OK I was a bit skeptical myself, but this sauce is so savory despite the 4 tablespoons of brown sugar that it takes on a life of it's own!!! I used a combination of some fresh and dried herbs. The pork chops are given a quick browning in the pan and then finishes cooking in the oven
Ingredients:
4 boneless pork chops
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. fresh cracked pepper
a dash of cayenne pepper
flour for dredging
1 cup fresh blueberries
4 T brown sugar
1 tsp. fresh parsley, minced
1 tsp. fresh sage, minced
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. Balsamic vinegar
Season the chops with the garlic powder, pepper and cayenne pepper and then dredged the chops in the flour. Set aside. Heat olive oil in an oven safe pan, (I used olive oil infused with garlic and rosemary but plain is fine too) and add the chops, cooking about 4 minutes on each side until they turn brown. Place the entire pan in the oven heated to 350 degrees F. Cook for roughly 10 minutes or until the inner temperature of the chops reached 170 degrees F.
In the meantime mix together the next six ingredients. Once the pan is removed from the oven move the chops to a plate and cover them with tin foil. Add the blueberry mixture to the hot pan and heat on the stove top. Cook until he blueberries begin to break down. Take any juice that has drained from the pork chops on the plate and pour into the blueberry mixture. Cook for about 3 more minutes. Remove from the heat and serve immediately with your chops!!!
Enjoy!!!
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BAKED PORK CHOPS WITH A SAVORY BLUEBERRY SAUCE
