Skillet Apple Pork Chops with Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Zucchini

Serve

1. 🥄Serves 2

Prepare

1. 🔥1.
2. 🧂Adjust racks to top and middle positions and preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Steps

1. 🧂Wash and dry all produce.
2. 🍳Dice sweet potatoes into 1/2-inch pieces.
3. 🫇Toss on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper.

Cook

1. 🍳Roast on top rack for 12 minutes (we'll roast the zucchini then).

Steps

1. 🫇2.

Prepare

1. 🍽️Meanwhile, halve and core apple; thinly slice into half-moons.
2. 🌿Peel and finely chop garlic.

Steps

1. 🌿Quarter lemon.

Prepare

1. ✨Trim and halve zucchini lengthwise; cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick half-moons.

Steps

1. 🥄Toss on a second baking sheet with a drizzle of oil and a pinch of salt and pepper.
2. 🔥Set aside.
3. 🧂3.

Prepare

1. 🔥Pat pork dry with paper towels and season all over with salt and pepper.

Steps

1. 🧂Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat.

Cook

1. 🍳Add pork and cook until browned and cooked through, 4-5 minutes per side.

Serve

1. 🫇Turn off heat; transfer to a plate.

Steps

1. 🍽️4.

Cook

1. 🌿Once sweet potatoes have roasted 12 minutes, transfer baking sheet with zucchini to middle rack and continue roasting until both veggies are browned and softened, 12-15 minutes more.

Steps

1. ✨5.
2. 🥄Meanwhile, melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in pan used for pork over medium-high heat.

Prepare

1. 🥄Add apple and season with salt and pepper.

Cook

1. 🔥Cook, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan, until apple is slightly softened, 2-3 minutes.
2. 🧂Add garlic; cook until fragrant, 30 seconds.

Steps

1. 🧂Add 1/z cup water (3/4 cup for 4), stock concentrate, and 11/2 tsp sugar (3 tsp for 4).

Cook

1. 🍳Cook, stirring, until sauce has thickened and apple is very tender, 3-5 minutes.

Prepare

1. 🫇Season with salt and pepper.

Steps

1. 🍽️6.
2. 🌿Remove pan with apple from heat; stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Serve

1. 🌿Divide pork, zucchini, and sweet potatoes between plates.

Steps

1. ✨Top pork with glazed apple sauce.
2. 🥄Top zucchini with a squeeze of lemon juice.