Pork Chops with Fresh Tomato Salsa

Spice-rubbed pork chops get even more flavor topped with homemade salsa — and its all ready in just 30 minutes!

Recipe «Pork Chops with Fresh Tomato Salsa» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author WomanWorld would need: 1 lime, 3 tomatoes seeded, diced, 4 cups, 2 tbsp. + 1 tsp chopped fresh cilantro, 1 tsp. green Tabasco sauce, 3 tbsp. butter at room temperature , 1 tsp. ground cumin, 1 tsp. onion powder, 1/2 tsp. ancho chile pepper , 1/2 tsp. salt, 4 pork loin rib chops ¾” thick, about 2 lbs., 4 ears corn-on-the-cob halved.

Ingredients:

• 1 lime 
• 3 tomatoes seeded, diced, 4 cups 
• 2 tbsp. + 1 tsp chopped fresh cilantro 
• 1 tsp. green Tabasco sauce 
• 3 tbsp. butter at room temperature 
• 1 tsp. ground cumin 
• 1 tsp. onion powder 
• 1/2 tsp. ancho chile pepper 
• 1/2 tsp. salt 
• 4 pork loin rib chops ¾” thick, about 2 lbs. 
• 4 ears corn-on-the-cob halved 

Instructions

1. Grate 1 tsp zest and squeeze 1 tsp juice from lime. For salsa, in bowl, combine tomatoes, 2 tbsp cilantro, Tabasco, lime juice, and ½ tsp zest; reserve. Stir remaining 1 tsp cilantro and ½ tsp zest into butter; reserve.
2. In small bowl, combine cumin, onion powder, ancho pepper, and salt. Rub spice mixture over all sides of pork chops. Coat large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add pork chops; cook, turning once, until browned and no longer pink in centers, 6-7 minutes per side.  
3. Meanwhile, bring large pot of salted water to boil over high heat. Add corn; cook until just tender, about 5 minutes. Drain. Serve reserved butter mixture over corn with chops and salsa.