Citrus Pork And Pumpkin

Pumpkin cubes are cooked with flour and spice coated pork chops. Pour over mushroom soup with garlic and orange juice for a citrus twist.

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Ingredients:

• 3  cups fresh pumpkin,
•    peeled and cut into
•    3" chunks
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1  teaspoon ground
•    cinnamon
• 4  1" thick boneless pork
•    loin chops
• 1  10 3/4 oz. can cream
•    of mushroom soup with
•    roasted garlic
• 1  4oz. jar of sliced
•    mushrooms, drained
• 1  cup orange juice
• 2  tablespoons honey
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3  tablespoons all-purpose
•    flour

Method

Place the pumpkin pieces in bottom of slow cooker. Combine the 2/3 cup of flour, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon in a small bowl. Thoroughly coat the chops in this mixture and place the chops on top of the pumpkin. Combine the soup with the mushrooms, orange juice, honey, brown sugar and the 3 tablespoons of flour. Pour over the chops. Cover and cook on high for about 4 hrs.. OR--cook on low for 8-10 hours. Serve on cooked wild rice with a green vegetable.

Notes: This is one I have done with chicken and sweet potatoes, but keeping with the Halloween theme, I substituted the pumpkin. Yummy!!

Number of servings: 4

Submitted By: sevaen
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