Apple Cider Pork chops

Dinner dinner dinner! Ring ring ring! Come and get it! Okay, that’s enough. You get the gist of it, we’re not making cookies today. We’re making Pork Chops! This came out of a moment of hunger and desperation. You know those moments. You find yourself staring into a near empty fridge, trying to decide what to make for dinner. What? All I have is a package of pork chops and a gallon of apple cider? BAH!

Luckily it all turned out okay. Apple cider makes me happy. This is why I am such a happy person in the fall. Okay, maybe it also has to do with the tons of Halloween candy I eat or the fact that I’m a fall baby and I get birthday cake. I am also that one person that orders a Caramel Apple Cider from Starbucks, in July. Reducing the apple cider deepens all the tangy, apply flavors. If you happened to make some of my cranberry chutney earlier in the week, then that would also be amazing paired with this reduction.

Apple Cider Pork chops

3 pork chops
Flour
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp butter
½ cup apple cider
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
¼ cup cranberry chutney to serve

Heat olive oil and butter in a saucepan to medium-high. Coat pork chops in flour and shake off excess. Cook chops in oil and butter for about three minutes per side. Remove to a separate plate.

Add additional butter, apple cider and balsamic vinegar. Allow to reduce to about ¼ cup. Return pork chops to the pan and cook for an additional 4-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.