Pork Chops & Cauliflower Grits
7
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.”


Ingredients
Unsalted chicken broth
1¼ cup(s), divided
Bay leaf
1 leaf/leaves
Garlic clove
1 clove(s), peeled and smashed
Uncooked bone-in lean and trimmed center pork rib chop
12 oz, two 6-oz chops
All-purpose flour
1 Tbsp
Kosher salt
1 tsp, or more to taste
Black pepper
½ tsp, or more to taste
Unsalted butter
1 Tbsp, divided
Black coffee
1 cup(s)
Unpacked brown sugar
1 tsp
Cauliflower
3 cup(s), chopped, grated (from 1⁄2 medium head)
Low fat cream cheese
2 oz, (Neufchâtel), cut into pieces
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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