Brown Sugar Bourbon Apple Pork Chops

Brown Sugar Bourbon Apple Pork Chops

🥘 Ingredients

  • apple
    1 unit
  • brown sugar bourbon seasoning
    21.6 g
  • butter
    4 tbsp
  • chicken stock concentrate
    2 unit
  • cooking oil
    1 tsp
  • green beans
    12 oz
  • olive oil
    1 tsp
  • pepper
  • pork chops
    20 oz
  • potatoes
    24 oz
  • salt
  • scallions
    2 unit
  • sour cream
    3 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

  • medium pot
  • strainer
  • large pan
  • baking sheet
  1. 1
    Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. Dice potatoes into 1/2-inch pieces. Place in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover the potatoes by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, ⏱️ 20 minutes . Reserve 1/2 cup potato cooking liquid, then drain with a strainer and return potatoes to the pot. Keep the pot covered off heat until ready to mash.
    potatoes: 24 oz
  2. 2
    While potatoes cook, pat pork chops dry with paper towels; season all over with brown sugar bourbon seasoning . Heat cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook until browned and cooked through, ⏱️ 6 minutes per side. If the pork begins to brown too quickly, reduce heat to medium. Turn off heat; transfer pork to a plate and wipe out the pan.
    pork chops: 20 oz, brown sugar bourbon seasoning: 21.6 g, cooking oil: 1 tsp
  3. 3
    While pork cooks, trim green beans if necessary. Toss on a baking sheet with olive oil , salt , and pepper . Roast until lightly browned, ⏱️ 15 minutes . Meanwhile, halve, core, and dice apple into 1/4-inch pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens.
    green beans: 12 oz, olive oil: 1 tsp, salt, pepper, apple: 1 unit, scallions: 2 unit
  4. 4
    Melt butter in the pan used for pork over medium-high heat. Add the apple and scallion whites, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, ⏱️ 5 minutes . Stir in chicken stock concentrate , 1/2 cup water (3/4 cup for 4 servings), and 1/2 tsp Sugar (1 tsp for 4). Cook until apple is tender, ⏱️ 7 minutes . In the last 2 minutes, return pork to the pan to warm through. Season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat.
    butter: 4 tbsp, chicken stock concentrate: 2 unit
  5. 5
    Mash the potatoes until mostly smooth. Stir in scallions greens, and continue stirring. Add sour cream , the remaining 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings), and a splash of reserved liquid. Season with salt and pepper. Add more cooking liquid if needed a splash at a time until creamy.
    scallions, sour cream: 3 tbsp
  6. 6
    Divide pork, mashed potatoes, and green beans between plates. Top pork with the pan sauce and serve. Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145 degrees.