Bacon Pecan Maple Pork Chops

By Laken

Ingredients

• 2 Boneless Pork chops
• 8 strips of bacon (cooked and chopped into small pieces)
• 2 Tbsp. oil (or enough to lightly cover the bottom of the pan)
• 4 Tbsp. Maple Syrup
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans
• Salt
• pepper

Preparation

Step 1

When I pan sear my pork chops, I always like to tenderize them, especially if they are thick. Tenderize pork chops, then, season both sides with salt and pepper.

Turn your pan on medium to high heat. Let the oil heat up a few minutes. Put the pork chops in the pan and let cook for around 2 minutes, or until the pork has good sear. Let it cook on the other side for the same amount of time. Put a lid on and turn the burner on low, let the pork chops finish cooking (About 15-20 minutes).

While pork chops finish cooking, put the bacon and pecans in a small saute pan and let them heat up (low-medium heat). Pour in the syrup. Let mixture heat up while stirring continually (2-3 minutes). If you keep cooking, your syrup will caramelize, which you don't want. Pour syrup mixture over the pork chops and let them soak up the goodness! When your pork chops are done (145 degrees or no pink in the center) turn off burner and let rest for 5 minutes.