Pork Chops with Bourbon-Apple Pan Sauce

Name: Pork Chops with Bourbon-Apple Pan Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 , bone-in rib or center-cut pork chops, about 1-inch thick (see image below); , Salt and pepper; 1 tablespoon, brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 1/2 cup, orange juice; 1/3 cup, bourbon; 1/4 cup, apple butter; 2 teaspoons, cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon, minced fresh thyme

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2010

Main Courses

Pork

Weeknight

With the right sauce, pork chops can be more than just another weeknight timesaver.

SERVES4

TIME30 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To prevent the chops in our Pork Chops with Bourbon-Apple Pan Sauce from curling as they cooked, we cut two slits about 2 inches apart through the fat and connective tissue around the outside of each chop. Developing the sauce in the same s...

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