Apple Butter Pork Chops
These Apple Butter Pork Chops are juicy, boldly seasoned, and simmered in a rich sauce with apple butter, onions, collards, and apples.Step-by-step photos can be seen below the recipe card.
Ingredients
Pork Chops
- ¼ cup brown sugar ($0.14)
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper ($0.07)
- ½ tsp garlic powder ($0.05)
- ½ tsp paprika ($0.05)
- ½ tsp salt ($0.01)
- ¼ tsp black pepper (freshly cracked, $0.02)
- ⅛ tsp ground cloves ($0.02)
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon ($0.02)
- ¼ tsp dried thyme ($0.10)
- 4 thick cut pork chops (bone-in or boneless, $8.96*)
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil ($0.06)
Apple Butter Sauce
- 1 green apple (peeled, $0.98**)
- 1 inch fresh ginger ($0.25)
- 2 garlic cloves ($0.08)
- ½ yellow onion (julienned (sliced thinly, 114g) $0.47)
- 1 cup collard greens (chopped, $0.47)
- ½ cup apple butter ($0.55)
- 1 cup chicken broth ($0.09***)
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients.
- Make the rub by combining brown sugar, cayenne, garlic powder, paprika, salt, black pepper, ground clove, cinnamon, and dried thyme.
- Rub pork chops with rub mixture and let them sit at room temperature for 20-30 min. Reserve any extra rub mixture for step 8!
- While the pork chops rest, prepare fresh ingredients: peel and slice green apple, peel and grate fresh ginger, mince garlic cloves, and julienne onion.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once shimmering, add pork and cook 5-6 min on each side until internal temp reaches at least 145°F. Remove pork chops and set aside, covered.
- Add onions to the hot skillet and cook until softened, about 4 minutes, stirring often and scraping up little bits on the bottom of the skillet.
- Add apples, garlic, ginger, and collard greens. Cook until apples have softened, about 5 min, stirring all of the ingredients together as they cook.
- Add apple butter, any leftover rub mixture from the pork chops, and chicken broth. Stir together and simmer until slightly reduced, about 8 minutes.
- Add the pork chops back, spooning the sauce over the tops of each before serving hot.
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Equipment
- Small Bowl
- Large Skillet
Notes
*You can use either boneless or bone-in thick cut pork chops, but note that bone-in pork chops can take a little longer to cook and thinner ones will cook quicker. Make sure the internal temperature reaches 145°F before removing the chops from the skillet.
**I highly recommend using a green apple (such as Granny Smith) in this dish. It adds a tart bite that balances the sweetness of the apple butter and brown sugar perfectly. That said, you can use another type of apple if that’s what you have on hand.
***We use bouillon to keep our broth costs low. We prefer Better Than Bouillon brand here at Budget Bytes!
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 423kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 30gFat: 17gSodium: 586mgFiber: 3g
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