Pork chops are my ideal weeknight dinner. So, when I posted mild colorful and flavor packed pork chops curry on my social media it was an instant hit. I received so many requests to share this recipe so here I am writing up my easy pork chops curry recipe for fall weeknights.

Why do I like this pork chops curry so much?

My go to weeknight dinners always with ingredients that are easy to customize, easy to cook, and can be paired with a variety of sides that need minimal processing. Bone in pork chops ticks all the right boxes and can be ready to serve in under an hour. This mild pork chops curry sauce is immensely flavorful and best paired with white rice and vegetables. Bone in Pork chops have corrected amount marbling of fat and bone to make a delicious velvety curry. It is easy to portion, marinate and freeze, which makes prep work so simple.

There are so many delicious pork recipes in my curry journals. Choices are endless when it comes to spicing it up to any desired curry flavor. For spicy curries red curry powder with extra chilies is an excellent choice. Red curry powder gives peppery flavor and bright red velvety color and salivating aroma form cloves, nutmeg, and nutmeg. one of my favorites is pork red curry.

This pork chops curry, however, is perfect for making curry when you really need a mildly spicy, fragrant curry recipe that you can make in minutes. Also, this is a curry you can add vegetables like carrots, celery, and potatoes along with pork chops if you choose to convert into a soup or stew.

Coriander pork chops curry

Easy mild pork curry with Sri Lankan yellow curry powder

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine Sri Lankan curry

Servings 8 Servings

Equipment

• 1 Sauté pan with lid Stainless steel, clay, ceramic

Ingredients

  

• 2 lb. bone in pork cubed 2 bone in pork chops cubed
• 2 tbsp yellow curry powder
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp Sri Lankan black curry powder
• 1 tsp Red curry powder
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp crushed black pepper
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce
• 3 tbsp vinegar
• ½ finely diced red or white onion
• 2 inches piece of ginger
• 1 inch stalk of lemongrass
• 10 curry leaves
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 stalk of celery
• 2 medium carrots diced
• 3 whole green chilies
• 3 cardamom pods
• 1 cup of water
• 1 cup of coconut milk
• 2 tbsp coconut oil

Instructions

 

• Rinse and cube pork chops
• Make curry paste by grinding curry powder, ginger, garlic, lemongrass, curry leaves, salt, and green chili.
• Add soy sauce, curry paste, vinegar to pork and rub to coat the spices well with meat
• Finely dice onion and celery set aside.
• Heat the sauté pan on medium and add 2 tablespoon of coconut oil
• Add onions, carrot and celery, ginger, and garlic, cook them on medium low until soft
• Turn the heat up and add pork and let the meat seer in the pan for the first 5 to 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Add water and bring everything to boil. Turn the heat down and let the meat simmer for 35 minutes until soft.
• Once the pork is cooked, add a cup of thick coconut milk stirring through to combine. cook until coconut cream comes to a simmer and oil starts to separate.
• Serve hot over steaming white rice and salad.

Keyword Pork chops, Pork curry