Glazed pork chops with canned fruit
A quick weeknight main that turns canned fruit into a bright, tangy glaze for pork. The natural sweetness and acidity of the peaches, cherries, and mandarin oranges build a sauce that needs no second thought, just one pan and twenty minutes.
About 500 calories a serving, 26 g protein, 46 g carbohydrate, 25 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 2, 1-inch thick pork chops
From your shelf
- 1 cup Dole diced peaches
- 3/4 cup Dole cherry mixed fruit
- 1/2 cup Dole mandarin oranges
Staples
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Pat two pork chops dry with paper towels and season both sides with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high until shimmering. Lay the chops in the pan and sear until the undersides brown, about 3 minutes.
- Flip the chops, sear the other side for 2 minutes, then move them to the side of the pan. Pour 1 cup diced peaches with their liquid into the cleared space and let it reduce while the chops finish cooking, about 2 more minutes.
- Add 3/4 cup cherry mixed fruit and 1/2 cup mandarin oranges with their liquid to the pan. Stir and let the whole thing simmer for 3 minutes while the fruit softens and the flavors meld with the meat drippings.
- Stir in 1 tablespoon butter to gloss the sauce. Taste and add a pinch more salt and pepper if needed. The chops are done when an instant-read thermometer reads 145 degrees F [63 degrees C] at the thickest part.
- Divide the chops between two plates and spoon the glossy fruit glaze over and around them. Serve at once.
Note Swap chicken breasts or thighs for pork; extend the sear by a minute on each side for chicken. The glaze keeps for three days refrigerated and reheats gently in a covered skillet. Serve with rice or crusty bread to catch every drop of the sauce, or add a green salad on the side.
On the label
DICED PEACHES - PEACHES, WATER, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C) TO PROMOTE COLOR RETENTION, STEVIA EXTRACT,CHERRY MIXED FRUIT - WATER, PINEAPPLE, PEACHES, PEARS, CHERRIES (RED #3 COLOR), NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C) TO PROMOTE COLOR RETENTION, STEVIA EXTRACT,MANDARIN ORANGES - MANDARIN ORANGES, WATER, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C) TO PROMOTE COLOR RETENTION, STEVIA EXTRACT
Dole, pre-packaged fruit & vegetables, serving 113 GRM, package 48 oz. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as oranges, peaches, cherries. Half of it left? Use up the oranges.