Cranberry Cream Cheese Pork Chops Food

CRANBERRY-STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the celery and scallions and cook until slightly softened, 2 minutes.
• Add the cranberries and sage and cook 2 minutes.
• Add the bread and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
• Add 1/2 cup chicken broth and the parsley and stir until the broth is absorbed, 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper; transfer to a bowl.
• Wipe out the skillet.
• Holding a knife parallel to the cutting board, cut a deep 2-inch-wide pocket into the side of each pork chop. Season the chops on both sides with salt and pepper and fill the pockets evenly with the stuffing.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in the skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chops and cook until golden brown, 2 minutes per side.
• Add 1/2 cup chicken broth; reduce the heat to medium low. Cover and cook until the chops are cooked through, about 5 more minutes. Transfer to plates.
• Add the remaining 3/4 cup broth and the cream to the skillet and increase the heat to medium high. Simmer, stirring, until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour over the chops and serve.

PORK CHOPS WITH CRANBERRY HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the cranberry horseradish sauce, chili sauce, sugar mustard, garlic powder and onion powder. Set aside.
• Put the flour, salt, and pepper in a bag.
• Heat a large covered skillet, add the oil.
• Shake pork cutlets in the bag with flour, one at a time, and add to the skillet.
• Brown pork on both sides, 2-3 minutes. (I barely had enough room for the 2lbs of pork cutlets - there were about 8 of them - in my 14" skillet, so you may need to do this in batches.).
• Add the sauce from step one and coat the pork with it. Cover and cook on med-low for 10 minutes.
• I served with white rice and carrots.

CRANBERRY PORK CHOPS I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Generously grease a 9x9 inch glass baking dish.
• In a bowl, mix cranberries, marmalade, and cloves. Make a pocket in each pork chop by cutting into pork toward the bone; fill pockets with cranberry mixture.
• Place the pork chops in prepared baking pan. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon 1 tablespoon honey over each chop. Bake uncovered about 45 minutes or until pork is no longer pink in the center.

STUFFED PORK CHOPS WITH CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• To prepare the cranberry filling: Soak 1 cup dried cranberries in the boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain the cranberries, reserving 1/4 cup of the water. Place the cranberries, reserved water, 2 tablespoons pine nuts, cinnamon, cloves, and 1 tablespoon brown sugar in a food processor. Process until finely chopped; set aside.
• Bring the chicken stock to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer until the chicken stock has reduced to half its original volume, about 15 minutes. Add the white wine, red wine, cranberry juice, and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar. Continue cooking until the sauce has reduced by half again, about 10 minutes. Keep warm.
• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cut a pocket into the side of each pork chop, about 3/4 of the way through. Stuff each pork chop with the dried cranberry mixture, then season on all sides with salt and pepper to taste. Heat the olive oil in a large, ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke. Cook the pork chops on one side until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn the pork chops over, and cook another few minutes until browned on the other side too.
• Pour 1 cup of the sauce into the skillet and bring to a simmer. Place the skillet in the preheated oven, and bake until the pork is no longer pink in the center, 8 to 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
• To serve, place each pork chop onto a warmed dinner plate, and spoon the sauce from the skillet over top. Sprinkle the pork chops with 2 tablespoons dried cranberries and 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts for decoration. Serve with the remaining cranberry sauce.

CRANBERRY PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Sprinkle pork chops with half salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat half the oil at medium-high heat. Add pork chops and brown for about 4 minutes (flip them one time). Set aside in a plate.
• Deglaze the skillet. Heat remaining oil at medium heat. Add shallots, garlic and remaining salt and pepper, stirring from time to time, for about 2 minutes or until shallots have softened. Add remaining ingredients and cook, while stirring, for about 4 minutes or until jelly has melted and cranberries are tender.
• Put the pork chops back in the skillet with their juices and flip them to coat well. Reduce heat, cover and let simmer 8 to 10 minutes or until slightly pink inside. Set aside in a warm place. Simmer the sauce for about 1 minute or until thicken. Serve the pork chops with the sauce on it.

CRANBERRY-APRICOT STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Put the dried fruit in a small bowl. Pour 1/4 cup boiling water over the fruit and set aside for 10 minutes to soften. Drain, reserve the soaking water. In a mini-processor process the fruit with the nuts, butter, fennel and half the shallot until finely chopped. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a small sealable plastic bag or pastry bag. Snip about a 1/2-inch opening in the corner of the plastic bag. With a small paring knife, make a pocket starting from rounded side of each chop. Set the tip of the bag inside the pocket and press a quarter of the stuffing into the chop. Repeat with the remaining chops and filling. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Pat the chops dry and season with salt and pepper. In a large saute pan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Brown one side of the chops, until well browned about 5 minutes. Use tongs to hold the chops and sear the edges of the chops. Turn and brown the other sides of the chops, about 2 minutes. Transfer the chops to a baking sheet and bake until an instant read thermometer inserted into the center of the chops registers 135 degrees F, about 15 minutes. While the chops are in the oven make the sauce. Drain the oil from the saute pan. Off the heat, add the Calvados and the remaining shallots. Return the pan to the heat, taking care since the alcohol may flambe, and cook over high heat until the alcohol is reduced by half and is slightly syrupy. Add the broth and the fruit soaking liquid and boil down until the liquid is reduce by about a third. Add the cream and continue to simmer until it thickens slightly. Whisk in the mustard. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add any juices that have accumulated on the baking sheet to the sauce. Divide the chops among 4 warm plates or a large platter. Pour on the sauce and serve.

CRANBERRY PORK CHOPS II

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown chops slowly in oil; drain.
• Add cranberries, sugar, salt and pepper to chops with 1/2 cup water to start. Bring to boil; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for about 45 minutes or until tender but not dry. Add water if necessary to keep chops from drying out.

EASY PORK CHOPS WITH CRANBERRY PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
• Season the pork chops with salt, pepper and garlic powder, and saute until browned and cooked through (about 5-6 minutes on each side).
• Transfer the chops to a plate.
• Add in wine to the same skillet; bring to a simmer, scraping any browned bits in the bottom of the pan.
• Stir in cranberry sauce, shallots and fresh thyme; reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until slightly reduced, stirring occasionally about 3-4 minutes).
• Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
• Return pork and any of the juices from the plate into the skillet; cook until heated through (about 1 minute).
• Transfer the chops to a plate.
• Spoon the sauce over the pork.

PORK CHOPS WITH CRANBERRY SAUCE & STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Prepare stuffing as directed on package.
• Spread cranberry sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with chops and stuffing. Cover.
• Bake 30 to 35 min. or until chops are done (145ºF), uncovering after 25 min. Remove from oven. Let stand 3 min. before serving.

PORK CHOPS WITH CRANBERRY-THYME SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy medium skillet over medium heat.
• Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper.
• Sauté pork until brown and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.
• Transfer pork to plate.
• Add wine to same skillet.
• Bring to simmer, scraping up browned bits in bottom of pan.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until slightly reduced, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes.
• Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
• Return pork and any juices to skillet.
• Cook until heated through, about 1 minute.
• Spoon sauce over and serve.

EASY CRANBERRY MUSTARD PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the cranberry juice, mustard, and garlic.
• In a shallow dish (a flat-bottomed baking dish is good), place the pork chops in a single layer, then pour the cranberry mixture over and coat the chops well with the liquid.
• Cover the dish and refrigerate it all for at least 1 hour.
• Place a large skillet over medium-high heat and when the pan is hot* add a bit of oil (1 tablespoon should be fine).
• Add the pork chops and marinade, cover the skillet partially, and cook for 6 to 7 minutes; turn the chops over and cook the other side for another 5 to 10 minutes (depending on the thickness of your chops), uncovered, until cooked through and juice runs clear (be careful not to overcook, though, you'll want'em juicy)
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Makes 4 servings.
• Note: "Hot wok, cold oil, food won't stick" is a useful quote to remember from chef Jeff Smith. :)

APPLE CRANBERRY STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a Dutch oven, melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat. Cook onion in butter until the onions are very soft and begin to brown. Remove from heat. Stir in apple, celery, and dried cranberries. Season with salt.
• Lay each chop flat on cutting board, and with a sharp knife held parallel to the board, cut a pocket into the pork, leaving three sides intact. Stuff each chop with apple-cranberry mixture.
• Melt remaining butter in the Dutch oven over medium heat. Pan-fry chops in butter for two minutes on each side. Cover, and bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.
• Transfer chops from pan to a plate, and cover with foil. Place the Dutch oven back on the stovetop over medium heat. In a small bowl or measuring cup, stir together apple juice, cornstarch, and brown sugar; pour into Dutch oven. Reduce liquid volume by half, stirring frequently. Season to taste with black pepper. Serve this apple glaze over pork chops.

CRANBERRY SAGE PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Cut a pocket lengthwise from one side of each chop, careful not to cut all the way through.
• In a small bowl, mix 2 T. of the sage, 1/4 cup of the cranberries, all the breadcrumbs, and 1/2 t. garlic pepper.
• Fill each chop with part of the mixture. Sprinkle both sides of the pork chops with the remaining garlic pepper. Sprinkle each side with salt (if desired).
• Put butter or margarine in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat and add pork chops.
• Cook chops 3 minutes. Add shallots. Cook 3-4 minutes longer to brown, stirring shallots occasionally.
• Add cranberry sauce, remaining 1/4 cup cranberries, vinegar and remaining sage. Mix well. Heat until bubbly. Cover, reduce heat. Simmer 4-6 minutes or until pork is no longer pink and juices run clear. Remove chops from skillet. Keep warm. Bring sauce to a boil. Cook and stir 1 minute or until thickened. Serve sauce over pork chops.

CRANBERRY CREAM CHEESE PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Cut pork chops in the center to make a pocket. Then season them with you favorite seasoning. (I season my pork with greek seasoning from Osceola Cheese Factory.) But any seasoning will work.
• Heat a large skillet with about 1 tbsp of olive oil.
• Brown chops until they are golden. About 20 minutes.
• While chops are browning mix together cream cheese and cranberry sauce. Make sure it is mixed well or you will have clumps in the sauce.
• Cook stuffing on stovetop according to box directions.
• Place the cooked chops in a 9x9 pyrex pan. Stuff them with the cranberry cream cheese mixture. Poor remaining mixture over the top of chops. Then poor stuffing over the top.
• Bake for approximately 15 minutes covered and then uncovered for the last 5 minutes.