3-Ingredient Pork Chops With Roasted Apples and Sage

From the kitchen of Carly

Thick-cut pork chops seared until golden, then roasted with caramelized apple wedges and crispy sage leaves. The apples soften and sweeten in the heat while the sage perfumes everything. Simple, elegant, ready in under 30 minutes.

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Servings
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Difficulty
medium

Ingredients

4 servings

  • 14 (1 1/4"-thick) bone-in pork chops
  • 11/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more
  • 1Freshly ground black pepper
  • 12 tablespoons olive oil
  • 13 medium crisp, sweet apples (such as Honeycrisp, Fuji, or Gala), cut into 2" wedges
  • 110 sage leaves

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Season pork chops on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Sear pork chops, turning occasionally (including outside edge of fat cap), until browned all over, 8–10 minutes. Transfer chops to a roasting pan.

  2. Cook apples, sage, and 1/2 tsp. salt in same skillet over medium heat, turning apples, until browned on all sides, about 3 minutes. Transfer apples and sage to roasting pan, nestling around chops.

  3. Transfer roasting pan to oven and roast until chops are cooked through and an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of chops registers 160°F, 8–10 minutes.

  4. Divide chops among plates and serve with apples and sage alongside.