Pork and apple skillet dinner (from Canada's food guide)
Apples, with their touch of sweetness, are a perfect complement to pork chops. This is a delicious weeknight meal that comes together with little fuss. Serve these pork chops with mashed sweet potatoes or brown rice.
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 4
Ingredients
5 mL (1 tsp) canola oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
5 mL (1 tsp) dried thyme leaves
1 mL (¼ tsp) fresh ground pepper
4 boneless pork loin chops, about 500 g/1 lb
2 red skinned apples, cored and sliced
125 mL (½ cup) sodium reduced chicken or vegetable broth
5 mL (1 tsp) Dijon mustard
2 mL (½ tsp) cornstarch
Directions
In a bowl, combine oil, garlic, thyme and pepper; add pork chops and rub mixture all over.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat and brown pork chops on both sides. Remove to plate and add apple slices to pan; cook, stirring for 2 minutes.
Whisk together broth, mustard and cornstarch; pour into skillet. Stir to coat apples. Return pork chops to skillet and cook, turning once, for about 3 minutes.
Tips
Save money by buying larger packages of pork loin chops and freeze the extras for another meal.
Switch up the type of apple. See what’s available at your grocery store or farmers’ market.
Take this recipe to a whole new level by swapping out apples for pears.
Use a digital food thermometer to check that pork has reached an internal temperature of 71°C (160°F).
Recipe developed by Emily Richards, P.H. Ec. for Health Canada and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Source: © All rights reserved. Canada’s Food Guide: Recipes. Health Canada. Reproduced with permission from the Minister of Health, 2022.