Ingredients

  • 23 cup orange marmalade
  • 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
  • 12 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 12 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
  • 2 medium dark-orange sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch slices
  • 34 cup original Bisquick baking mix
  • 14 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce or 2 tablespoons water
  • 4 boneless pork loin chops, 1/2 inch thick (1 lb)

Method

  • Heat oven to 350F In medium bowl, mix marmalade, butter, cinnamon and ginger.
  • Stir in cranberries and sweet potatoes; set aside.
  • In shallow dish, mix Bisquick mix and red pepper.
  • In another shallow dish, place soy sauce.
  • Dip pork into soy sauce, then coat with Bisquick mixture.
  • Spray 10-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat.
  • Cook pork in skillet 6 to 8 minutes, turning once, until coating is brown.
  • Place pork in ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish.
  • Arrange sweet potato mixture around pork.
  • Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender and pork is no longer pink in center.
  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): In step 2, cook pork 4 to 6 minutes.
  • In step 3, bake 45 to 50 minutes.
  • Time-Saver.
  • Looking for a shortcut?
  • Use a 17- or 18-ounce can of vacuum-packed sweet potatoes, cut crosswise in half, for the fresh sweet potatoes.
  • Substitution.
  • Use dried cherries or raisins instead of the cranberries.
  • Success.
  • Follow cook times for pork carefully.
  • Today's pork is lean and requires shorter cooking times.
  • Overcooking pork will make it tough.