Balsamic Pork Chops

Ingredients:

• pork chops
• vegetable oil
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 3 Tbsp. brown sugar
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 3 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
• 1 tsp. Dijon mustard

Directions:

Heat some vegetable oil in a fry pan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle salt and pepper over pork chops. Cook in the pan till done. Remove pork chops to a plate.

In the same pan, add a bit more oil, and saute some onions. Then add 3 Tbsp. brown sugar, 1/2 cup orange juice, 3 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar and 1 tsp. Dijon mustard. Bring to a boil on high heat, then lower heat to medium and simmer till reduced and thickened, about 10 minutes. Serve sauce over pork chops. Note: That is what the recipe said to do. I don't like onions, so eliminated them, and I put the chops back in the pan with the sauce for the last 5 minutes or so of the reduction time, and turned them a time or two so the sauce could really "soak" in the meat. Oh my - delicious!

Source: I found this recipe in a Company's Coming cookbook - 30 Minute Rookie Cook.

By Mary from British Columbia, Canada