Name: Pork Chops and Apples
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Apples 1; Brown sugar 2 tbsp; Cinnamon ¼ tsp; Pork chops 2

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Ingredients

1 Apples
medium unpeeled cooking apple, sliced
2 tbsp Brown sugar
packed
¼ tsp Cinnamon
ground
2 Pork chops
bone-in rib , about ¾-inch thick , about ¼ lb each

Pork Chops and Apples

This Pork Chops and Apples recipe is a really nice simple meal for two. You need very few ingredients: just an apple, some brown sugar, cinnamon and 2 juicy bone-in chops. The result is a seasonal fall dinner which you can serve with buttery mashed potatoes.

To make this pork dish, start by sprinkling brown sugar and cinnamon over apple slices and baking in the oven. Cook the pork chops in a hot skillet until lightly browned all over. Transfer the pork to the dish with the apples. Cover and bake until the pork is cooked through and the apples are tender.

To make Pork Chops and Apples, you will need the following ingredients:

Steps to make Pork Chops and Apples

1	Heat oven and prepare a baking dish	5
Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Spray a 15x10-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2	Bake apples	15
Place apple slices in a 1½-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle the apple slices with 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon. Cover the dish with foil and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
3	Trim fat	2
Trim excess fat from around the edges of the pork.
4	Brown pork	6
Spray a medium sized nonstick skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat for 1-2 minutes. Cook the pork in the warmed skillet for around 6 minutes, turning once, until lightly browned all over.
5	Place pork in casserole dish	2
Place each chop onto the baked apples and cover the dish with foil.
6	Bake	10
Bake the dish in the oven for 10-12 minutes until the chops are golden brown and cooked through and the apples are tender.
7	Serve
Serve straight from the oven with buttery mashed potato or steamed greens on the side.

This Pork Chops and Apples recipe is a tasty and simple midweek meal for two! Try it out soon and remember to tag #CookMeRecipes in your Instagram photos.

Bethany Lim

Bethany is very passionate about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and clean diet. She’s trying to cut meat out of her diet as much as possible and focuses on cooking vegetarian food and fish. Bethany gets a kick from finding ways to add new twists to classic dishes. What’s more, thanks to her Asian roots, she’s great at combining different cuisines to come up with something extraordinary. Bethany’s recipes will inspire you to add new colors and flavors to your everyday meals.