Easy Clean-Up Pork & Potatoes Dinner
Looking for a simple but delicious dinner for a laid-backbarbecue, a family dinner, or a relaxing solo night in? This dish blends thesavory goodness of tender pork chops, potatoes, and crisp asparagus with thesweet surprise of Honeycrisp apples. Glazed with a mouthwatering mixture ofcinnamon, brown sugar, and barbecue sauce, every bite offers a perfect balanceof tastes and textures. Not only is this simple recipe a breeze to make, theflavors are so irresistible, you’ll find yourself easily cleaning your plate!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 cups new potatoes, diced
- 3 cups fresh asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 large gala or Honeycrisp apple, peeled and cut into 1-inch wedges
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 boneless pork loin chops (1-inch thick and about 6 ounces each)
- Salt and pepper
- 2 teaspoons of your favorite BBQ or Southwest seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Line a 15 x 10 baking pan with foil.
- Brush with 2 tsps oil.
- In a large bowl, toss potatoes with 1 tbsp oil. Place in 1 corner of pan. In same bowl, toss asparagus with 1 tbsp oil. Place in other corner of pan.
- In same bowl, toss apple with 1 tsp oil.
- In a small bowl, mix sugar, cinnamon + ginger. Add apples; mix. Add to free area of pan.
- Brush chops with 1 tbsp oil. Season both sides. Move chops to free area of pan. Bake 20-25 mins or until thermometer reads 145 degrees + potatoes/ apples are tender.
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