Honey Garlic Pork Chops
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Who could utilize a fast, weeknight supper? Without an extravagant rundown of fixings? With a make-ahead choice that gives you a chance to put supper on the table 20 minutes after you stroll in the entryway? **waves two hands wildly** These nectar garlic coated pork hacks check all these great boxes. In addition, this sweet, exquisite, saucy coating – it sincerely makes my mouth water to take a gander at it!
Since the last time I shared a post on Happy Home Fairy, I had my third little girl and some way or another she's currently a too dynamic, decided 8-month-old who likes to play in our pooch's water bowl, bite on utilized forks searched from the dishwasher, and eat the quills that are leaving our love seat. (Dear sofa: if you don't mind quit shedding quills.) She's the most stunning blessing to our family – for all intents and purposes a big name to her older siblings – however she certainly makes it hard(er) to eat on the table! I've been grasping basic, speedy dinners and these pork slashes are flawless.
Ingredients :
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced (about 1 Tablespoon)
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 4 boneless pork chops (3/4-1" thick)
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2-3 Tablespoons olive oil
Instructions :
- To make the glass, whisk the honey, lemon juice, minced garlic, and soy sauce together in a bowl, or shake it up in a jar. (This step can be done ahead of time and stored in the fridge until you're ready to cook the pork chops.)
- Heat 2-3 Tablespoons olive oil in a large (12") skillet over medium to medium-high heat, until the oil shimmers.
- Season the pork chops on both sides with salt and pepper. Carefully add them to the skillet and let them brown (3-4 minutes).
- When they're nicely browned on the first side, flip them over and sear the second side, 3 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the glaze. Use a spatula to scrape up the browned bits on the bottom of the skillet and stir them into the glaze.
- Allow the chops to simmer until cooked through, about 4-8 minutes, depending on their thickness.
- When the chops are done (see notes below on temperature), remove them to a plate.
- Continue to simmer the glaze until it's thick enough for a spatula to leave a momentary trail if you scrape the bottom of the pan (about the consistency of pancake syrup).
- Pour the glaze directly over the chops on the serving plate, or serve it on the side!
- SPECIAL NOTE: Pork needs to be cooked to 145*, but the pork chops will continue to cook after they've been removed from the pan, so if they're in the neighborhood of 130* when you take their temperature (pick up a chop with tongs and insert a meat thermometer through the side of the chop), it's safe to take them out of the pan. Or, cut into one of the chops - I look for the center to be barely pink so they can cook the rest of the way as they rest.