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Boneless Pork Chops and Apples Recipe

Recipe by: cookie cruncher

"This recipe was quick and easy. Clean pork flavor with light apple and rosemary accents. Serve with green beans and mashed potatoes."

Directions

1Stir honey and salt into water in a large bowl until honey and salt are dissolved into the brine. Place pork chops in the brine and let sit in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
2Remove pork chops from brine, rinse, and pat dry. Place chops on a plate and refrigerate until dry, about 10 minutes. Discard brine.
3Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sprinkle pepper over the pork chops.
4Melt butter and olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium heat; cook pork chops until browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Flip pork chops and season with rosemary; add apples. Cover skillet.
5Bake in the preheated oven until pork chops are cooked through, about 12 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Remove pork chops from skillet and allow to rest a few minutes before serving.

Footnotes

Cook's Note:
When I cooked these, I also made baked apples (brown sugar-, cinnamon-, and butter-stuffed.) I took the drippings from the baked apples and added it to the drippings from the chops and used as a glaze.
Editor's Note:
The nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of the brine ingredients. The actual amount of the brine consumed will vary.

Ingredients