Healthy & Delicious: Pork Chops with Tomatillo and Green Apple Sauce

Name: Healthy & Delicious: Pork Chops with Tomatillo and Green Apple Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters apple juice; 1 teaspoons black pepper; 1 teaspoon minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo; 118 milliliters loosely packed fresh cilantro sprigs; 1 garlic clove, minced; 2 Granny Smith apples; 1 Tbsp ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 Tbsp mild honey; 2 teaspoons kosher salt (readers suggest cutting salt); 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice; 1 Tbsp olive oil, divided; 227 grams fresh tomatillos (about 5), husks discarded and tomatillos rinsed

Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian recipe has 126 calories, 1g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of olive oil, kosher salt, chipotle chiles in adobo, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450ºF. Cover a roasting pan with aluminum foil and coat with cooking spray. Set aside.

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Cooking Spray

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Aluminum Foil

Roasting Pan

Oven

Mix coriander, cumin, salt, and pepper in a bowl.

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Coriander

Pepper

Cumin

Salt

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Bowl

Add oil and combine. Rub mixture on chops, and let sit while making sauce.

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Sauce

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

In a medium saucepan, simmer tomatillos in 3 cups water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until tomatillos are soft.

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Tomatillos

Water

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Drain and let cool for 15 minutes.

While tomatillos are cooling, peel apples, core them, and cut into 1/4-inch cubes. Set aside.

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Tomatillos

Apple

Remove any stems from cooled tomatillos. Then, in food processor, combine cilantro, garlic, cumin, apple juice, lime juice, honey, chipotles, and tomatillos, and puree.

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Apple Juice

Lime Juice

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Chipotle Chiles

Cilantro

Garlic

Cumin

Honey

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Place in a bowl with apples and stir until combined.

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Apple

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Bowl

Heat remaining 1/2 tablespoon olive oil in a large pan over high heat. Sear pork chops 3 minutes on either side.

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Pork Chops

Olive Oil

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Transfer chops to roasting pan and bake in oven 8 to 10 minutes, or until inner temperature has hit 150ºF. When finished cooking, remove chops, and let sit 5 minutes.

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Roasting Pan

Oven

Serve with Apple Tomatillo Sauce.

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Tomatillos

Apple

Sauce