Pork Chops by Aunt Dixie

One of the great pleasures of going to BYU wasn't in Provo at all. It was living so close to my aunt Dixie in Heber. She would let us come and stay during the weekends and do our laundry and veg out and eat their food. It was home away from home. She is an amazing cook and these pork chops were one of the meals that she fed us. I fell in love and now I will share with you. I usually only do the brine part and the boiled apples part of the recipe b/c it is the part that we love most. The sauce is good and you can make it but like I said-The brine is best part and you don't need it. Plus it calls for some ingredients that aren't normally sitting in my kitchen. Thank you aunt Dixie my relationship with pork chops will never be the same!

• Aunt Dixie’s Cider Brined Pork Chops with Apples
Brine:
• 4c and 3/4c Apple Cider
• 2c cold water
• Salt 4Tbsp and 1/2 tsp.
• 2 bay leaves2 cloves garlic crushed
• 1 tsp red chili flakes
• 6 pork chops
• 3Tbsp butter
• 3 1/4 c. chicken stalk
• 2 Tbsp. whole grain mustard (I used regular yellow mustard and it worked ok too)
• ½ c. crem freshe ( I used sour cream)
• ½ tsp pepper
• apples
BRINE
4c—(save the ¾ c)
Put 4c. cider (save ¾ c cider and set aside) 2c cold water, 4 Tbsp salt, bayleaves, garlic, chili flakes together in large dish or bowl. Soak the pork overnight in it or in morning before church. Turn them every couple of hours.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Take out the chops and blot them dry
Melt 3 Tbsp. Butter
Add the pork chops cook 3-5 or until brown-flip them and repeat
Next put them (without sauce) in a 9x13 dish
Bake 15-20min

GRAVY/SAUCE
In the frying pan used to brown the pork put 3/4c cider. Scrape the edges of the dish to get the taste of the meat.
Add chicken stalk (chick. broth)
Boil until sauce is half its original amount or 8 min.
Add Whole grain mustard and creme freshe (sour cream)-mix thoroughly.

Boil the apple slices

Put pork chops on a plate. Everyone can serve themselves the gravy and they can also add their own apples. Jeff likes the pork chops without any sauce though.

10/10 yum!

Made for 6 pork chops-it would probably make more pork chops though.