Thursday, October 8, 2015

Applesauce-Glazed Pork Chops

Woah.  Two in one day, after nothing for 13 months.  I am on a roll.  This is what we just had for supper tonight.  It's from the Oct/Nov 2015 Simple & Delicious and a simple fall recipe.  In the picture in the magazine, they served it with brussel sprouts, but who does that without facing a rebellion??  I did get close to the line by serving this with "Green Potatoes," which are mashed potatoes with broccoli florets mashed in (the recipe is on the blog too).  We also had corn, which everybody likes, to balance out the potatoes.



Applesauce-Glazed Pork Chops
4 bone-in pork loin chops (1/2" thick and 7 oz each)(is anybody really in the meat department with a ruler and a scale?  I just bought a package with 4 good-sized chops in it)
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
¼ cup brown sugar
1 tbsp barbecue sauce
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper

Preheat oven to 350.  Place pork chops in 13x9 baking dish coated w/ cooking spray.  Mix remaining ingredients and spoon over chops.

Bake, uncovered, 20-25 minutes or until thermometer reads 145*.  Let stand 5 minutes before serving.



See how easy?  And everybody liked it.  I thought it was a teeny bit spicy, which I was not expecting, maybe because of the pepper.  It was a bit challenging to determine meat vs bone since it was all smothered in the applesauce sauce.  But we just had to scrape it away and then scoop it back on your bite.  If you made it with boneless chops the eating would be easier (although I have found boneless chops to be a bit drier...so it's a toss-up).  Overall yummy and naturally GF, which I like...as long as you double check your barbecue sauce and worcestershire sauce :)

1 comment:

Ellie Martin Cliffe said...

So glad you liked the recipe AND the health tip on gluten-free meals! Keep on blogging :)