Sauteed Pork Chops With Sweet-And-Sour Red Cabbage

• 6 bacon slices, chopped
• 1 to 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 small red cabbage (1 3/4 lb), halved lengthwise, cored, and sliced 1/4 inch thick
• 1/4 cup red-wine vinegar
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 (1-inch-thick) bone-in rib pork chops (2 1/2 to 3 lb total)
• an instant-read thermometer

1. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450u0b0F.
2. Cook bacon in a 4- to 5-quart wide heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, and transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Measure fat and, if less than 2 tablespoons, add enough vegetable oil to bring total to 2 tablespoons. Heat fat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook onion, stirring occasionally, until it begins to turn golden, about 2 minutes. Add cabbage and turn with tongs until coated with fat. Stir in red-wine vinegar, water, sugar, caraway seeds, 3/4teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and braise cabbage over moderately low heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 25 to 35 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, pat 2 pork chops dry and sprinkle both sides with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper (total). Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown seasoned chops, turning over once, 5 minutes total, and transfer to a shallow baking pan (1 inch deep). Season remaining 2 chops and brown in oil remaining in skillet in same manner, transferring to baking pan. Roast chops in oven until thermometer inserted horizontally 2 inches into center of a chop (do not touch bone) registers 145u0b0F, 5 to 8 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, stir half of bacon into cabbage, then finely chop remaining bacon for sprinkling.
5. Let chops stand in pan, loosely covered with foil, 5 minutes. Serve chops over cabbage, with any pan juices spooned over and sprinkled with bacon.

bacon, vegetable oil, onion, red cabbage, redwine vinegar, water, sugar, caraway seeds, salt, black pepper, pork chops, thermometer

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sauteed-pork-chops-with-sweet-and-sour-red-cabbage-235750 (may not work)