Smoked cutlet with vegetables in HIVE

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Dear hivers!

Last Thursday I woke up feeling like eating something different from what this social isolation has forced me to do; so without further distraction I drove my car to the supermarket to buy some juicy smoked chops that I had not eaten for a long time; I left the store and went to a greengrocer to buy some fresh vegetables and fruits.

With the main ingredients on hand, all that remained was to return to the apartment and prepare my favorite meal. If you're still there, take a few more minutes to find out how I prepared the smoked chops with vegetables. I thought it was a nice gesture to decorate the plate with the name of HIVE and the GEMS community, I hope you have fun and your appetite is whetted. Let's go to the kitchen

The decoration was made with red onion rings, red bell pepper strips, sweet chili peppers and parsley stems.

Ingredients:

Serves two diners

• 2 smoked chops,
• 1 ½ Cup of white rice,
• 2 tomatoes,
• 7 sweet peppers
• ½ red or green bell pepper,
• ½ purple onion,
• ½ white onion,
• 7 cloves of garlic,
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil,
• 3 sprigs of parsley.

Preparation

First wash the chops and soak them for 10 minutes to desalinate them. Wash and chop the vegetables, except for the parsley and garlic.

In the case of paprika and sweet peppers cut into julienne strips, while tomato and onion are cut into rings as shown in the image above.

Keeping the pan hot with the olive oil, add the vegetables and cover until the juices begin to drip and the aromatic flavors mingle.

While the vegetables are frying at medium heat, cook the rice; also, chop the parsley and garlic branches.

When the vegetables are half cooked, add the chopped parsley and crushed garlic. Then cover and let it cook for 5 minutes.

Now place the sofrito to one side and place a chop, then pour all the vegetables over it and incorporate the second chop. As you can see in the sequence of images, once the smoked chops have been incorporated, they must be covered with the vegetables to prevent them from burning and their aromatic juices from soaking into the meat protein.

With this what we are getting is an exquisite and crazy explosion of flavors that end up giving a fabulous touch to which no palate could resist; unless, it is respectful of the consumption of animal protein and is inclined to vegetarian food that is healthier.

After 8 minutes have elapsed, turn the meat protein, following the same method used to incorporate it, i.e. keep the vegetables on top of the meat to prevent them from burning. Cover again and wait about 7 minutes to remove from the heat and serve.

And as you can see, the chops are ready to serve with juicy vegetables because we took care to keep them away from the bottom of the pan, so they received the fat from the protein and are great to eat.

About the images

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All images belong to the author. Captures were made with iPhone 6 mobile device. Adobe Photoshop CS6 was used to size the images and create text with the 3D tool.
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