Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Meal under 400 Cal-pork chop and sweet potato fries

Here is a meal that my wife and I eat almost weekly.  The whole meal is under 400 calories, if you follow the guidelines exactly it will have only about 15g fat, 35g carbs and 15-20g of protein depending on the size of the pork chops..

Ingredients:
 4 center cut pork chops or 6 thin cut
1-16oz container of french's fried onions
1 egg
3 or 4 medium sizes sweet potatos
2 tbsp seasoning salt
2tbsp cinnamon
1tbsp chili powder
Zero calorie non-stick cooking spray
2-9x13 nonstick pans or glass dishes
2 bowls

Preheat the oven to 400F and start the prep work on the potatoes.  Begin by peeling and cutting the potatoes into fries.  Hopefully, you have a fry cutter to speed along the process, but a knife will work.  Once the potatoes have been peeled and cut place them into a large freezer bag or plastic container.  Add in the seasoning salt, cinnamon, and chili powder.  Shake the bag or container until the fries are evenly coated.  Spray down the pan with the cooking spray, throw in the fries, spread them out evenly, and spray the top of the fries down.  Then place the fries in the oven.  From the time the fries are in the oven bake time will be 50-60 minutes for the whole meal. Stir the fries every 15 minutes.  NOTE: the fries will be soft, not crunchy like a fried french fry.  These fries are baked and will have more a soft texture when done.

After the fries are cooking, trim off all excess fat from the pork chops.  Crack the egg into one bowl and put the onions into the other bowl.  Dip the pork chops in the egg, coating both sides.  Then place the chop in the bowl with onions, coating both sides.  Then place the chop in the other pan or dish after spraying it down with the cooking spray.  Repeat this process for all the chops.  If you want, but you do not have to, pour any remaining egg over the chops and the coat with any leftover onion.  Place in the oven until cooked.  This will probably be about the same time the fries are done.

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