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Apple Butter Pork Chops
These Apple Butter Pork Chops are juicy, boldly seasoned, and simmered in a rich sauce with apple butter, onions, collards, and apples.
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 57 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 27 min👤 Jess Rice📖 budgetbytes
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Gather your ingredients.
2
Mix
3
Make the rub by combining brown sugar, cayenne, garlic powder, paprika, salt, black pepper, ground clove, cinnamon, and dried thyme.
4
Rub pork chops with rub mixture and let them sit at room temperature for ⏱️ 20-30 min. Reserve any extra rub mixture for step 8!
5
Prep
6
While the pork chops rest, prepare fresh ingredients: peel and slice green apple, peel and grate fresh ginger, mince garlic cloves, and julienne onion.
7
Cook the pork
8
Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once shimmering, add pork and cook ⏱️ 5-6 min on each side until internal temp reaches at least 145°F. Remove pork chops and set aside, covered.
vegetable oil ($0.06)2 Tbsp
9
Soften
10
Add onions to the hot skillet and cook until softened, about ⏱️ 4 minutes, stirring often and scraping up little bits on the bottom of the skillet.
11
Combine
12
Add apples, garlic, ginger, and collard greens. Cook until apples have softened, about ⏱️ 5 min, stirring all of the ingredients together as they cook.
collard greens (chopped, $0.47)1 cup
13
Make the sauce
14
Add apple butter, any leftover rub mixture from the pork chops, and chicken broth. Stir together and simmer until slightly reduced, about ⏱️ 8 minutes.
chicken broth ($0.09***)1 cup
15
Serve
16
Add the pork chops back, spooning the sauce over the tops of each before serving hot.
Nutrition Facts
calories
423 kcal
fat Content
17 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sodium Content
586 mg
protein Content
30 g
carbohydrate Content
38 g
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