Skillet Pork Chops with Apples and Maple-Sage Butter

Hey, it's a 30 minute recipe card that actually comes together in 30 minutes on the first try! Tasty, too.

Ingredients

• 60mL unsalted butter, softened
• 30mL unsalted butter
• 30mL maple syrup
• 15mL minced fresh sage
• salt and pepper
• 4 ~200g boneless pork chops
• 2 granny smith apples, cored and cut into wedges
• 1 onion, halved and sliced thin
• 15mL red wine vinegar

Procedure

1. Combine softened butter, 15mL of the maple syrup, and the sage in a small bowl. Set aside.
2. Melt 15mL of the remaining butter in a large skillet over medium high heat.
3. Season pork chops with salt and pepper. Cook in the skillet until cooked through and browned on both sides, ~5 minutes per side. Remove from the skillet.
4. Add butter as needed to get ~15mL of butter and/or pork fat in the skillet -- if your pork chops are particularly fatty you may need to drain some off instead, but ours were quite lean.
5. Add the apples, onion, and ~4mL salt and cook, covered, until softened, ~6 minutes.
6. Stir in the vinegar and remaining maple syrup and cook, uncovered, until the apples start to brown, 2-4 minutes.
7. Stir accumulated pork juices into the apple-onion mixture, remove from heat, and serve alongside the pork chops. Top the pork chops with the maple-sage butter.