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Baked Pork Chops With Apple Cranberry Sauce
a wonderful fruit sauce adds the perfect touch to these pork chops—try serving with a side of brown rice and steamed broccoli
Gather
Ingredients
For pork chops
- 4 boneless pork chops (about 3 oz each)
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 medium orange, rinsed, for ¼ tsp zest (use a grater to take a thin layer of skin off the orange; save the orange for garnish)
- ½ Tbsp olive oil
For sauce
- ¼ C low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 medium apple, peeled and grated (about 1 C) (use a grater to make thin layers of apple)
- ½ cinnamon stick (or 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon)
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ C dried cranberries (or substitute raisins)
- ½ C 100 percent orange juice
Make it
Method
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 ºF.
- 2
Season pork chops with pepper and orange zest.
- 3
In a large sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add pork chops, and cook until browned on one side, about 2 minutes. Turn over and brown the second side, an additional 2 minutes. Remove pork chops from the pan, place them on a nonstick baking sheet, and put in the oven to cook for an additional 10 minutes (to a minimum internal temperature of 160 °F).
- 4
Add chicken broth to the sauté pan and stir to loosen the flavorful brown bits. Set aside for later.
- 5
Meanwhile, place grated apples, cinnamon stick, and bay leaf in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the apples begin to soften.
- 6
Add cranberries, orange juice, and saved broth with flavorful brown bits. Bring to a boil, and then lower to a gentle simmer. Simmer for up to 10 minutes, or until the cranberries are plump and the apples are tender. Remove the cinnamon stick.
- 7
Peel the orange used for the zest, and cut it into eight sections for garnish.
- 8
Serve one pork chop with ¼ cup of sauce and two orange segments.
Source & rights
Where this recipe comes from
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Family Meals. No government endorsement is implied.
This source recipe has been reformatted for Pantry Start but has not yet been kitchen-tested by our editors. Check current food-safety guidance and use your judgment.
