Pork Chops With Cider Sauce and Creamy Herb Polenta

With its sweet cider sauce, this sodium-reduced dish is full of flavour. If you have leftover polenta, form it into cakes and fry them up for a quick side dish to go with your morning eggs.

By Amanda Barnier and The Test Kitchen

Source: Canadian Living Magazine: March 2013

Prep time 20 minutes
Total time 20 minutes
Portion size 4

Ingredients
1 clove garlic, halved
4 bone-in pork chops, (about 1-1/3 lb/600 g total)
1 tbsp (15 mL) chopped fresh sage
1/2 tsp (2 mL) pepper
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
1 cup (250 mL) apple cider
2 tbsp (30 mL) cider vinegar
1 tsp (5 mL) cornstarch

Creamy Herb Polenta:1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
2 leeks, (white and light green parts) thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups (500 mL) no-salt-added chicken broth
1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
3/4 cup (175 mL) cornmeal
1/4 cup (60 mL) chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup (60 mL) chopped fresh chives
1/4 cup (60 mL) sour cream
1 tsp (5 mL) grated lemon zest
1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice
2 tsp (10 mL) Dijon mustard

Preparation
Rub cut side of garlic over pork; sprinkle with sage and pepper. In large skillet, heat oil over mediumhigh heat; cook pork, turning once, until juices run clear when pork is pierced and just a hint of pink remains inside, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove pork; set aside.

Add apple cider and cider vinegar to pan, scraping up any browned bits. Stir cornstarch with 1 tsp water; whisk into pan juices and cook until thickened, about 1 minute. Return pork to pan and turn to coat.

Creamy Herb Polenta: Meanwhile, in saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat; cook leeks and garlic, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.

Add broth, 1/3 cup water, salt and pepper; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium. Gradually whisk in cornmeal; cook, stirring often, until polenta is thick enough to mound on spoon, 5 to 10 minutes.

Stir in parsley, chives, sour cream, lemon zest, lemon juice and mustard. Serve with pork.

Nutritional Information Per serving: about
cal 415 pro 27g total fat 18g sat. fat 5g
carb 38g dietary fibre 3g sugar 10g chol 79mg
sodium 277mg potassium 659mg 
% RDI:
calcium 7 iron 18 vit A 7 vit C 18
folate 26
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