Apple Stuffed Pork Chops
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2+ cups of diced apples (2 to 3 large, tart apples such as Granny Smith, Braeburn, or McIntosh or a blend of tart apples)
- 1 large, yellow onion (diced medium to fine)
- 1 rib celery (diced medium to fine)
- 1 T fresh or 2 T dried Parsley, minced fine
- 3T Margarine or Butter
- 12 slices of French bread cubed and toasted lightly
- 6 Iowa Chops or America’s Cut, or one 4-pound boneless pork loin sliced to become one large sheet of pork
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
Directions:
- Prepare pork by cutting a slit in the chops; salt and pepper the inside of the chop.
- In a nonstick skillet, melt the margarine and sauté the onions and celery until tender.
- Add the apples and toss together with the onions, celery and margarine until the apples begin to release some of their juices.
- Toss together with the bread cubes and parsley.
- If it seems too dry add a small amount of chicken broth.
- Stuff each chop with ¼ to ½ cup stuffing.
- Salt and pepper the exterior of the chops.
- Sear the stuffed chops in the skillet and place on top of any remaining stuffing in a greased glass baking dish.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees until the pork’s internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.
- If preparing a loin roast, spread stuffing across the filleted roast and roll the roast back up. Tie with cooking string and sear outside of roll before baking in a foil covered baking dish.
COOK’S NOTE: Stuffing can be made the day ahead, but don’t stuff the chops until you are ready to cook. Enjoy!