Caramelized Apple, Onion & Rosemary Pork Chops
Serves 2 to 3
Prep time – 10 minutes
Cooking time – 15 minutes
Ingredients:
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2 Tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
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2-3 Large, bone-in pork chops approx. 1 1/2 inches.
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1 tsp sea salt
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1/2 tsp Ground pepper
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Dash cayenne
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2 Green/tart apples,  washed, cored, seeded and chopped, coarsely. Do you not peel. I used one Granny Smith and one Honeycrisp
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1 yellow onion sliced, then coarsely chopped
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3 small garlic cloves, peeled, stemmed and finally chopped
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1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped
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1 tablespoon pure maple syrup.
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Juice from 1/2 Meyer lemon
Instructions:
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Sprinkle both sides of pork chops with sea salt pepper and Cayenne.
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Heat cast iron skillet on medium-high heat.
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Add ghee to cast iron skillet and melt.
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Please pork chops on top of melted ghee.
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Allowed to cook, untouched, for approximately seven minutes. Keep an eye on them as you do not want them to burn but you definitely want them to brown.
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Turn pork chops over and cook for an additional 4 to 6 minutes… Depending on how thick your pork chop.
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Remove pork chops and place in a shallow dish covered with foil. Allowed to rest while you make the rest of the meal.
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Keep cast-iron on medium high heat.
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Combine apples, onions and garlic in cast-iron skillet.
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Stir apple mixture, scraping bottom of cast-iron to blend flavors.
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Add maple syrup and rosemary.
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Continue to sauté until onions and apples begin to caramelize, approximately 10 minutes.
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Sprinkle with additional salt and pepper if needed.
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Serve caramelized apple onion mixture over pork chops.
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I like to serve this with baked sweet potato on the side. The apple onion mixture is also delicious on the sweet potato.
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Enjoy!