{"id":11648,"date":"2013-02-04T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=11648"},"modified":"2013-04-06T20:12:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T02:12:50","slug":"helpless-female-cooks-unexpected-sweet-saki-sesame-seed-pork-with-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/helpless-female-cooks-unexpected-sweet-saki-sesame-seed-pork-with-bacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpless Female Cooks Unexpected Sweet Saki Sesame Seed Pork with Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11656\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-plate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11656 \" title=\"Sweet Saki and Sesame Seed Pork Chops \" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-plate-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet Saki and Sesame Seed Pork Chops \" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-plate-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-plate-1024x820.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweet Saki and Sesame Seed Pork Chops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Things collected along the way:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">10 x 15 inch glass baking dish<\/span><\/li>\n<li>oven heated to 400 degrees Fahrenheit<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li>kosher salt<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">ground black pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li>6 of 3\/4 inch thick, bone-in pork chops<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">1 pound of Falls Brand thick sliced, hardwood smoked bacon<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Finest Gekkeikan sake<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Yamasa Soy Sauce<\/span><\/li>\n<li>raw sesame seeds<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">old fashioned, plastic turkey baster<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sometimes you have thawed the pork chops with hope that inspiration will come<\/strong> at some point in the day. \u00a0And then, you get to the time of day to fix dinner and your mind is still blank. \u00a0Still, you optimistically <span style=\"color: #993300;\">put a light coat of olive oil<\/span> on the bottom of the baking dish. \u00a0This is followed by a <span style=\"color: #993300;\">generous sprinkling of kosher salt<\/span>, then a <span style=\"color: #993300;\">light application of ground black pepper<\/span>. \u00a0You&#8217;ve never put salt on the bottom of a dish before, but it seems like a good way to keep your hands clean for a few minutes longer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, you make more of a commitment to the process<\/strong> by getting the ziplock bag of <span style=\"color: #993300;\">pork chops<\/span> out of the refrigerator, only to find it has leaked on the <span style=\"color: #993300;\">pound of bacon<\/span> that was in the same drawer. \u00a0You put them both in the sink in order to wash the refrigerator drawer. \u00a0All of a sudden you are considering it. \u00a0Pork on Pork. <em>\u00a0You know that&#8217;s what your husband will call it.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11663\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-sauces.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663\" title=\"soy sauce and saki for pork on pork\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-sauces-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"soy sauce and saki for pork on pork\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-sauces-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-sauces-800x1024.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">soy sauce and saki for pork on pork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>After the pork chops are spaced in the glass dish<\/strong>, you spread the bacon out over the top as much as possible. \u00a0You step back and look, but you already know it needs something else. \u00a0There is an empty bottle of wine on the counter <em>(not from drinking earlier in the day, it is from the weekend&#8230;.)<\/em>, which makes you want to pour wine on the meat layers. \u00a0You can&#8217;t find anything open, but you do come across some <span style=\"color: #993300;\">sake<\/span> in the cupboard. \u00a0This is left-over from a gourmet dinner your chef-daughter cooked six months ago. \u00a0The pork chops are splashed with sake, but not immersed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sake starts with &#8220;S&#8221; and comes from Asia,<\/strong> so you think of <span style=\"color: #993300;\">soy sauce<\/span>. \u00a0Then, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">sesame seeds<\/span> come to mind. \u00a0<em>Isn&#8217;t alliteration fun?!<\/em> \u00a0The top of the bacon is covered with a thin liquid layer of soy sauce. \u00a0The sesame seeds go on in a density that reminds you of spreading grass seed. \u00a0You have a sense of completion, so it all goes <span style=\"color: #993300;\">in the oven for about 45 minutes,<\/span> or until the bacon is just crispy and the pork chops are cooked through.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When your husband gets home,<\/strong> he takes them out of the oven and says, <em>&#8220;Ah! Pork on Pork&#8221;<\/em> \u00a0He proceeds to pour off the liquid without asking you. \u00a0He lets the fat separate, then sucks the flavored meat juices from the bottom of the measuring cup with a turkey baster. \u00a0We dribble it over the chops on our plates. \u00a0The family raves about the lightly sweet, salty flavor of the pork chops. \u00a0It is nicely moist. \u00a0<em>Score.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11661\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-in-pan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11661\" title=\"pork chops roasted with bacon\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-in-pan-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"pork chops roasted with bacon\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-in-pan-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pork-on-pork-in-pan-1024x784.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">pork chops roasted with bacon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things collected along the way: 10 x 15 inch glass baking dish oven heated to 400 degrees Fahrenheit olive oil kosher salt ground black pepper 6 of 3\/4 inch thick, bone-in pork chops 1 pound of Falls Brand thick sliced, hardwood smoked bacon The Finest Gekkeikan sake Yamasa Soy Sauce raw sesame seeds old fashioned, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[35,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}