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Pork Chops with Apples and Fennel Seed
This play on the classic pairing of pork chops and applesauce gets a big flavor boost from ground fennel, whole-grain mustard and a generous dose of butter. To grind the fennel seeds, use a mortar with a pestle or pulse them in an electric spice grinder. If you can find ground fennel at the grocery store, feel free to use it—you’ll need 5 teaspoons. Serve the chops with mashed or roasted potatoes.
4
Servings
25 minutes
Ingredients
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5
teaspoons fennel seeds, ground (see note), divided
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Kosher salt and ground black pepper
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January 15, 2024
Great Pork Chop Recipe
Not a huge fan of pork chops but this recipe is amazing. I only had boneless chops on hand, used half the amount of apples, unsalted butter and 3 tsp of salt. I don't usually modify a recipe on the first time around but I left the mustard on the side in an attempt to please picky eaters. Topped with rosemary and served over mashed potatoes. Next time I will add the mustard to the apples and the kids can have hotdogs for dinner.
August 21, 2023
Best Pork Chop & Apple “Sauce”. Ever.
My husband is not a fan for mixing fruit with meat (who grew up in MI with leathery pork chops & applesauce), but this recipe made him a convert. This is a wonderful marriage of strong fennel aromatic / flavor combo with the cider tang and mustard zing (made using the ATK Whole-Grain Mustard recipe — a real sinus-clearer). We only had Envy apples on-hand, but they held up as a solid substitute for the Granny Smith & not too sweet. Only feedback to change for next time is to reduce the Kosher salt as the chops were a little too salty (I did use all the dry rub on the chops).
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New favorite pork chop recipe! I didn’t have apple cider, so I used water with about a Tbsp of brown sugar instead.