Best Easy Pork Chop SautÉ With Cranberries Recipes

EASY PORK CHOP SAUTE WITH CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Mix thyme and 1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a small bowl. Sprinkle both sides of pork chops with the thyme mixture.
• Stir cranberry juice and 2 1/2 tablespoons honey in a 1-cup glass measure until well blended.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking.
• Add the chops and cook until browned on both sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side.
• Push the chops to one side of the pan, add onion to the empty half and cook, stirring, until the onion is soft and beginning to brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour half the juice mixture into the pan.
• Add cranberries.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook, turning the chops occasionally, until cooked through, 2 to 4 minutes.
• Transfer the chops to a serving plate and tent with foil to keep warm. Add the remaining juice mixture to the pan.
• Increase heat to high and cook until the mixtures reduces to form a syrupy sauce, about 2 minutes.
• Season with the remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper and up to an additional 1/2 tablespoon honey to taste.
• Spoon the sauce over the chops.
• *Tip.
• Tip: To make quick work of chopping cranberries, place whole berries in a food processor and pulse a few times until the berries are coarsely chopped.

CRANBERRY PORK CHOPS II

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown chops slowly in oil; drain.
• Add cranberries, sugar, salt and pepper to chops with 1/2 cup water to start. Bring to boil; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for about 45 minutes or until tender but not dry. Add water if necessary to keep chops from drying out.

EASY PORK CHOPS WITH CRANBERRY PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
• Season the pork chops with salt, pepper and garlic powder, and saute until browned and cooked through (about 5-6 minutes on each side).
• Transfer the chops to a plate.
• Add in wine to the same skillet; bring to a simmer, scraping any browned bits in the bottom of the pan.
• Stir in cranberry sauce, shallots and fresh thyme; reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until slightly reduced, stirring occasionally about 3-4 minutes).
• Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
• Return pork and any of the juices from the plate into the skillet; cook until heated through (about 1 minute).
• Transfer the chops to a plate.
• Spoon the sauce over the pork.

GRILLED PORK CHOPS FILLED WITH SUNDRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut a pocket into the side of each pork chop going 3/4 of the way through. Season chop with salt and pepper and stuff the pocket with the cranberry filling.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium oven-proof saute pan over high heat. Add the pork chops and sear on both sides. Add 1 cup chicken cranberry sauce. Place the pan in the oven and roast until the meat is firm to the touch, about 8 to 10 minutes. Spoon the chicken-cranberry sauce on a plate and top with pork chops. Garnish with dried cranberries and toasted pine nuts.
• Place the cranberries in a medium bowl and cover with boiling water, let sit 30 minutes to rehydrate. Drain and reserve soaking liquid. Place cranberries and remaining ingredients in a food processor with a 1/4 cup of the soaking liquid and process until smooth. Pass through a fina strainer. Season with salt.
• Place chicken stock in a nonreactive medium saucepan over high heat and cook until reduced to 2 cups. Add, wines, cranberry juice, brown sugar, peppercorns and chipotle puree and continue cooking until thickened to a sauce consistency. Season with salt.

PORK CHOPS WITH CRANBERRY SAUCE & STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Prepare stuffing as directed on package.
• Spread cranberry sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with chops and stuffing. Cover.
• Bake 30 to 35 min. or until chops are done (145ºF), uncovering after 25 min. Remove from oven. Let stand 3 min. before serving.

PORK CHOPS WITH CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chops on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Peel the orange and cut it crosswise into 4 slices of equal thickness. Cut each slice into 8 equal-size pieces. Put the cranberries and orange pieces into the container of a food processor or electric blender and blend well but coarsely. There should be about 1 1/2 cups.
• Dredge the chops on both sides in flour and shake off excess.
• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet large enough to hold the chops in one layer. When the oil is quite hot add the chops and cook until nicely brown on one side, about 8 minutes. Turn the chops and cook until browned on the other side, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat. Cover and simmer 12 minutes.
• Transfer the chops to a warm serving platter and pour off the fat from the skillet.
• Add 1 tablespoon of the butter to the skillet and when it is melted add the onion. Cook, stirring, until wilted. Add the brown sugar and stir to dissolve. Add the vinegar and tomato paste and stir until blended. Add the cranberry and orange mixture and the broth. Stir to blend. Add any liquid that has accumulated around the chops. Let simmer about 1 minute. Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter. Pour the sauce over the chops and sprinkle with parsley.

CRANBERRY-STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• In a small nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute the onion, pecans and garlic in butter until onion is tender. Stir in the stuffing mix, cranberries and water. Remove from the heat., Carefully cut a pocket in each pork chop; stuff with cranberry mixture. Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 22-28 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Brush with jelly.