allrecipes! Tex-Mex Pork Chops and Rice Skillet Brown some chops, then adé vegetables, broth anc rice, This dinner only needs one skillet, a knife, 2 cutting board, some mezsuring cups end sooons, 2 can opener, anc a mixing and serving soocn. We like this with simole quesadillas and a salad. Ad¢ some avocado slices if you like! 8yBrendaVenable Publis! sd on August 1; 2023, Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Total Time: 45 mins Ingredients 2 tablespoors olive oil 4 boneless pork chops, about 3/4-inch thick 2 teaspoons taco seesoning spice blend 1 teespoor grounci curt 1 teaspoon smoked peprike 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup coarsely chopped green bell pepper 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 (10-ounce) cans diced tomatoes and green chilies (such 2s Ro-tel*), juice | teaspcon chili powder freshly grounc black pepper to teste 11/4 cups chicken broth 2 cups frozen com kernels, thewed 2cupssliced zucchini 11 cup uncooked rice flat-leaf parsley or cilantro (optional) lime slices (optional) Directions Step 1 Heat olive oil over medium heat in a 12-inch skillet. Season both sides of pork chops with taco seasoning, cumin, smoked paprika, and salt. Step2 Place chops in the hot skillet and cook, turning once, u warm. i browned cn both sides, about 2 minutes per side, Remove to a alate, anc keepstep3 Inthe same skillet, cook end stir onion anc bell peprer, until the vegetables just begin to pick up alittle colo, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 secords. step4 Pour in diced tomatoes and green chilies, with their juices, and stir, being sure to scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the sillet, powder and black pepper to the chicken broth, ard stirin. step ‘Add thawed corn ketmels, sliced zucchini, and uncooked rice. Stir until getables ere evenly cistributed, and make sure all the rice is submerger the cooking liquic. Bring toa boil step7 Nestle por chops into the skillet contents, and edd ary accumulated juices from the chops, Cover, reduce hezt to low, and simmer about 20 minutes, steps Remove cover, anc continue to simmer until rice is tender ard all the licuidis absorbed, about 5 minutes mare, An instant-fead thermometer inserted into the center of pork chops should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). steps Garnish with flatleaf parsley or cilantro ard lime slices, Serve warm, Nutrition Facts Per serving: 682 calories; total fet 27g; saturated fat 8g; cholesterol 104mg; sodium 1239mg; total carbohydrate 68g; dietery fiber 4g; total sugars 8g; protein 45g; vitamin ¢ S4mg; calcium S4mg; iron 3g; potassium 1313mg