Skillet Apple Pork Chops with Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Zucchini
Allergens: Gluten, Milk
Pork chops skillet-fried with apples, sweet potato and zucchini, sweet-savoury plate.
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
- Sugar 1.5 tsp
- Stock cubes 1
- Apples 1
- Courgette 1
- Garlic 2 clove
- Lemon 1
- Potatoes 2
- Pork chops 2
- Butter 2 tbsp
Method
- Serves 2
- Adjust racks to top and middle positions and preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Wash and dry all produce.
- Dice sweet potatoes into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Toss on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper.
- Roast on top rack for 12 minutes (we'll roast the zucchini then).
- Meanwhile, halve and core apple; thinly slice into half-moons.
- Peel and finely chop garlic.
- Quarter lemon.
- Trim and halve zucchini lengthwise; cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick half-moons.
- Toss on a second baking sheet with a drizzle of oil and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Set aside.
- Pat pork dry with paper towels and season all over with salt and pepper.
- Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat.
- Add pork and cook until browned and cooked through, 4-5 minutes per side.
- Turn off heat; transfer to a plate.
- 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.
- Meanwhile, melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in pan used for pork over medium-high heat.
- Add apple and season with salt and pepper.
- Cook, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan, until apple is slightly softened, 2-3 minutes.
- Add garlic; cook until fragrant, 30 seconds.
- Add 1/z cup water (3/4 cup for 4), stock concentrate, and 11/2 tsp sugar (3 tsp for 4).
- Cook, stirring, until sauce has thickened and apple is very tender, 3-5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Remove pan with apple from heat; stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) and a squeeze of lemon juice.
- Divide pork, zucchini, and sweet potatoes between plates.
- Top pork with glazed apple sauce.
- Top zucchini with a squeeze of lemon juice.