Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Pork Chop with Cider Gravy, Sauteed Apples and Onions
Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Pork Chop with Cider Gravy, Sauteed Apples and Onions takes roughly 50 minutes from beginning to end. For $3.21 per serving, this recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 752 calories, 42g of protein, and 36g of fat each. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. A mixture of red scrumptious apples, lemon, fresh thyme leaves, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. 580 people were glad they tried this recipe. Several people really liked this main course. With a spoonacular score of 97%, this dish is spectacular. Try Cider-Dijon Pork Chops with Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Apples, Sauteed Pork Chop with Sage-Cider Cream Sauce, and Roast Turkey with Apples, Onions, Fried Sage Leaves, and Apple Cider Gravy for similar recipes.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 20 minutes
Cooking duration: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup apple cider
Freshly ground black pepper
4 bone-in pork chops, 1-inch thick
4 tablespoons butter
2 cups chicken stock
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 lemon
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 rounded tablespoons orange marmalade
2 Gala or Golden Delicious apples, thinly sliced
Salt
4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
2 large onions, yellow or red, thinly sliced
Equipment:
pot
frying pan
aluminum foil
bowl
whisk
stove
Cooking instruction summary:
In a medium pot add sweet potatoes and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer until fork tender, 15 to 18 minutes. Season chops with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, a turn of the pan, in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook pork 5 minutes on the first side until deeply golden, turn and cook 3 to 4 minutes more with a loose foil tent over the pan. Remove cooked chops to a plate and cover to keep warm. Add another turn of the pan of olive oil, add the onions and apples. Season with salt, pepper and thyme and cook until just tender, 5 to 6 minutes. Douse with juice of a lemon and remove onions and apples to a bowl; keep warm. Add 2 tablespoons butter to the skillet, melt then whisk in flour, cook 1 minute then whisk in cider and 1 cup of stock. Season the gravy with salt and pepper. Thicken 4 to 5 minutes over medium-low heat. Drain cooked sweet potatoes and return pan to stove. Melt 2 tablespoons butter and combine with marmalade and 1 cup stock. Add potatoes and mash, season with salt and pepper. Serve chop covered with apples and onions, gravy poured down over top, sweet potatoes alongside.
Step by step:
1. In a medium pot add sweet potatoes and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer until fork tender, 15 to 18 minutes.
2. Season chops with salt and pepper.
3. Heat 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, a turn of the pan, in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook pork 5 minutes on the first side until deeply golden, turn and cook 3 to 4 minutes more with a loose foil tent over the pan.
4. Remove cooked chops to a plate and cover to keep warm.
5. Add another turn of the pan of olive oil, add the onions and apples. Season with salt, pepper and thyme and cook until just tender, 5 to 6 minutes. Douse with juice of a lemon and remove onions and apples to a bowl; keep warm.
6. Add 2 tablespoons butter to the skillet, melt then whisk in flour, cook 1 minute then whisk in cider and 1 cup of stock. Season the gravy with salt and pepper. Thicken 4 to 5 minutes over medium-low heat.
7. Drain cooked sweet potatoes and return pan to stove. Melt 2 tablespoons butter and combine with marmalade and 1 cup stock.
8. Add potatoes and mash, season with salt and pepper.
9. Serve chop covered with apples and onions, gravy poured down over top, sweet potatoes alongside.
Nutrition Information:
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