Molasses-Glazed Pork Chops and Sweet Potatoes with Red Cabbage Slaw

Name: Molasses-Glazed Pork Chops and Sweet Potatoes with Red Cabbage Slaw
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds, sweet potatoes, unpeeled, sliced 1⁄2 inch thick; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 2 1/4 teaspoons, table salt, divided; 1 3/4 teaspoons, pepper, divided; 1/3 cup, molasses; 5 tablespoons, cider vinegar, divided; 1/2 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1/2 head, red cabbage, halved, cored, and sliced thin (6 cups); 1/2 cup, dry-roasted peanuts, chopped; 3 tablespoons, chopped fresh cilantro; 4 (6- to 8-ounce), boneless pork chop, 3⁄4 to 1 inch thick, trimmed

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2022

A molasses and cider vinegar mixture does double duty as a glaze for grilled pork chops and sweet potatoes and a dressing for a red cabbage slaw.

SERVES4

TIME1¼ hours

Molasses-Glazed Pork Chops and Sweet Potatoes with Red Cabbage Slaw

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Quickly simmering the glaze reduced it to a thicker, stickier consistency that clung to the pork chops and potatoes.

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