Pan-Fried Pork Chops and Homemade Applesauce
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Pan-Fried Pork Chops and Homemade Applesauce a try. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 33g of protein, 20g of fat, and a total of 466 calories. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up apples, pepper, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour.
Instructions
To prepare applesauce, melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
Add apples to pan; cook 4 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add 1/2 cup water, sugar, juice, and 1/8 teaspoon salt to pan; cook 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cover and cook 25 minutes or until apples are tender. Mash gently with the back of a spoon.
To prepare pork, heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
Place flour in a shallow dish.
Sprinkle pork evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper; dredge pork in flour.
Add oil to pan; swirl to coat.
Add pork to pan; cook 5 minutes or until golden. Turn pork over; cook 3 minutes or until desired degree of doneness.
Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling
Pork Chops works really well with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Riesling. Chardonnay suits simple chops or chops in a butter or cream sauce, dry riesling complements sweet additions like honey mustard or apples, and pinot noir is a safe bet for pork dishes in general. You could try Lapis Luna Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.7 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 13 dollars per bottle.
Lapis Luna Chardonnay
Orange zest, ripe pineapple, toast, and vanilla on the nose. Full-bodied, fresh and lively, with lush white peach and ripe apple flavors leading to a savory buttered finish.