Stuffed Pork Chops

Dear Readers,

Have you ever tried stuffing a pork chop? It's very easy and brings an additional depth of flavor and texture to the dish. My focus for this dish was apples and raisins. I made a simple stuffing with a light apple gravy. Hope you enjoy the recipe!


Ingredients:
For Stuffing

1 stalk celery (cut into small dice)
1/4 cup onion (small dice)
1/4 cup Gala apple (peeled and cut into small dice)
1/4 cut yellow raisins
1 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 1/3 cup chicken broth
4 cups stuffing cubes

Directions:

1- In a pan add the oil, onion, and celery. Cook for 3 mins making sure the vegetables become slightly translucent. Add the apples and raisins and stir.
2- Add in the chicken broth and bring to a boil.
3- Add in the stuffing cubes, mix, and then take off the heat. Stir and let it sit for 5 mins with the lid on.
4- Fluff with fork. Set aside

Ingredients:
Stuffing Pork Chops

4 pork loin chops, center cut, 1-1.5 inch thick
1 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Stuffing Mixture
Freshly ground black pepper
Salt

Directions:

1- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2- Cut a 1.5 inch slit into the middle of the pork chop. Sprinkle the inside with alittle salt and pepper.
3- Scoop about 1/4 cup of stuffing mixture into the middle on the pork chop. Sprinkle the outside with salt and pepper on both sides.
4- In a pan add olive oil and place the pork chop in the pan. Cook on medium heat, about 4 minutes on each side. Make sure you get a golden crust.
5- After both sides are browned place on an oven safe dish and cook for 23 minutes in the oven.
6- Let it rest for 5 minutes.

Ingredients:
Apple Gravy

1/2 Gala apple (peeled and thinly sliced)
1/4 cup onion (diced)
1 cup chicken broth
1 cup apple cider
1 sprig fresh thyme
1 tsp flour
pepper
salt


Directions:

1- Using the pan from browning the pork chops, add the olive oil, onion and apple. Stir and cook for 3 minutes. Add the chicken broth and cider mix really well and bring to a simmer.
2-Using a whisk continuously mix the gravy until smooth and all the bits from the bottom are well incorporated. Add the sprig of thyme and sprinkle the flour slowly into the gravy. Whisk really well and bring to a boil. Cook for 6 minutes or until the liquid begins to thicken. Add pepper and salt.
3-Drizzle the apple gravy over the pork making sure each piece of meat also has apples on top.