Pork Chops With Apricot Sauce
- 4 center-cut pork chops
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup apricot jam, strained
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mist a baking dish with cooking spray.
- Season pork chops with salt and pepper.
- Warm oil in a lare skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking.
- Add chops and cook until nicely browned, about 3 minutes per side.
- Transfer chops to prepared baking dish and cook through in oven, 10 to 20 minutes, depending on how thick the chops are.
- Pour off fat from skillet and add chicken broth.
- Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring with a wooden spoon or heatproof spatula to pick up any browned bits on bottom of skillet.
- Boil rapidly until liquid is reduced by half, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add apricot jam and bring mixture back to a boil.
- Cook sauce, stirring, until thick and syrupy, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in mustard.
- Lower heat on stove to medium and returned cooked pork chops to skillet along with any accumulated juices in baking dish.
- Turn pork chops several times in sauce to coat.
- Spoon remaining sauce over chops and serve hot.
center, salt, pepper, vegetable oil, chicken broth, apricot, mustard
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pork-chops-with-apricot-sauce-359412 (may not work)