Pork Chop Steak

Pork Chop Steak or “Pork Chop Steak ala Bistek” is an easy flavor-packed savory pork dish made of pork chop slices, marinated in calamansi juice, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and black pepper. Then served till browned before being simmered in the marinade, onions, and some sugar. Cooked till tender, ready to be served with a plateful of rice. A perfect pre packed lunch for the week or simple dinner without all of the hassle. Try out Yummy Kitchen’s version of the “Pork Chop Steak Recipe” ( “Bistek Tagalog beef recipe” ).

Pork Chop Steak Recipe :

Ingredients

• 1 kilo pork chop
• 3 tablespoons calamansi juice
• ½ cup soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• Black pepper to taste 
• 2 – 3 white onions, sliced into thick circles
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Steps:

1. Place the pork chop slices in a bowl. Pour in calamansi juice, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and some pepper to taste. Mix well and set aside.
2. Heat some oil in a pan. Sear the pork slices till browned. Cook these by batches, flipping till both sides are cooked. Repeat till all the pork chops are cooked.
3. In the same pan, cook white onions, saute till aromatic. Add back the pork chops and mix well. Pour in the leftover marinade and sugar. Mix, cover and simmer at medium heat till pork is tender.
4. Uncover and add in more onions (optional), toss and cook for a minute before serving.

How to cook pork chop steak Filipino style

How to cook these pork steaks? Or in Tagalog ”Paano magluto ng pork chop steaks?” This version is well known as “Pork Bistek” sometimes called “Soy Sauce Pork Steaks” or specifically searched as “how to cook pork steak in a pan” in some cases. “Bistek” or speckled “Bistec” is given its name due to it simply meaning ‘steak’ this term is not only used for this recipe but can be used as a common term for any ‘steak-cut’ meat.

A deliciously popular dish that combines salty and savory in a quick less than 30 minutes sauce-y pork dish, with ingredients you can easily find in the store. It starts with the pork chop steak marinade made of the slices and calamansi juice to help tenderize the pork better, it also helps penetrate the marinate better due to its acidity, adding to this are the soy sauce, oyster sauce, and some pepper for a savory taste and to help color the pork a bit better. Mix everything together before preparing a pan, heating some oil. Cook these in batches, sear the pork chop slices on both sides till they’ve charred before taking these out and cooking repeatedly till all the slices are cooked. In the same pan, saute some onions till aromatic before adding the cooked pork chops, with the leftover marinade and some sugar to help caramelize these a bit. Cover and bring to a simmer, giving it a few minutes till the pork is tender enough to easily pierce a pork with. Uncover and top with more onions if you like. Let these cook for a few minutes before serving.

Questions :

• Pork Chop Steak Calories? (Pork Bistek calories)

A serving of around 85 grams has around 200 – 250 calories.

• Additional pork steak ingredients
  • Add different vegetables into the dish from mushrooms for “Pork Bistek with Mushrooms”, to potatoes, or even carrots to add some color.
  • How to cook creamy pork steak? To make a” Filipino creamy Pork Steak Recipe” add a cup or so of all purpose cream or coconut cream. Some use the ever popular Nestle brand all purpose cream to make “Beef with Nestle Cream and Mushroom”. Some add more fiber by stirring in spinach to create “Pork Chops with Spinach Cream Sauce”.
  • For others who want to add some sweet fruitiness into the dish, add a can of pineapple juice or pineapple bits into the pork steak marinade. Pineapple being a great addition as these makes the pork even more tender quicker. How to cook pork steak with pineapple? Mix into the marinade and use the juice when simmering with the meat. Adding back the pineapple chunks (if you use these) into the dish after it’s tender. Cook these for 2 -5 minutes just till it softens a bit.

• Other cooking methods: Filipino pork chop steak recipes ?
  • Pork Chop Steaks in Oven – sear the marinated pork chops as suggested then in a microwavable serving tray. Add in the marinade, onions, and pork chops, cover the top with foil and bake these in a 200°C or 390°F preheated oven for 20 – 35 minutes till the pork chops are tender. Mix every 10-15 minutes. Then top with fresh sliced onions on top.
  • Pork Chop Steaks in Airfryer – after marinating the pork chops, add them into the  200°C or 390°F preheated air fryer, cooking these in batches for 10 -15 minutes, till cooked and slightly seared. In this method, thinner slices work better. This version is also less saucier unless you simmer the marinade with onions then add in the pork chops after they’ve been airfried.

Other Yummy sliced Pork Recipes!

• Creamy Mushroom Pork Chop
• Honey Pork Chops
• Coca Cola Pork Chops
• Braised Pork Belly
• Pork Belly Steak
• Soy Pepper Pork
• Pan Grilled Pork Belly

Pork Chop Steak Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 1 kilo pork chop
• 3 kutsarang calamansi juice
• ½ tasa soy sauce
• 1 kutsarang oyster sauce
• Paminta Panlasa
• 2 – 3 puting sibuyas, hiniwa ng makakapal na bilog
• 2 kutsarang asukal

Paano Lutuin :

1. Ilagay ang mga pork chop sa mangkok. Haluan ito ng calamansi juice, soy sauce, oyster sauce, at paminta. Itabi.
2. Maginit ng mantika sa kawali. Lutuin ang mga pork chop hanggang mag kayumanggi ang bawat gilid. Wag lutuin ng sabay sabay para di mag tubig. Pagluto na ang lahat ng pork chop, itabi.
3. Sa parehong kawali, lutuin ang mga sibuyas hanggang bumango. Ibalik ang mga pork chops at haluan ng natirang marinade at asukal. Takpan at pakuouin sa katamtamang init hanggang lumambot at baboy.
4. Tanggaan ng takip at lagyan pa ng sibuyas (opsyonal), haluin ng 1 minuto bago ihanda.