

Skillet Apple Pork Chops with Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Zucchini
Pork
United States
Ingredients
- - Potatoes : 2
- - Apples : 1
- - Garlic : 2 cloves
- - Lemon : 1
- - Pork : 2
- - Zucchini : 1
- - Chicken Stock : 1
- - Vegetable Oil : 1 tbsp
- - Sugar : 1 1/2 tsp
- - Butter : 2 tbsp
Instructions
1 - Serves 2 1.
2 - Adjust racks to top and middle positions and preheat oven to 450 degrees.
3 - Wash and dry all produce.
4 - Dice sweet potatoes into 1/2-inch pieces.
5 - Toss on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper.
6 - Roast on top rack for 12 minutes (we'll roast the zucchini then).
7 - 2.
8 - Meanwhile, halve and core apple; thinly slice into half-moons.
9 - Peel and finely chop garlic.
10 - Quarter lemon.
11 - Trim and halve zucchini lengthwise; cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick half-moons.
12 - Toss on a second baking sheet with a drizzle of oil and a pinch of salt and pepper.
13 - Set aside.
14 - 3.
15 - Pat pork dry with paper towels and season all over with salt and pepper.
16 - Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat.
17 - Add pork and cook until browned and cooked through, 4-5 minutes per side.
18 - Turn off heat; transfer to a plate.
19 - 4.
20 - Once sweet potatoes have roasted 12 minutes, transfer baking sheet with zucchini to middle rack and continue roasting until both veggies are browned and softened, 12-15 minutes more.
21 - 5.
22 - Meanwhile, melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in pan used for pork over medium-high heat.
23 - Add apple and season with salt and pepper.
24 - Cook, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan, until apple is slightly softened, 2-3 minutes.
25 - Add garlic; cook until fragrant, 30 seconds.
26 - Add 1/z cup water (3/4 cup for 4), stock concentrate, and 11/2 tsp sugar (3 tsp for 4).
27 - Cook, stirring, until sauce has thickened and apple is very tender, 3-5 minutes.
28 - Season with salt and pepper.
29 - 6.
30 - Remove pan with apple from heat; stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) and a squeeze of lemon juice.
31 - Divide pork, zucchini, and sweet potatoes between plates.
32 - Top pork with glazed apple sauce.
33 - Top zucchini with a squeeze of lemon juice.