Apple Cider Pork Chops in a delicious creamy sauce are juicy, tender and creamy. They are bursting with creamy apple cider flavor and the entire pork chop recipe takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish!
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Whenever you get a craving for a nice filling meal, please enjoy these succulent apple cider pork chops with Easy Scalloped Potatoes. After all, what can be better than good food cooked in the comfort of your own kitchen!
As much as you love these easy apple cider pork chops the day of, they make exceptional leftovers as well! Perfect cold weather meal in the fall or hot summer skillet dinner.
Apple Cider Pork Chops
Ingredients
- 4 pork chops (thick and boneless)
- salt and pepper to taste
- Italian seasoning to taste
- 2 apples peeled and cut into 12 wedges each
- 3 tablespoon butter divided
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 4-5 sprigs of thyme leaves only
- ¼ cup white wine
- 2 tablespoon flour
- ½ cup apple cider
- 1 cup chicken stock
- ⅔ cup heavy cream
Instructions
Prep pork chops
- Season pork chops with salt, pepper and Italian seasoning on both sides.
- Cover and leave chops at room temperature to absorb seasonings for at least 30 minutes. This would also allow them too retain moisture when cooking.
Brown the apples
- While the pork chops are absorbing the seasoning, cook the apples. Slice each apple into 12 wedges.
- Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a wide skillet and raise heat to medium-high.
- Add apple wedges in one layer and brown gently on one side, about 2 minutes.
- Brown on the other side and cook for 2 minutes more, or until apples are cooked through but still firm. Remove apples from pan and keep warm.
Cook pork chops
- Heat the oil and 1 tablespoon butter to pan and swirl to melt.
- Place pork chops in pan and brown for about 4 minutes per side. Adjust heat if necessary to keep pork from cooking too quickly.
- Remove chops and keep warm on a platter in a low oven.
Make apple cider cream sauce
- Turn the heat to low, add butter, then add the chopped onion, saute until tender for about 5-7 minutes, then add the minced garlic and thyme leaves and cook for a minute longer. Then deglaze the pan with wine.
- Add the flour and stir to incorporate the flour into the fat and liquid to create a paste.
- Add apple cider to pan, raise heat to high and cook down a bit.
- Add chicken stock and heavy cream, and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Dish assembly
- Return the pork chops to the pan and add the fried apples. Reheat on low heat.
Recipe details
Perfectly cooked: When cooked right, a pork chop can be a juicy and flavorful main course, either as a quick and easy weeknight supper or a nice holiday dinner. In this fall recipe, the pork chops are moist, juicy and flavored with Italian seasoning.
Fresh apples: Pork chops go so well with cooked apples and the most delicious creamy apple cider sauce. With all the apples out there this time of the year, it's really easy to make something so tasty.
Apple cider: The apple cider does provide some major savory flavoring power to the pork chops! Definitely company pleasing and holiday worthy but family friendly and everyday easy!
How to make apple cider pork chops
Prepare the chops: First things first, season the pork chops with salt, pepper and Italian seasoning on both sides and let them rest for about 30 minutes. Why? To allow them to warm up a bit which would prevent them from drying out when cooking. The salt will add extra moisture as well. No-one likes dry chops.
Prepare the apples: While the pork chops are absorbing the seasoning and salt, let's prepare the apples. You will need two apples. Slice each apple into 12 wedges. Now melt butter in the preheated pan and add the apple wedges to the pan in one layer. Brown gently on each side for 2 minutes per side.
Remove cooked apples from the pan and add olive oil and more butter.
Cook pork chops: Next place pork chops in the pan and brown them on each side for about 4 minutes per side.
Once cooked, remove pork chops and keep them in the warm oven on a platter while making the sauce.
What's in the pork chop sauce?
Onion and garlic: To make the amazing sauce for pork chops, you will start by sautéing onion and garlic. Also, add thyme leaves at this point. Then deglaze with wine and add flour to create paste that will thicken the sauce down the road. Don't add more than 2 tablespoons of flour.
Apple cider: Next add apple cider and cook it down a bit on medium heat.
Chicken stock and heavy cream: Once the cider has reduced, add chicken stock and heavy cream to the pan and bring to a simmering point.
Salt generously with salt and pepper.
Now return chops and apples to the pan, reheat slightly and serve!
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Enjoy!
Kat says
I reduced the stars based on the cook time. I’m a very organized cook, so always have all my ingredients out before I start. I started gathering and cooking at 6 and dinner was ready at 7:30.
That said the flavor was very excellent and the pork chops were super tender.
Olya says
Great to hear Kat!!!
Mary says
I tried this recipe today and followed the directions exactly as written. The steps were clear and extremely helpful. It turned out exactly as the photo and it tasted absolutely amazing! My husband and I both loved it. The pork chops were tender, the spices were perfect and the apples with a bite of PC and sauce was heavenly! I highly recommend this recipe if you like Pork Chops. Yummy!
Olya says
What a great compliment - thank you!