PonderEthereal

This is a modified version of a much ritzier recipe that I was able to make with common ingredients that I had on hand. Everybody has pork chops now and again (I just happened to have a bottle of plum wine kickin’ it in the cabinet that I never used) and this is just a different way to make them.

It was absolutely kid-approved delicious with a much more extravagant taste than most of our meals. It is super cheap to make when you calculate the ingredients so it’s great on a budget AND it’s really, surprisingly quick.

Total prep time : 10 minutes
Total cook time : 15 minutes

Ingredients:
2 thick cut pork chops sliced into 1/4 inch thick slices
1/2 cup flour seasoned with salt and pepper
1 1/2 tblspn. Cooking oil
1 tsp. Butter
1/3 tsp. Garlic, minced
4 ozs. Plum Wine (you can get it at most liqueur stores)
1/2 cup Cream
1/2 tsp. Parsley, chopped
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
2 cups of rice

For the sautéed apple:
1 tsp. Butter
1 1/2 cup Tart green apples, peeled and sliced
1 tsp. Sugar
Pinch Salt
1/2 tsp. Parsley, minced

Start rice according to directions.

Sautéed Apples

Heat a sauce pan over medium heat.
Add butter, sliced apples, sugar and salt.
Sauté until apples are tender. (start pork now)
Add parsley and keep warm.

Pork

Preheat oil in frying pan over medium heat.
Lightly cover pork slices with seasoned flour on both sides.
Add pork slices to pan.
Sauté until browned on both sides (about 8 min total)
Remove pork and keep warm.

Sauce

Pour remaining oil out and add butter.
Add garlic to melted butter and sauté until translucent.
Pour in Plum wine and bring to a simmer.
Add cream, salt, pepper and parsley.
Cook until it thickens slightly.

I put rice in the bottom of the bowl, apples on top of that and pork on top of that and drizzled with the wine sauce for a one bowl dish but I’m sure it can be served much more elegantly.