Best Baked Pork Chop Rice Hong Kong (焗豬扒飯)
Delicious tender pork chop in sweet and savory red sauce over a bed of hot fried rice. Baked pork chop over rice is not an Asian dish but this dish is seen all over hong kong cafes “ cha chaan tengs” all over the world.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 2-3
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients
- 2 bone in pork chops
- ½ cup of diced onions
- 1 clove of minced Garlic
- ¼ cup of tomato paste
- ¼ cup of ketchup
- 1 cup of rice
- 1 ½ tbsp sugar
- Cheddar or mozzarella cheese (shredded) for garnish
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Rinse and cook 1 cup of jasmine rice.
- Marinate pork chops with some salt and pepper and corn starch. In a bowl, add pork chops and add one egg white into the bowl to mix. (Reserve the egg yolk for fried rice).
- Heat a pan or wok on medium heat. Add in 1 tbsp of oil. Once oil is hot, pan fry pork chops. Depending on the thickness of the pork chops, it will affect cook times. For 1-inch thick pork chops, pan fry 4 minutes on each side. Cook pork chops until 90 percent cooked. (165 degrees close to the bone is fully cooked pork chops). Take pork chops off once it’s cooked.
- Whisk 1 egg and reserved egg yolk with chopsticks until there are little or no egg whites.
- Using the same wok, add in rice, some salt and pepper, and egg mixture to saute. Use a spatula to evenly cook fried rice for a few minutes and then place in a baking dish. Add pork chops on top of rice.
- Turn the heat to medium-low and add in onions and garlic to stir fry until onions are softened. Add in ketchup, tomato paste, water, and sugar and combine. Once the sauce is boiling, pour over the pork chops evenly.
- Set oven to bake setting to 350 degrees. Garnish sauce with cheese, and once oven is ready, place the dish in the oven for 8 minutes. For the last 2 minutes, change from bake to broil setting on high. Wait for the cheese to char to a slightly burnt and then remove from the oven.
- Serve right away and enjoy!