Fajita-Spiced Pork Chops
with Rice, Black Beans & Cilantro-Lime Crema
- Milk
When it comes to pork chops, we’re looking for two things: a deeply browned crust and juicy, tender meat. You too? Then we proudly present these pan-seared beauties. They’re coated in our blend of fajita-style spices, seared in a hot pan, and topped with a bright, tangy cilantro-lime crema atop a bed of fluffy, garlicky tomato rice with hearty black beans. If that sounds too good to be true, we promise it’s not! In fact, this delicious dish comes together in just 30 minutes.
Ingredients
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
⅔ tablespoon
Fajita Spice Blend
1 unit
Black Beans
1 unit
Tomato
¼ unit
Lime
1 clove
Garlic
¼ ounce
Cilantro
¾ cup
White Rice
10 ounce
Pork Chops
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Wash and dry produce.
Dice tomato into ¼-inch pieces. Peel and mince or grate garlic. Drain beans.
In a medium pot (large pot for 4 servings), combine rice, tomato, garlic, beans, stock concentrate, ¾ cup water, 1 tsp Fajita Spice Blend (you’ll use more later), and a pinch of salt (1½ cups water and 2 tsp Fajita Spice Blend for 4). Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 20-22 minutes.
Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
While rice cooks, roughly chop cilantro. Quarter lime.
In a small bowl, combine sour cream, cilantro, and juice from one lime wedge (two wedges for 4 servings). Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
Pat pork* dry with paper towels and season all over with 1 tsp Fajita Spice Blend (2 tsp for 4 servings), salt, and pepper. (Use the rest of the Fajita Spice Blend as you like.)
Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes per side. TIP: If pork starts to brown too quickly, lower the heat and cover pan.
Transfer to a cutting board to rest.
Fluff rice and beans with a fork and stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings).
Slice pork crosswise.
Divide rice and beans and pork between plates in separate sections. Pour any resting juices over pork and drizzle with crema. Serve with any remaining lime wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the pork and crema, but some found the rice and beans bland; consider adding extra seasoning for more depth 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Quick and simple to make, with convenient one-pot cooking for the rice and beans mixture.
- Suggestions: Cook rice separately before adding beans and tomatoes for better texture; increase seasoning in rice for more flavor.
- Portions: Some wanted more pork; others felt the rice and bean portion was too large compared to the protein.
- Texture: Several found the rice mushy or sticky; adjust cooking time or water ratio for fluffier results.
Reviews from our home cooks
Wow! We love the cilantro lime sauce. It adds a citrusy zip to the fajita spiced pork. The rice and bean mixture was so tasty. In all, this meal was fabulous.
I liked this recipe overall. The rice could have had more flavor, next time I would add more than just a tsp of fajita seasoning! I loved the sour cream, lime, cilantro sauce over the top of the pork chop!
Very tasty and easy to make! I enjoyed the crema a lot and the mexican rice & beans was a perfect side.
This was fairly simple and easy to prepare. Length of prep time was perfect. Great fajita flavor.
Good flavor and easy to prepare. Nice that the rice/beans only used one pot. The pork cutlets were a bit thin. We added roasted broccoli as a side.
Great flavor, tender pork chops, yummy sauce! I did add more sour cream and lime juice to my 2 serving sauce mix because it wasn't quite enough as we like a lot of sauce.
The rice was really good with the black beans and tomatoes. I had an extra stock concentrate from a previous recipe and used both. It gave the rice a richer flavor.
The pork just turned out too dry-though that might just be pork in general since every time I've had it (not just when I've cooked it) it's tasted dry and bland. I did like the sauce-that was the best part. Would have liked much better if the meat protein had been chicken. The rice and bean fajita part of the dish was also just bland and unappealing. I couldn't taste any of the spices and couldn't finish it.
Overall a good meal. The pork chops were a little on the thin side for my husband. Wish it had some spice or heat (just my personal preference). Also would have liked a side dish vegetable. Perhaps zucchini or something. I would try this again with my own modifications.
Delicious! Perfect touch of sauce ontop of the pork chops! Perfect idea to add tomatoes to the rice!
