Fajita-Spiced Pork Chops
with Zesty Black Bean Salad & Potato Wedges
- Milk
Bold Tex-Mex flavors pump up tender pork chops with a smoky, slightly spicy kick. You'll whip up crispy roasted potato wedges and a zesty black bean salad with bell pepper, tomato, and scallions to complete this colorful meal that's packed with flavor and ready on the table in a speedy 20 minutes.
Ingredients
1 unit
Green Bell Pepper
12 ounce
Potatoes
0.83 tablespoon
Fajita Spice Blend
1 unit
Black Beans
1 unit
Tomato
1 unit
Lime
2 unit
Scallions
10 ounce
Pork Chops
Not included in your delivery
4 teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Olive Oil
3 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
Cut potatoes into ½-inch-thick wedges.
Toss potatoes on a baking sheet with a large drizzle of oil, a pinch of salt, and pepper. Roast on top rack until browned and tender, 20-25 minutes.
Meanwhile, core and dice bell pepper into ½-inch pieces. Dice tomato into ½-inch pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions. Drain and rinse beans. Quarter lime.
In a large bowl, toss together bell pepper, tomato, scallions, beans, 1 TBSP olive oil, ½ tsp Fajita Spice Blend (you'll use more later), 1 tsp salt, juice from three lime wedges, and pepper until well combined (for 4 servings, use 2 TBSP olive oil, 1 tsp Fajita Spice Blend, 2 tsp salt, and juice from six lime wedges). Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Pat pork* dry with paper towels and season all over with 2 tsp Fajita Spice Blend (4 tsp for 4 servings), a pinch of salt, and pepper. (Be sure to measure the Fajita Spice Blend—we sent more!)
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. Turn off heat.
Add 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP butter for 4 servings) to pan with pork; baste pork with melted butter until thoroughly coated.
Transfer pork to a cutting board to rest at least 3 minutes. TIP: You can start plating the potatoes and salad while the pork rests.
Slice pork crosswise.
Divide pork, potato wedges, and salad between plates in separate sections. Drizzle any remaining butter from pan over pork. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the zesty black bean salad, though some found it needed more seasoning or cilantro for extra flavor.
- Ease of prep: Customers appreciated how quick and easy this meal was to prepare, with the bean salad being particularly simple.
- Suggestions: Consider sautéing the peppers and beans for a warmer side; try adding cilantro or corn to boost the salad's flavor 🌿.
- Portions: Some felt the pork chops were on the small side, while others found there was too much bean salad.
- Pairings: A few suggested rice instead of potatoes might complement the Tex-Mex flavors better.
Reviews from our home cooks
There was double protein and not enough vegetables to balance the protein content. The beans would have been better hot instead of cold. This makes a great fajita instead of a meal. As usual, the fajita spicing left me disappointed as there was no spicy kickback to the flavor that I expect for "fajitas". Had to add my own spice which was disappointing compared to last year's recipes.
Easy to make and super delicious black bean salad was phenomenal! Didn't care for the potato wedges. They turned out bland. Maybe a different carb such as rice or couscous would be better.
Great flavor and pretty easy. Interesting new way to do pork that's not boring. My daughter and I love beans and my husband loves fries so it worked well for everyone!
The flavors in this were really nice. I don't like potato wedges so I opted just to dice them and they were still really crispy and delicious. The bean salad was good but there was way too much. We ended up having extra and it went bad in the fridge.
This meal was fine. Just not as complex from a flavor profile standpoint as many others. And pork to me is often a little dry, so that's probably part of it
Loved this meal. Super easy and loved the flavors on the pork chops.
I liked this more than I thought it would. I also had tortilla chips on hand to eat the "salad" with (which might be the only way I would eat that).
All around family pleaser! The black bean salad was surprisingly amazing and refreshing
Salad was very good although wife and I thought less beans and add an equal amount of corn. Chicken was great!
I love salt like no other but even I thought the salad mix was too salty. Other than that it was delicious!
