Spicy Jerked Pork Skewers with Coconut Cauliflower and roasted lemon kale

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Meals

Ingredients

  • 2 Boneless Pork Chops
  • 3 fl. oz. Starport Jerk Sauce
  • 1 Cauliflower Head
  • 1 Resealable Gallon-Size Plastic Bag
  • 6 oz. Kale
  • 1 Lemon
  • 5⅗ fl. oz. Coconut Milk
  • 6 Wooden Skewers

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Thoroughly rinse produce and pat dry. Prepare a baking sheet with foil and cooking spray.

  2. Cut pork chops across their width into ¼" strips. Combine pork and half the jerk sauce in a mixing bowl and toss to combine. Marinate 10-15 minutes while you prepare vegetables. Wash or use a separate cutting board for preparing vegetables.

  3. Remove leaves from cauliflower head, core, and cut into bite-sized florets. Place cauliflower in provided resealable bag and pound with a small pot or pan until it resembles coarse grains a little larger than rice. Don’t worry if some stem pieces remain larger. Stem kale and tear into large pieces. Zest lemon, halve, and juice.

  4. Place a medium pot over medium heat. Add cauliflower and coconut milk to hot pot and bring to a low simmer. Cook, stirring often, until cauliflower is tender, 10-14 minutes. Season with ½ tsp. salt. While cauliflower cooks, bake kale.

  5. Combine kale, 1 tsp. lemon zest, 2 tsp. olive oil, and ¼ tsp. salt in a mixing bowl. With your hands, massage kale until it darkens in color and becomes tender, 2 minutes. Spread kale into a single layer on baking sheet and roast until leaves just begin to blacken and crisp, 8-12 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with 2 tsp. lemon juice and ¼ tsp. pepper. While kale cooks, grill skewers.

  6. Heat an outdoor grill or grill pan over medium-high heat and lightly coat with cooking spray. Thread pork onto skewers, making sure pork is evenly distributed and spaced on skewers. Grill skewers until charred and pork reaches a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees, 2-3 minutes.

  7. Serve cauliflower and kale next to skewers. Brush or drizzle skewers with remaining jerk sauce to taste.

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