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Pork Chops & Cauliflower Grits

13

Points®

Total time: 45 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 30 min • Serves: 2 • Difficulty: Easy

We serve these pork chops with a heavy drizzle of redeye gravy, a classic Southern sauce made with coffee and meant help wake up those tired red eyes in the morning. Ours is made mostly of coffee flavored with a touch of butter and sugar. To help lighten this rich breakfast (or dinner), we make the grits with cauliflower rice. A bit of low-fat cream cheese turns them into deliciously creamy “grits.”

Pork chops & cauliflower grits
Pork chops & cauliflower grits

Ingredients

Unsalted chicken broth

1.25 cup(s)

Bay leaf

1 leaf/leaves

Garlic clove

1 clove(s)

Uncooked lean bone-in center rib pork chop or roast

12 oz

All-purpose flour

1 Tbsp

Kosher salt

1 tsp

Black pepper

0.5 tsp

Unsalted butter

1 Tbsp

Black coffee

1 cup(s)

Unpacked brown sugar

1 tsp

Cauliflower

3 cup(s), chopped

Low fat cream cheese

2 oz

Instructions

1

In medium saucepan, bring 1 cup broth, bay leaf, and garlic to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat. Simmer broth until flavors infuse, 5 to 10 minutes.

2

While broth is simmering, pat pork chops dry with paper towel. Sprinkle flour on both sides of meat, then press to adhere flour. Season both sides with salt and black pepper.

3

In medium skillet, melt 1⁄2 tbsp butter over medium heat and swirl to coat pan. Add pork chops and cook until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to plate. Add coffee and remaining 1⁄4 cup broth to pan and stir, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan. Add remaining 1⁄2 tbsp butter and sugar and stir until melted. Return pork chops with any juices to gravy in pan. Reduce heat to low. Cover with lid slightly ajar and cook, stirring occasionally, until gravy thickens and pork chops are cooked through, 12 to 15 minutes.

4

Meanwhile, add cauliflower to simmering broth and increase heat to high. Cook cauliflower until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain cauliflower. Discard bay leaf and return cauliflower to saucepan. Off heat, add cream cheese and stir until melted. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Serve pork chops and gravy with cauliflower.

5

Serving size: 1 pork chop and 1⁄2 cup cauliflower grits

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