Spicy Spanish Pork Chops And Rice Casserole

• 4 -6 pork chops (I used 4 big Costco bone-in chops)
• 1/2 cup orzo pasta
• 3/4 cup rice
• 4 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 (10 ounce) can rotel
• 1 (10 ounce) can beef consomme
• 1 cup v 8 juice
• salt & pepper
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash Tabasco sauce
• 1 small onion, very thinly sliced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Sprinkle salt and pepper on pork chops.
3. Brown pork chops in 2 tbl of the butter in a sautee pan.
4. Remove pork chops from pan and set aside.
5. Add remaining 2 tbl of butter to pan.
6. Add orzo and sautee until slightly browned.
7. Add rice to pan, stir and remove from heat.
8. Pour rice on the bottom of a lightly greased 13x9 baking dish.
9. Place pork chops on top of rice.
10. Scatter sliced onions and peppers over the pork chops.
11. Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl and pour over pork chops.
12. Cover baking dish with foil.
13. Bake for 50-60 minutes until rice is done.

pork chops, orzo pasta, rice, butter, beef consomme, salt, worcestershire sauce, kitchen, mustard, cumin, chili powder, salt, tabasco sauce, onion, pepper

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spicy-spanish-pork-chops-and-rice-casserole-394338 (may not work)