Recipe: Perfect Sour Orange Pork

Sour Orange Pork. This Cuban-inspired dish uses a mix of fresh citrus juices to mimic the taste of a traditional sour orange ingredient. Orange slices are used as a base for each serving of pork, as well. Simple and easy recipe for Orange Sweet And Sour Pork Chops.

Combine all other ingredients and pour over pork chops. Pour Sour Orange Sauce over pork. Sour orange is available as either juice or the fruit, if not in your local market the Caribbean ones have it. You can cook Sour Orange Pork using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sour Orange Pork

1. Prepare 2 of large sour oranges.
2. Prepare 8-3/4 pound of pork picnic ham.
3. It's 24.5 ounces of mojo marinade.
4. Prepare 1/3 cup of kosher salt.
5. You need 2 tablespoons of ground cumin.
6. It's 1 tablespoons of dried whole oregano leaves.
7. It's 10 leaves of bay leaf.
8. It's 2 of large onion.
9. You need 1 teaspoons of ground black pepper.
10. It's 1 teaspoons of Hungarian paprika ground.
11. Prepare 2 teaspoons of granulated garlic powder.
12. You need 1/3 cup of honey.
13. You need 1 pound of Normandy blend vegetables.

Note: the amount of sour orange juice will depend on if you want to simmer the pork in it or not. While the pork is cooking, put the sour orange juice and honey in a large saucepan over high heat. Serve the pork on top of some Sweet Potato Hash, topped with the eggs and Sofrito Hollandaise. Boneless pork chops are browned, then covered with a thickened orange sauce.

Sour Orange Pork instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Score the pork picnic..
2. Cut the oranges into wedges. Remove the seeds and the white core..
3. Squeeze the orange wedges and put into the roaster at the bottom..
4. Place the pork in the roaster skin side up. Pour the sour orange juice over the top..
5. Add the salt carefully add a little mojo marinade to the top and the rest pour in the sides of the picnic..
6. Add the rest of the spices and bring to a boil. Add the drops of honey on top. Cover and put into the oven. Cook 2 hours covered..
7. Cut the pork up add back to roaster. Add vegetables add cover back..
8. Cook till done, about an hour. Serve I hope you enjoy!!!.

Learn how to make delicious Blood Orange Sweet And Sour Pork using our famous Bundaberg Brewed Drinks! Sour oranges or "naranjas agrias" pair well with pork, chicken and seafood, but are not that easily found in local stores. Lucky for me, there are a few bottled brands of sour orange marinade available. Sometimes called sour oranges, they add a unique citrus flavor to any kind of meat you might want to prepare. This marinade recipe goes well with pork, and I've also used it with chicken with great results.