Tuesday, March 18, 2008

pork chops with apples... 25 minutes

This is really easy. Buy one of those great Rice-A-Roni wild rice box mixes and make it... then top it with these fabulous pork chops and perfectly sauteed apples. MMMM... I'm licking my chops just talking about it!


the goods:
3 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 shallot, minced
2 boneless pork chops
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1 to 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch wedges

In a small saucepan, heat 1 teaspoon oil over medium-low. Add shallot; cook, stirring until soft, 2 to 4 minutes. Add rice, water and seasoning according to box instructions. Cook accordingly.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat remaining 2 teaspoons oil over medium-low heat. Season pork with salt and pepper and dust with flour. Place pork in skillet, and arrange apple wedges in a single layer around it. Cook until pork and apples are golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes, and turn over. Cook until pork is cooked to desire, 2 to 3 minutes more.

Be careful not to over-cook your pork as it will make it tough.

2 comments:

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Jenni said...

I love thinking about you perfectly arranging Brent's dinner plate for the blog picture every night. So "you". Remember when we used to compete with our dinner plates to see whose looked the most like a commercial? And then we would eat it like we were the commercial for this yummy food!....MMMmm cream tuna on toast..... I WIN!