Chops with Mixed Fruit Recipe

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Prunes, apricots and pineapple lend winter fruit flavor to this longtime meal mainstay from Phyllis Leslie. “It’s colorful, pretty and makes such a delicious gravy,“ she writes from Toledo, Ohio.

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Chops with Mixed Fruit Recipe
  • Prep: 10 min. Cook: 30 min.
  • Yield: 4 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 4 boneless pork loin chops (4 ounces each)
  • 3/4 cup chopped onion
  • 3/4 cup thinly sliced celery
  • 8 pitted dried plums
  • 3/4 cup pineapple tidbits
  • 1/3 cup dried apricots
  • 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons water, divided
  • 4 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • Dash dried marjoram

Directions

  • In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook pork chops over medium heat for 4-5 minutes on each side or until a meat thermometer reads 160° Remove and keep warm.
  • In the same skillet, saute onion and celery for 3 minutes. Stir in the plums, pineapple, apricots, 1/3 cup water, soy sauce and marjoram. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Return pork to the pan. Stir in remaining water; return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 7-11 minutes or until meat is tender. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 pork chop with 1/2 cup fruit mixture equals 232 calories, 7 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 55 mg cholesterol, 180 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 23 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 fruit.

Originally published as Chops with Mixed Fruit in Light & Tasty February/March 2006, p45

Light-Bodied Red Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a light-bodied red wine such as Pinot Noir.

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