dinner!
See post here.
Finished product: Boneless pork chops in applesauce "gravy," garlic & chive mashed potatoes, vegetable medley and crescent rolls.
RECIPE:
I had bought a pork loin on sale several weeks ago, and had it sliced into boneless chops, and brought it home and froze it in several meal-size packages. Got one of those out to thaw in the fridge a couple of days ago, and it was ready to cook tonight.
The chops were VERY lean, as in trimmed of all fat, so I drizzled a little olive oil onto a heated, heavy pan, then browned the chops on both sides. Once that was done, I removed them to a casserole dish.
Go back to the pan, still on the stove, with the leftover olive oil and pork bits. Add about twice as much minced garlic as you would if you were working with fresh garlic, to taste, and brown it. Add water that's already hot (I heated mine to almost boiling in the microwave, because I don't cook with water from the hot-water tap, and neither should you, bleccch), say about 1 cup per pound of meat. Then, sprinkle in some flour, at a ratio of about 1/3 as much flour as water. Cook at a low boil, stirring, until it thickens up, then add about a heaping cup of applesauce per pound of meat, and a splash of balsamic vinegar (lemon juice would also work fine). Cook that down just a bit, a few minutes, then pour the mixture over the pork chops in the casserole dish. Add cinnamon if you like. Bake at a low temp, about 350 degrees F, uncovered, for an hour.
The side items are all pretty much prepared and straightforward, but are detailed in this post. Good eatin'!