Cherry & Dennis Recipes
Baked Apple Mustard Pork Chops
蘋果芥末焗豬扒
Recipe overview
Baked Apple Mustard Pork Chops is a practical Western family dish for a Hong Kong home kitchen, using supermarket ingredients and twelve reliable steps for four servings.
01
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 600 g boneless pork chops (about 4, patted dry)
- 2 piece apples (cored and thickly sliced)
- 1 piece onion (diced)
Seasoning and sauce
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 180 ml chicken stock (low-sodium)
- 1 tsp thyme (dried)
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper (ground)
02
Tools
- knife
- cutting board
- frying pan
- tongs
- small bowl
- measuring cup
- measuring spoons
- baking dish
- oven
- oven mitts
03
Steps
Step 1
Preheat the oven
Preheat the oven to 200°C and prepare a roughly 23 cm baking dish.
Step 2
Dry the pork chops
Pat the pork chops dry and season both sides with salt and black pepper.
Step 3
Slice apple and onion
Core and thickly slice the apples; cut the onion into thin wedges.
Step 4
Mix the mustard sauce
Whisk Dijon mustard, chicken stock, and thyme together in a small bowl.
Step 5
Sear the first side
Heat half the oil and sear the first side of the pork chops over medium-high heat for 2 minutes.
Step 6
Sear the second side
Turn and sear for another 2 minutes until lightly golden, then move to the baking dish.
Step 7
Cook apple and onion
Add the remaining oil, apples, and onion to the same pan and cook for 5 minutes until slightly softened.
Step 8
Add the mustard sauce
Pour in the mustard sauce, scrape up the pan juices, and boil for 1 minute.
Step 9
Cover the pork chops
Spoon the apples, onion, and mustard sauce evenly over the pork chops.
Step 10
Bake until cooked
Bake at 200°C for 16 to 18 minutes until the pork reaches 63°C at the centre.
Step 11
Rest the pork chops
Remove the dish and rest the pork chops for 5 minutes; their temperature will continue to rise.
Step 12
Sauce and serve
Plate each chop with apple and onion and spoon over the mustard pan sauce.
Common mistakes
- Thin chops dry out during baking.
- Reducing the mustard sauce too hard makes it salty.
Tips
Chops about 2 cm thick stay juicier.
Thick apple slices hold their shape.
