Red Chile Pork Cutlets, Cervantes Style: Chuletas de Serdo en Chile Rojo, Estillo Cervantes
- 2 pounds pork loin, trimmed and cut into 1/2 inch cutlets
- Red Chile Sauce Marinade, recipe follows
- 1 (16-ounce) jar of your favorite ready-to-serve red chile sauce,(recommended: Cervantes Red Chile Sauce)
- 6 sprigs cilantro
- In a shallow pan, place the pork cutlets in a single layer.
- Pour 3/4 of the chile sauce marinade evenly over the meat, cover, and refrigerate at least 2 hours before grilling.
- For more intense chile flavor, marinate overnight.
- Preheat grill on high.
- Reduce heat to 375 degrees F and place the marinated pork cutlets on the grill.
- Reserve the marinade for basting throughout the cooking process.
- Cook each side 2 to 4 minutes, depending on the thickness of each cutlet.
- Baste the pork with the marinade on each side before turning.
- Remove pork cutlets from grill and set aside.
- Ladle about 2 ounces of the ready to serve Red Chile Sauce on each plate.
- Place the pork in the center of the plate and drizzle additional red chile sauce over the meat.
- Garnish with a sprig of cilantro and serve with your choice of calabacitas, papitas, pinto beans, or Spanish rice.
- The pork can also be cut into strips after grilling and wrapped in a warm flour tortilla as a burrito.
- 1 pound sun-ripened New Mexico red chile pods, dried
- 1/4 teaspoon Mexican oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Remove the stems, seeds and white veins of the New Mexico red chile pods.
- Rinse and place the cleaned pods in a large bowl or saucepan and add enough hot water to cover the red chile pods.
- Soak for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- When the pods are completely reconstituted, they should appear bright red and plump.
- Remove the chile pods with tongs and place in a blender with the water they were soaking in.
- Leave about 1-inch space or more in the blender container.
- Add the oregano, garlic, and salt.
- Blend for 2 minutes.
- If sauce is too thick, add more water and blend until mixture is smooth.
- Cook's Note: Be sure to use rubber gloves when handling chile pods.
pork loin, red chile sauce marinade, red chile, cilantro
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/red-chile-pork-cutlets-cervantes-style-chuletas-de-serdo-en-chile-rojo-estillo-cervantes-recipe.html (may not work)