Sautéed Pork Chops with Sweet Potato, Apple, and Mustard Sauce

Name: Sautéed Pork Chops with Sweet Potato, Apple, and Mustard Sauce
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 tsp Dijon mustard, smooth or whole-grain (see “It’s that easy”); 2 tsp minced fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1 Braeburn, Gala, or other sweet-tart apple, cored and thinly sliced; 1 shallot, minced; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 medium sweet potato, about ½ lb/225 g, peeled and very thinly sliced; 2 boneless, center-cut loin pork chops, about ¾ in/2 cm thick; Freshly ground black pepper; Salt; ½ cup/120 ml apple cider or juice, plus more if needed; ¼ tsp ground cinnamon

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

One Pan, Two Plates

By Carla Snyder

Published 2013

About

The classic combination of tender pork, tart apples, and cider-braised sweet potatoes is a textbook meal for chilly days, especially when you’re really hungry. You’ll be amazed how easy it is to pull this hearty meal together; even the cider-based mustard sauce is a snap to prepare.

Ingredients

½ cup/120 ml apple cider or juice, plus more if needed
¼ tsp

Dinner
Gluten-free

Method

Combine the cider, cinnamon and ¼ tsp salt in a cup. Set aside.
Pat the pork chops dry and sprinkle all over with salt and pepper.
Heat a 12-in/