Pork with Plum Sauce

This pork chops with plum sauce recipe features a sweet and savory fruit sauce lightly flavored with ginger and cloves. It complements the flavor of the chops for an easy summertime dinner.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 301 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 large clove garlic, minced
• 4 boneless pork chops
• 5 fresh plums, pitted and coarsely chopped
• 0.25 cup soy sauce
• 0.25 teaspoon ground ginger
• 0.125 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Season pork chops with salt and pepper; cook in hot oil until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Remove pork chops to a plate.

Step 2

Reduce the heat to medium; cook and stir garlic in the skillet just until fragrant, 10 to 20 seconds. Pour in soy sauce, red wine vinegar, brown sugar, ginger, and cloves; bring to a boil. Stir the mixture until the brown sugar dissolves; add plums.

Step 3

Cover the skillet, reduce the heat, and simmer the mixture until the sauce has thickened and plums are very soft, about 45 minutes.

Step 4

Mash plums with a potato masher to an applesauce-like texture. Place pork chops back into the pan and cook in the sauce until no longer pink in the middle, 10 to 15 minutes. A meat thermometer inserted into the middle of a chop should read 145 degrees (63 degrees C).