Apple Butter Pork Chops
Ingredients
Pork Chops
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp paprika
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper (freshly cracked)
- ⅛ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp dried thyme
- 4 thick cut pork chops (bone-in or boneless)
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
Apple Butter Sauce
- 1 green apple (peeled)
- 1 inch fresh ginger
- 2 garlic cloves
- ½ yellow onion (julienned (sliced thinly, 114g))
- 1 cup collard greens (chopped)
- ½ cup apple butter
- 1 cup chicken broth
Instructions
- 1
Gather your ingredients.
- 2
Make the rub by combining brown sugar, cayenne, garlic powder, paprika, salt, black pepper, ground clove, cinnamon, and dried thyme.
- 3
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!
- 4
While the pork chops rest, prepare fresh ingredients: peel and slice green apple, peel and grate fresh ginger, mince garlic cloves, and julienne onion.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
Add apples, garlic, ginger, and collard greens. Cook until apples have softened, about 5 min, stirring all of the ingredients together as they cook.
- 8
Add apple butter, any leftover rub mixture from the pork chops, and chicken broth. Stir together and simmer until slightly reduced, about 8 minutes.
- 9
Add the pork chops back, spooning the sauce over the tops of each before serving hot.
