Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Strawberry Pork Chop Fiesta is for Dinner.

Strawberry Pork Chop Fiesta takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Strawberry Pork Chop Fiesta takes 25 minutes to cook.

Strawberry Pork Chop Fiesta makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Strawberry Pork Chop Fiesta are:

4 boneless top loin pork chops, 1-inch thick (about 1 3/4 pounds total)
4 tablespoons bottled roasted red sweet peppers, chopped and well drained
4 tablespoons frozen artichoke hearts, chopped and thawed
8 teaspoons cream cheese
8 to 12 pickled jalapeno slices, nacho-style
2 large strawberries, thinly sliced
1 12-oz package center-cut bacon, thinly sliced (16 slices)
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

Honey Mustard Sauce:
1/4 cup beer
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons Dijon-style mustard

Here is how you make Strawberry Pork Chop Fiesta:

For honey mustard sauce, combine beer, honey and mustard in a small sauce pan. Bringto boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 2 to 4 minutes or until slightly thickened and reduced by 1/3. Stiroccasionally to prevent over boiling. Makes about 1/4 cup.If necessary, trim and discard surface fat from pork chops. Place pork chops on cutting board. Cover chops withplastic wrap. Starting from the narrow end of each pork chop, pound chops to 1/4 inch thickness using the flatside of a meat mallet. Remove plastic wrap.Near a narrow end of each flattened pork chop, layer 1 tablespoon of roasted pepper, 1 tablespoon artichokehearts, 2 teaspoons cream cheese, 2 or 3 slices of jalapeno, and 2 or 3 slices of strawberries. Tightly roll pork to enclose filling ingredients. Set rolls aside.Place a large piece of plastic wrap on work surface. Lay out 4 slices of bacon by placing them 1/4 inch on top ofeach other in a shingled fashion. Near a short edge of the shingled bacon, place 1 pork roll. Using the plasticwrap to help lift bacon, roll bacon around pork roll. Remove plastic wrap and set bacon-wrapped pork roll aside.Repeat wrapping remaining pork rolls with remaining bacon.Preheat gas grill to medium heat for direct grilling. Cut two 14 x 16 inch pieces of heavy foil. Place 2 pork rolls,end to end with seam sides down, on center of each piece of foil. Drizzle balsamic vinegar evenly over pork rolls.To make packets, bring up 2 opposite sides of foil; fold down to close, making 2 or 3 tight folds. Fold remainingopposite ends to close. Place foil packets, folded seam up, on grill rack. Close lid and grill for 20 minutes or untilinternal temperature reaches 160 degrees F.Remove foil packets from grill and remove foil from pork rolls; discard juices and foil. Return pork rolls to grill,brush with mustard sauce. Continue grilling, uncovered for 2 to 4 minutes or until bacon is crisp, turningoccasionally (watch carefully, bacon drippings may cause flames).Transfer pork rolls to carving board. Loosely cover with foil; let rest for 5 minutes. Cut into 3/4 inch thick slices;serve with remaining mustard sauce.Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user IZZYBEBOP.

The nutritional information for Strawberry Pork Chop Fiesta is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 297.9

• Total Fat: 18.0 g
• Cholesterol: 71.8 mg
• Sodium: 339.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 6.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
• Protein: 24.5 g