Pork Chops with Apple Cranberry Stuffing
Yield: 4 servings
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Tips: Dried, sweetened cranberries are usually found in plastic bags near nuts and other similarly packaged products.
Suggestion: Delicious served with a vegetable side or green salad.
Looking for a new way to prepare boneless pork chops? This Pork Chops
with Apple Stuffing recipe is delicious and very easy to prepare. Lean boneless pork chops are sliced through the sides to create pockets. Once the pork chops are lightly seasoned with salt and pepper, a savory
stuffing made with packaged pork
stuffing mix (prepares on the stove in just 5 minutes), chopped apples and sweetened, dried cranberries is spooned into the pork chop pockets. (If you have never tried sweetened, dried cranberries, they are moist and chewy like raisins, with the tartness of cranberries. You can usually find sweetened, dried cranberries packaged in small plastic bags where nuts and goods used for cooking and baking might be found - or ask your grocer). The stuffed pork chops are baked for only 18-20 minutes, then a simple yet wonderful glaze of brown sugar and melted butter is brushed over the tops of the chops. The pork chops are then returned to the oven - this time under a heated broiler - where they will broil for a few minutes until the glaze heats up and starts to bubble. The result is an impressive pork chop dish that has great eye appeal and wonderful savory flavor with a mildly sweet accent provided by the apples and cranberries. This is a must try!
Recipe▼
Ingredients
- aluminum foil
- 1 6-oz. package stuffing mix for pork
- 1/2 cup peeled and chopped apple (into about 3/8 to 1/2-inch cubes)
- 1/4 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 4 boneless center-cut pork chops (about 1 1/4 inches thick)
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt (or regular table salt)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
Directions
Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a 10x15x1-inch baking pan with aluminum foil. Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions. Once prepared, add chopped apples and sweetened, dried cranberries to stuffing in skillet and stir to combine..
Slice into the side of each pork chop to create a pocket. Place pork chops in the foil-lined pan, then season with seasoned salt (or regular table salt) and pepper. Spoon about 1/2 cup of the stuffing mix with apples and cranberries into the pockets of the pork chops. Gently press down on each pork chop to slightly flatten.
Bake pork chops for 18-20 minutes, then remove from oven. Preheat broiler. While broiler is preheating, in a small mixing bowl, mix brown sugar with melted butter (butter may easily be melted about 30 seconds in microwave in a microwave-safe bowl). Once thoroughly mixed, brush brown sugar and butter mixture onto tops of pork chops. Place chops under the broiler about 3-4 inches away from the heat and broil for 5-8 minutes, or just until a glaze forms and pork chops are lightly browned. Be careful to not allow stuffing to burn under broiler. If necessary, place a small piece of aluminum foil over stuffing to prevent from burning while broiling. Serve.
Slice into the side of each pork chop to create a pocket. Place pork chops in the foil-lined pan, then season with seasoned salt (or regular table salt) and pepper. Spoon about 1/2 cup of the stuffing mix with apples and cranberries into the pockets of the pork chops. Gently press down on each pork chop to slightly flatten.
Bake pork chops for 18-20 minutes, then remove from oven. Preheat broiler. While broiler is preheating, in a small mixing bowl, mix brown sugar with melted butter (butter may easily be melted about 30 seconds in microwave in a microwave-safe bowl). Once thoroughly mixed, brush brown sugar and butter mixture onto tops of pork chops. Place chops under the broiler about 3-4 inches away from the heat and broil for 5-8 minutes, or just until a glaze forms and pork chops are lightly browned. Be careful to not allow stuffing to burn under broiler. If necessary, place a small piece of aluminum foil over stuffing to prevent from burning while broiling. Serve.
