Feb 3rd 10

Island Boar

Ok so maybe I’m a little too fanatical, but when my friend and former suitemate in college, Renee (a fellow LOST addict) told me that she was having an Island themed dinner in celebration of the season 6 premiere, she spurred the most fantastic inspiration.  Not only was I jealous (of something aside from her stunning beauty!), but I had to do it too! 

For those of you who don’t know what LOST is about, it’s about a plane that crashes onto an Island somewhere in the South Pacific.  There is SO much more to it, but for this recipe, all you need to know is, it’s got tropical fruits growing on it, and boars that run around all over the place.  The Island’s also got Polar bears and smoke monsters inhabiting it, but I won’t be featuring any of those for this particular recipe : ) 

First up, I made the Mango Salsa and put it in the fridge to top this ISLAND BEAST!  I fired up the rice cooker for my coconut rice, and made my way to the stove. 

I feel like the tropical flavors from the salsa and the coconut rice should be the stars of the show, so simple prep of the pork chop are key here.  I bought the pork chops (I’m sure this would also be PHENOMENAL atop fish and chicken, too) and got the butterflied kind, so I could fill with the salsa.  I rinsed and paper toweled them, seasoned with salt and pepper, and proceeded to simply pan fry them using my grill pan so that it would leave beautiful marks. 

Once cooked through (but not overcooked-nothing is worse than cardboard pork!!  Well, except maybe overcooked salmon- BLECH!) I plated it, topped it with my beautiful salsa, plated it next to my coconut basmati, and YUM!!! 

Since I’m considering this my cheat meal, and I’m about to get lost in..um..LOST, I guess I’ll go pour myself a glass of dharma wine…and cuddle up next to Jack and/or Sawyer.   Heck, both since this my fantasy : )

Related posts:

1. Renee's Island Mango Salsa
2. Dharma Chicken Sausages with Onions and Pineapple
3. Coconut Basmati Rice
4. Crystal's Cherry Salsa
5. Lightening Fast Weeknight Tropical Cod

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1. Renee says:

   February 9, 2010 at 21:02

   Love it! Beautiful presentation Nedah! By the way, in my fantasy, it’s Sawyer and Richard. Can’t wait for episode #2 of the final season tomorrow and more tasty recipes from LK