Five spiced orange pork chops with sweet potato

Suddenly inspired to come up with this recipe based on the sheer number of fortnight old oranges we have lying in the fridge!

Ingredients

500g pork chops or pork rashers

1 tbsp ginger, minced

1 tbsp five spice powder

1 tbsp garlic, minced

1 white onion, chopped

2 oranges, zest and juice

1 tsp rock salt or more to taste

Cracked black pepper to taste

3 sweet potatoes

Method

1) Marinade pork in all the ingredients except the sweet potatoes and oranges for at least half an hour, best overnight.

2) Peel and cube the sweet potato.

3) In a roasting dish, assemble as follows: 

Place sweet potatoes cubes at the bottom. On top, place the pork. Drizzle over the zest and juice of the oranges, I even stuff the used orange peels in between the sweet potatoes to provide fragrance as their oils are released in the heat.

4) Roast at 220 deg C for 15 mins if the pork has skin to form crackling before turning down to 150 deg C to slow cook for another 35 to 45 minutes or till cooked. If the pork has no skin, start at 200 deg C for 10 mins then turn down to 150 deg C for another 45 to 60 mins or till cooked.

5) Serve on a bed of cous cous.