Healthy & Delicious: Pork Chops With Tomatillo And Green Apple Sauce Recipe

• 1-1/2 tablespoons ground coriander
• 1-1/2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt (readers suggest cutting salt)
• 1/2 to 3/2 teaspoons black pepper
• 1-1/2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 4 (3/4- to 1-inch-thick) center cut pork chops (about 4-oz each), trimmed of visible fat
• 1/2 lb fresh tomatillos (about 5), husks discarded and tomatillos rinsed
• 2 Granny Smith apples
• 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro sprigs
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 cup apple juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon mild honey
• 1 teaspoon minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo

1. Preheat oven to 450u0b0F. Cover a roasting pan with aluminum foil and coat with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. Mix coriander, cumin, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Add oil and combine. Rub mixture on chops, and let sit while making sauce.
3. In a medium saucepan, simmer tomatillos in 3 cups water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until tomatillos are soft. Drain and let cool for 15 minutes.
4. While tomatillos are cooling, peel apples, core them, and cut into 1/4-inch cubes. Set aside.
5. Remove any stems from cooled tomatillos. Then, in food processor, combine cilantro, garlic, cumin, apple juice, lime juice, honey, chipotles, and tomatillos, and puree. Place in a bowl with apples and stir until combined.
6. Heat remaining 1/2 tablespoon olive oil in a large pan over high heat. Sear pork chops 3 minutes on either side. Transfer chops to roasting pan and bake in oven 8 to 10 minutes, or until inner temperature has hit 150u0b0F. When finished cooking, remove chops, and let sit 5 minutes. Serve with Apple Tomatillo Sauce.

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Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/11/healthy-delicious-pork-chops-with-tomatillo-and-green-apple-sauce-recipe.html (may not work)