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:

  1. Prepare pork by cutting a slit in the chops; salt and pepper the inside of the chop.
  2. In a nonstick skillet, melt the margarine and sauté the onions and celery until tender.
  3. Add the apples and toss together with the onions, celery and margarine until the apples begin to release some of their juices.
  4. Toss together with the bread cubes and parsley.
  5. If it seems too dry add a small amount of chicken broth.
  6. Stuff each chop with ¼ to ½ cup stuffing.
  7. Salt and pepper the exterior of the chops.
  8. Sear the stuffed chops in the skillet and place on top of any remaining stuffing in a greased glass baking dish.
  9. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees until the pork’s internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.
  10. 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!