Pork Chops with Apples

A splendid combination- tender pork chops topped with a savoury creamy sauce and juicy sliced of apple.

Course Main Dishes
Prep. Time 20 mins
Cooking Time 30 mins
Yields 6 servings

Preparation
Nutritional Info
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Preparation

What You Need

1 tbsp (15 ml) butter or

olive oil

2 lb (1 Kg) bone-in pork loin chops, (about 1-inch/ 2 1/2 cm thick)

1 medium onion, chopped

2 medium apples, peeled, cored and sliced

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 tsp (10 ml) dried oregano or

2 tbsp (30 ml) chopped fresh

1/2 tsp (2 ml) salt

1/2 tsp (2 ml) pepper

1/2 cup (125 ml) apple juice or

white wine

1 tbsp (15 ml) all purpose flour

1/2 cup (125 ml) 35 % whipping cream

Chopped green onion or

chives

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).

Melt butter in a non-stick skillet over high heat. Add pork chops and cook for 2 to 3 min on each side or until browned. Place in shallow baking dish in single layer.

In the same skillet, over medium heat, cook onion and apples for 3 min. Add garlic, oregano, salt and pepper and cook, stirring often, for 2 min more. Deglaze with apple juice and scrape bottom of pan; cook until most of the liquid has evaporated.

Whisk flour into cream; stir into skillet. Bring to a simmer; spoon over chops and bake, uncovered, for about 20 min or until just a hint of pink remains in pork.

Sprinkle with green onions.

Tips

For the Adventurous: Add 1/3 cup (80 mL) dried cranberries, prunes or apricots and 2 tsp (10 mL) Dijon mustard when adding the garlic in step 3.

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 302 Calories
Protein: 24 g
Carbohydrate: 13 g
Fat: 17 g
Fibre: 1.2 g
Sodium: 265 mg

Top 5 nutrients provided by a serving of this recipe

Nutrient (% DV)*

Calcium: 4 % / 42 mg
Thiamin: 66 %
Niacin: 44 %
Vitamin B12: 31 %
Vitamin B6: 29 %

* Note: The daily value (DV) is established by Health Canada and corresponds to the daily quantity recommended for each nutrient. The percentage of the daily value (% DV) indicates the proportion of the nutrient provided by a serving of the recipe, in comparison with the quantity recommended.

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