Caramel Apple Pork Chops - apple juice

Method

• Note that the recipe requires at least 1 hour of marinating so plan ahead.
• 1.
• In a large bowl, combine apple juice and soy sauce.
• Add the pork chops and flip to coat them.
• Brine them in the refrigerator overnight or for at least 1 hour.
• 2.
• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• 3.
• Melt butter in a medium size skillet over medium heat.
• Add sugar, salt, black pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• Add apples, cover and cook until the apples are just tender (mine only took a minute or two).
• 4.
• Remove the cover.
• Cook the sauce until slightly thickened.
• Place the pork chops into a casserole dish in a single layer.
• Pour the sauce over the pork chops.
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until the pork chops are cooked through.
• Enjoy!
• This meal is great with a nice vegetable like green beans and some fresh bread.
• Notes: 1.
• I brine my pork chops in the apple juice and soy sauce to help make them extra juicy.
• This step is optional, but I feel it makes the pork chops extra tender.
• 2.
• I used 1/2-inch thick pork chops because this is what they had at the store.
• These are thin and cook fast, therefore they only needed 20 minutes of cook time.
• Feel free to use 3/4-inch to 1-inch thick pork chops and adjust the cooking time to 40-45 minutes.
• 3.
• I cut the apple into cubes, but feel free to thinly slice instead.
• 4.
• Adapted from a similarly titled recipe on Allrecipes.com.