Smoked Pork Chops With Pineapple

Submitted by Kitty Kat Cook

"If you can't find smoked pork chops just use the bone-in porkchops. These are great served with mashed potatoes or white rice. Seems like a lot of work, from stove top to oven, but they're great."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 3-6

ingredients

• 6 smoked pork chops or 6 pork chops
• 6 pineapple slices, with juice
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
• 1 medium sweet onion, finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 -2 large garlic clove, crushed
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a medium-sized skillet over low-medium heat, melt the 4 tablespoons of butter, add the sugar and stir until dissolved. Add the sweet onions, stir. Cook the onions until tender; stirring often, don't let them brown. Add the pineapples with their juice and arrange in a single layer. Reduce heat to low and allow them to caramelize, 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat.
3. In a large skillet add 1 1/2-2 cups of water and bring to a boil, place pork chops in the boiling water and cook until no longer pink, 5-6 minutes Remove from the water.
4. In a separate large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute, add the mustard and stir into the butter. Sprinkle both sides of each chop with pepper and salt and add to the skillet with the garlic and mustard. Cook on each side for 5-7 minutes. Don't move them while cooking. Remove from heat. Allow them to rest in skillet for 2 minutes.
5. Transfer pork chops to a large ungreased glass baking dish, arrange the porkchops in a single layer. Put one pineapple slice on top of each chop and spoon the onions from the pan over them. Bake for 15-20 mins or until done (depending on the thickness of you porkchops) Enjoy!

Reviews

[teresa_roy1]

Turned out very good. I was hesitant with all the different steps involved, but it only took about 40 minutes start to finish.

 

[SweetSueAl]

These were out of this world! I only cooked 2 thick cut pork chops, but halved the sauce. It was the perfect ratio. I did let the pineapple sauce simmer on very very low heat for about 20 minutes, resulting in a wonderfully rich sauce. I served noodles with these. I will absolutely make these again! Thank you for the wonderful recipe, Kitty Kat Cook, it will be enjoyed in my house for years to come. Sue