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49 Pork Dinner Recipes That Are Surprisingly Easy

Our favorite recipes—from caramelized chops and slow-braised pork shoulder to spicy enchiladas—are guaranteed to put pork in your dinner rotation.
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Alex Lau

If chicken and beef are your stand-by meats, you've been missing out; the other white meat is just as flavorful and easy to transform into myriad meals that look like they took a lot more time and effort than they actually did. Our favorite pork recipes—from caramelized chops and slow-braised pork shoulder to spicy enchiladas—are guaranteed to put pork in your weeknight dinner rotation.

  • Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Megan Hedgpeth
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    Silky Pork and Cumin Stew

    Serve this huge pot of flavorful stew as the centerpiece surrounded by fixings that guests can pick and choose to build their own bowls.

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  • Romulo Yanes
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    Pan-Roasted Brined Pork Chop

    Brining these pork chops makes them moist, tender, and seasoned throughout, and the sugar helps create a dark, caramelized sheen.

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  • Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Kate Buckens
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    Party-Ready Pork Roast

    Instead of using one larger bone-in pork loin roast, this recipe calls for two smaller ones. This allows for more exposed surface areas, which decreases cooking time and develops a delicious golden brown crust.

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  • Linda Xiao
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    Double-Pork Carnitas

    Brining these pork chops makes them moist, tender, and seasoned throughout, and the sugar helps create a dark, caramelized sheen.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Simon Andrews
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    Pork Marbella

    We took the classic, beloved Chicken Marbella and made it weeknight-friendly by using quick-cooking pork tenderloin instead.

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    Pork and Bok Choy Stir-Fry

    No tough strips of dry meat here.

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  • Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Emily Eisen
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    Turmeric-Coconut Curry with Pork

    Instead of just using plain rice, make your own medley! Try a mix of white rice, millet, and/or quinoa, which all cook in about the same time. You can also sub kale for the Napa cabbage.

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  • Photo by Chelsie Craig, Styling by Claire Saffitz
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    Slow-Cooker Roast Pork Sandwiches

    This slow-cooker version of the Philly classic has all the makings of a great sandwich: sharp provolone, garlicky broccoli rabe, and lots of jus from the pork for dipping.

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  • Laura Murray
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    Porchetta Shoulder Roast with Spicy Chimichurri

    Talk to your butcher and let them know you’ll be making porchetta out of the shoulder roast. They’ll butterfly the roast for you, which will make it easier to roll.

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  • Alex Lau
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    Pastrami Ribs

    It's worth making these just so you can revel in the bark, which has all of the kicky pepper spice you'd expect from pastrami but infinitely more toothsome texture.

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  • Gentl & Hyers
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    Pork Chop with Apple and Celery Root Salad

    For this pork chop recipe, the target temperature for the meat might be lower than what you’re used to. That’s because we believe that when you invest in delicious, humanely raised pork, you deserve to enjoy it at a juicy, tender medium-rare.

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    Grilled Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches

    Give your knife a few swipes on the sharpener and try to slice the grilled tenderloin as thinly as possible (think roast beef from the deli). It’ll make these open-faced pork sandwiches a lot easier to eat and such a difference in texture.

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