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Applesauce Pork Chops
Prep
15 mins
Cook
45 mins
Servings
2
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
- 11 tablespoon butter
- 11 apple - peeled, cored, and sliced
- ¼ cup chopped onion¼ cup chopped onion
- 22 (1/2-inch thick) pork chops
- ½ teaspoon salt, ground black pepper to taste½ teaspoon salt, ground black pepper to taste
- ¾ cup applesauce¾ cup applesauce
- 22 tablespoons brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground mustard½ teaspoon ground mustard
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- 2
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir apple and onion in melted butter until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer apple and onion mixture to a bowl.
- 3
Place pork chops in the same skillet over medium heat; cook until pork chops are browned, about 5 minutes per side. Place pork chops in a 9x9-inch baking dish; season with salt and black pepper.
- 4
Mix applesauce, brown sugar, mustard, and cinnamon into apple and onion mixture. Spoon over pork chops.
- 5
Bake, covered, in the preheated oven until pork chops are no longer pink in the center, 30 to 45 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
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