Orange Chipotle Pork Chops

By á-174942

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 boneless pork loin chops - (4 oz ea)
• Salt to taste
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce or more to taste

Details

Servings 2

Preparation

Step 1

Bring orange juice to boil over medium heat in small saucepan, then reduce heat to medium low and simmer until reduced by half, about 10 minutes.

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork chops and season with salt and pepper. Cook until chops are nicely browned on the outside and just barely tinged with pale pink in the center, about 4 minutes a side. Set aside and keep warm.

Add garlic to skillet and cook over medium heat just until fragrant, 1 minute. Add chicken broth and chipotle, along with some of adobo sauce. Simmer over medium heat until reduced by about 1/4 and slightly thickened, 5 minutes. Add reduced orange juice and simmer 5 minutes more.

Puree sauce in blender and return to skillet. Add remaining 1 tablespoon butter and stir until combined, about 1 minute. Return pork chops to skillet and cook just until heated through, about 2 minutes.

This recipe yields 2 servings.

Each serving: 386 calories; 784 mg sodium; 112 mg cholesterol; 22 grams fat; 15 grams carbohydrates; 32 grams protein; 0.20 gram fiber.