This is a delicious, fast, super healthy weeknight dinner. The secret ingredient is sweet pepper relish. It balances out the tartness of the stewed tomatoes. The sauce is so good! You could easily substitute chicken for the pork.
Enjoy!
Pork Chops with Stewed tomato sauce
Author: Julie Boyle
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 (14½-ounce) can stewed tomatoes
- 4 boneless pork chops
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 2 garlic cloves, forced through a press
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
- 2 tablespoons sweet relish
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan on high. Nonstick or stainless works.
- Season pork chops with salt and pepper. When the pan is hot, add the pork chops. Let the pork chops cook for 5 minutes. Do not move them, you want to create a caramel brown color. Flip the pork chops and cook for 3 minutes more. Remove the pork chops and tent with foil.
- To the same pan (do not clean the pan!). Add the onions and reduce the heat to medium. Stir and cook for 5 minutes, scraping up the brown bits.
- Add the garlic, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes if using and season with salt and pepper. Stir well and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the tomatoes and relish to the pan. Stir well. Add the pork chops and any juices that have accumulated back to the pan and simmer for 3 minutes or until pork chops are done (145).