Apple and Herb Pork chops

By bklynmommy

Ingredients

• 4 ) 3/4” thick pork chops (pork sirloins work well too)
• 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon dired marjoram
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon olive oil + 1 teaspoon butter
• 1/2 cup chopped sweet onion
• 3 granny smith apples (peeled, cored and large diced)
• 1/4 cup brown sugar packed (I like dark brown sugar)
• 1/4 cup butter melted
• pinch of red pepper flakes (more if you like more heat)

Details

Adapted from coleensrecipes.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Mix the herbs, salt and pepper and rub all over the pork. Cover and chill for 6 to 8 hours. Brown the pork chops in 1 tablespoon olive oil mixed with 1 tablespoon of butter then put them in a 9 x 13 baking pan. In the same frying pan you browned the chops in, saute the chopped onion until it is sweet; add ¼ cup butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar and the large-dice apples. Heat ONLY until sugar has completely dissolved (apples will still be raw).

Put a stack of the apple-onion mixture on each browned pork chop, then drizzle any liquid left in the pan over the apples. Cover tightly and bake at 325° for 45 to 60 minutes or until “fall apart” tender. If the juices are thinner than you like, thicken them with a little cornstarch mixed with