Pork chops with fig sauce and Parmesan green beans
3
Points®
Total time: 18 min • Prep: 6 min • Cook: 12 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
This gorgeous-looking, satisfying, and hearty dinner comes together in under 20 minutes and is perfect to make on any weeknight. It features pan-seared pork chops, a sauce made up of onions, chicken broth, and fig jam, and crisp-tender green beans tossed with Parmesan cheese. All you have to do is arrange those gorgeous-looking beans on a platter, arrange the juicy pork chops on top, and pour that delicious sauce over everything. The fig jam gives this sauce a sweet, complex flavor that's simply irresistible. Look for it in large supermarkets and specialty food markets if you've never used it before.
Ingredients
Uncooked lean boneless pork chop
16 oz, 4 (1/4-pound chops), center-cut, trimmed
Table salt
¾ tsp
Black pepper
½ tsp
Olive oil
2 tsp
Uncooked onion
¼ cup(s), chopped, finely chopped
Reduced sodium chicken broth
¼ cup(s)
Jam
2 Tbsp, fig variety
Water
½ cup(s)
Uncooked string beans
1 pound(s), pre-trimmed
Grated Parmesan cheese
2 Tbsp
Instructions
1
Sprinkle pork with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Heat oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook, turning once, until instant-read thermometer inserted into sides of chops registers 145°F, about 6 minutes. Transfer to plate and keep warm.
2
To make sauce, reduce heat to medium. Add onion to skillet and cook, stirring constantly, until onion is golden, about 1 minute. Add broth and jam to skillet. Cook, stirring to scrape up browned bits on bottom of skillet, until jam is melted, 1–2 minutes.
3
Meanwhile, bring water to boil in large skillet. Add green beans and cook, covered, just until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and toss with Parmesan, remaining ¼ teaspoon salt, and remaining ¼ teaspoon pepper. Place green beans on serving platter. Top with chops and spoon sauce over chops.
4
Serving size: 1 pork chop, 1 tablespoon sauce, and 1 cup green beans
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