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Our recipe for pork chops smothered with a delicious, flavorful sauce takes only 10 minutes to pull together making it perfect for any night of the week. The pork chops
cook to tender perfection in the Instant Pot® while mushrooms, beer, mustard and brown sugar come together to add rich, deep flavor.
Ingredients Directions
PREP TIME: 10 minutes • TOTAL TIME: 45 minutes • Servings: 4
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• 3 pounds bone-in center cut pork chop
(4 to 6 chops)
• 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning
• 1 can (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell’s®
Condensed Golden Mushroom Soup
• 1/2 cup beer
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons Dijon-style mustard
• 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
• 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 1 large onion, cut in half and sliced
(about 1 cup)
• 1 cup uncooked long grain white rice
Instant Pot®
Smothered Pork Chops
Provided by Campbell Soup Company
• Step 1: Season the pork as desired. Sprinkle with the Creole seasoning. Add the pork to the Instant Pot®. Stir the soup,
beer, flour, mustard, brown sugar, mushrooms and onion in a medium bowl. Pour over the pork.
• Step 2: Lock the lid and close the pressure release valve. Select the Pressure Cook or Manual setting according to which
model of Instant Pot® you’re using. (If using Manual setting, select High pressure.) Set the timer for 25 minutes (timer will
begin counting down once pressure is reached). When done, press Cancel and use the quick release method to release the
pressure. While the pork is cooking, cook the rice according to the package directions.
• Step 3: Season the pork and sauce to taste. Serve the pork and sauce over the rice and sprinkle with fresh chopped
parsley, if desired.
• Recipe Note: Multi-cooker settings and features vary widely across different models and brands. Refer to the manual for
your cooker to learn which functions will produce the cooking methods (pressure cook) needed for this recipe.
• For Thicker Sauce: Remove the cooked pork from the pot, cover and keep warm. Select the Saute setting on the pot and
cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until the sauce is slightly reduced.
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one month’s rent to tenants who are displaced
for no-fault reasons. Those include substantial
renovations to a property or the owner wants to
live onsite in one of the units. A local ordinance
can be tougher on owners than the state’s.
The discussion about rents and evictions
leapfrogged another housing issue: short-term
rentals in El Segundo. The Council is considering
an 18-month pilot program to set up a permit
process for airbnb hosts. City staff requested
more time to analyze suggested elements for
the ordinance that came from the Council two
weeks ago. The Council agreed to revisit the
draft ordinance at its Jan. 21 meeting. Other actions
taken at Tuesday night’s meeting included:
-- Approval of a new street vendor permit
fee starting in 2010. The $110.60 fee must be
paid for vendors with food carts to be in compliance
with City code. Vendors may work at
City events, which prompted a discussion about
whether the food carts at Candy Cane Lane are
legal. The annual Christmas display of lights
isn’t a City-sponsored event, it was decided.
-- The Council passed on a $15,000 survey
about single-use plastics in El Segundo. The
Environmental Committee has recommended
a survey be done to gauge interest citywide in
banning plastic straws. The Council directed
City staff to look at less expensive alternatives,
including a suggestion to include a survey
online with business license renewals. Councilman
Scot Nicol noted that with the state’s
minimum wage rising another dollar next year,
asking businesses about more regulation, even
voluntary, would be bad timing.
-- Chevron representatives outlined air quality
monitoring improvements made at the El
Segundo refinery. Air monitoring has been
expanded to the fence limit of the refinery, and
that data can be viewed online in real time.
The refinery installed the monitoring system
for primary pollutions and to comply with new
requirements of the South Coast Air Quality
Air Management District. Rule 1180, approved
two years ago, put in place a network of air
monitors at the facility. Previously, Chevron
had air monitors in place around the perimeter
of the refinery to monitor for benzene, Jeff
Wilson with Chevron said. Chevron worked
with the district to develop air-monitoring rules
and was the first facility to have its management
plan approved. The new system employs
25 monitors to detect and report 17 different
airborne materials. The fence-line instruments
can measure down to the lowest detectable scientific
limits. “So this is pressing the envelope
from the instrument and scientific standpoint,”
Wilson said. An analyzer station that houses
the equipment is visible from the north gate
of the refinery. A beam of light is projected
500 meters to a reflector, which bounces it
back to the source. That beam contains the air
quality data, which is captured and recorded
for continuous monitoring, he explained. From
El Segundo Boulevard, the station looks like
a clubhouse or a treehouse.
-- The Council voted unanimously to authorize
the El Segundo Library Board of Trustees to
send a letter objecting the MacMillan Publisher’s
recently announced rule that public
libraries may only purchase a single copy of
a new e-book for patrons. The trustees argue
the rule inconveniences library patrons and
that MacMillan should drop its eight-week
waiting period for libraries to purchase more
copies of new titles. •