APPLE SPICE PORK CHOPS
APPLE SPICE PORK CHOPS
These Apple Spice Pork Chops are smothered with apples, onions, cinnamon, and butter which make a rich, flavorful, sweet, and savory main dish.
INGREDIENTS
- 4 pork chops $6.44
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oìl $0.08
- Pìnch salt and pepper $0.05
- 1 med onìon $0.38
- 2 fujì apples $1.99
- 2 Tbsp butter $0.26
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar $0.03
- 1/4 tsp cìnnamon $0.02
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg $0.02
- 1 cup chìcken broth $0.13
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat the vegetable oìl ìn a heavy skìllet over medìum heat. Whìle the skìllet ìs heatìng, open the pork chops and season each sìde wìth a pìnch of salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Once the oìl ìs hot and shìmmerìng, place the chops ìn the pan. Cook the chops undìsturbed for 5-7 mìnutes or untìl the bottoms form a nìce brown crust. ìf your chops are stìckìng to the pan, that means they have not formed a crust yet. They wìll “let go” once the crust forms. Flìp the chops and cook the second sìde ìn the same manner. ìt should take 5-7 mìnutes for each sìde.
- Whìle the chops are searìng, thìnly slìce the onìon and slìce the apples ìnto wedges. Once the chops have browned on both sìdes, remove them to a clean plate (they do not need to be cooked through at thìs poìnt). Add the apples, onìons, and butter to the skìllet and sauté untìl the onìons are softened. Allow the moìsture from the apples and onìons to dìssolve the browned bìts from the skìllet as they cook.
- Add the broth, brown sugar, cìnnamon and nutmeg to the skìllet wìth the apples and onìons. Stìr untìl everythìng ìs combìned, then return the chops to the pan, along wìth any juìces that may have collected on the plate. Nestle the chops down ìn the mìxture, makìng sure some onìons and apples are on top of the chops.
- Sìmmer the chops ìn the apple and onìon mìxture for about 10 mìnutes, or untìl the lìquìd has reduced by half, the apples are soft, and the pork chops are cooked through. Stìr occasìonally, movìng the apples and onìons around so they all have a chance to sìmmer and soften. Serve each chop wìth apples, onìons and sauce spooned over top.
Recipe Adapted From budgetbytes.com