Pork Chops Pan-Fried with Kelp
Serves one as written
- 1 3 oz pork chop
- 2 tbsp diced green bell pepper
- 1 sliced green onion base
- 1 1/2-inch diameter bunch of enokitake
- 1 tbsp dried kelp, leek, and mushroom mix
- 1 egg
- olive oil
- balsamic vinegar
- fresh-ground black pepper
- crushed red pepper
- salt
- 1/4 cu couscous
- 1/6 cu thick kefir
- 1/4 cu water
- 1/4 tsp molasses
- Baste pork chop in full-strength balsamic vinegar.
- Drain, reserving liquid.
- Add salt and fresh-ground black pepper to chop to taste.
- Start frying pork chop, onion, enokitake, and bell pepper in olive oil over low heat. Stir continuously, flipping chop often.
- Reconstitute dried kelp mixture by simmering in a minimal amount of liquid, including vinegar drained from chop after basting.
- Add kelp mixture to frying pan.
- Prepare couscous with kefir and water.
- Top couscous with vegetables (well-drained back into the frying pan) and chop.
- Add molasses and crushed red pepper to remaining liquid and simmer. Pour glaze on chop.
- Crack an egg into frying pan (off heat) and beat it as evenly as possible.
- Ensure egg covers entire bottom of pan, and make the thinnest omlette you can.
- Garnish dish with quarter-folded omlette.
Couscous actually may be better prepared in a microwave than over a stovetop. When allowed to cook undisturbed, kefir will form a creamy froth in the center of each individually-cooked bowl of couscous.

