I used to use but it does not really matter.
Pick your favorite curry blend or just use the one you own! Play and experiment with your food 🙂
Curry Pork Chops Tips
Sear the pork chops in batches if you don't have room in the pan. You want the meat to have a crust to start with, even if it cooks off later in the sauce.
It will end up steaming and not searing if you crowd the pan. 4-6 pork chops generally fit into a 12" skillet depending on if there is a bone or not.
Did you Know?
Pork recipes are actually not found very often in Indian food because the majority of Indians are Hindu and have a heavily influenced vegetarian diet.
The next largest religion is Muslims and they do not eat pork.
Things In My Kitchen:
- Zester - for gratin' that ginger real fine.
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Serve this flavorful Curried Pork Chop Dish with:
I like to serve this curry pork chop with a roasted vegetable or a "pretend carb", like the cauliflower rice.
If you like Curry flavors, you may also like:
To me, curry dishes are tremendously satisfying and comforting. A definite staple during colder weather, but I find I make them even during the summer.
Indian Pork Chops with Tomato Ginger Curry
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This easy Indian inspired curry pork chops recipe is cooked in an onion, ginger, and tomato paste based sauce. The sauce for the curried pork chops is also amazing with chicken or tofu.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Indian
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- vegetable oil
- 4 pork chops, bone in or out (~5 ounces each)
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 1 Tbsp garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp ginger, grated
- 1 ½ Tbsp curry (I used Vietnamese Lemon Curry from Savory Spice Shop)
- 6 Tbsp tomato paste
- 2 cups water
- ¾ tsp sea salt
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Lightly salt and pepper pork chops.
- Bring a large pan to medium high heat, add vegetable oil to coat bottom of pan and add pork chops.
- Sear pork uncovered ~2-3 minutes on each side or until browned. Remove from pan and set aside.
- Reduce heat, add a little oil if needed and add onions. Cook 3-4 minutes or until translucent.
- Add garlic and cook until fragrant (1-2 minutes). Add ginger and cook for ~ 1 minutes or until fragrant.
- Mix in the curry and ½ teaspoon salt to the mixture and cook ~ 1-2 minutes or until fragrant. Add a little olive oil if it's dry.
- Stir in tomato paste until combined (this will take a minute and it will be a clumpy consistency).
- Slowly add water to pan while stirring into the tomato paste.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
- Add the pork chops and any juices to pan, bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer, cover, and cook for ~2-3 minutes on one side. Turn the chops and cook an additional 2-3 minutes or until internal temperature of the pork is 145F.
- Serve over rice and with a fresh vegetable. Add salt to taste. Happy Eating! Beckie
Notes
- Sear the pork in batches if you don't have room in the pan. You want the meat to have a crust. It will end up steaming and not searing if you crowd the pan. 4-6 pork chops generally fit into a 12" skillet depending on if there is a bone or not.
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