Pork Cutlets With Spiced Rhubarb Quinoa

Try just one bite of this quinoa dish – subtly sweet, tart and warm – and you’ll be asking yourself why you haven’t been making it this way all along. Rhubarb is the low-key star here, but pork fried in reserved bacon fat is a special treat.

Pork Cutlets With Spiced Rhubarb Quinoa

Søren Staun Petersen's recipe for crispy pork cutlets and bacon served on a bed of rhubarb quinoa.

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Ingredients

Quinoa

• 2 small red onions finely chopped
• 4 stalks rhubarb finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• ⅔ cup quinoa
• 1¼ cups water
• ⅔ cup 35% whipping cream
• 1 orange zested and juiced
• 1 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• salt and pepper

Pork Cutlets

• 5 old-fashioned smoked bacon strips
• 4 boneless pork chops
• 1-2 tbsp butter for frying
• salt and pepper

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Brush 2-litre casserole dish with oil or softened butter.
• Combine onions, rhubarb and garlic in large bowl. Add quinoa, water, whipping cream, orange zest, orange juice, sugar, ginger, nutmeg and salt and pepper, stirring to combine. Scrape into prepared casserole dish; spread evenly and bake for 30 minutes.
• In skillet, cook bacon over medium heat, flipping regularly, until almost crispy, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer bacon to plate, reserving fat in pan.
• Heat skillet over medium heat. Cook pork chops in reserved fat and butter, seasoning with salt and pepper, about 30 seconds per side.
• Arrange bacon and pork chops in quinoa and continue to bake for 10 minutes, adding more water if quinoa is dry.

More rhubarb recipes

Chocolate Meringue With Whipped Cream and Rhubarb

A fluffy, cloudlike chocolate meringue topped with whipped cream and marinated rhubarb makes for a show-stopping springtime dessert.

Get the recipe

Pie With Baked Rhubarb

Søren Staun Petersen's recipe for a classic rhubarb pie topped with candied slices.

Get the recipe

Rhubarb Banana Bread

An easy recipe for seasonal banana bread with rhubarb stalks, chocolate and almonds.

Get the recipe

Strawberry and Rhubarb Crumble Pie

A recipe for classic strawberry and rhubarb pie from Heather Hardcastle of the famous Flour Craft Bakery.

Get the recipe

Rhubarb and Ginger Mocktail

Serve as an aperitif before dinner, or with sparkling water over ice

Get the recipe

Rhubarb and Frangipane Tart

Deirdre Buryk's recipe for a rhubarb and frangipane galette, from her cookbook Peak Season.

Get the recipe

Rhubarb Bumbleberry Crumble

Jennifer Emilson's berry-filled crumble is the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of rhubarb season.

Get the recipe

Rhubarb Custard Bars

Rhubarb is just starting to come into season in May and featuring this underused fruit is easy with these bars. The shortbread crust and creamy custard balance out the rhubarb’s sourness perfectly.

Get the recipe

Recipes excerpted from Rhubarb by Søren Staun Petersen (translated from Danish by Natalie Pitu), adapted for ELLE Gourmet. Copyright © 2018 Søren Staun Petersen. English translation © 2022 Natalie Pitu. Reproduced by arrangement with TouchWood Editions. All rights reserved.