This recipe is so easy and delicious. The butter melted into the cabbage and carrots adds an elegant flavor with the caramelizing of the cabbage. When I serve it for the first time to friends some turn up their noses and say “just a little for me I am not hungry.” Those are the friends who usually ask for seconds when they taste this dish.

Pork Chops with Cabbage and Carrots

prep time 5-10 min 

cooking time 30-40 min

Ingredients

2-4 pork chops

1/2 head green cabbage cored and sliced 1/4-3/8″ like you would for coleslaw

1/2 pkg baby peeled carrots

1/4 stick butter

salt/pepper

Instructions

1. salt and pepper both sides of the pork chop. (I prefer sea salt) heat skillet that has a lid and add olive oil.  brown pork chops on both sides.

2. add sliced cabbage  to pan. add peeled baby carrots. salt and pepper cabbage. add 1/2 of the butter to top of cabbage. cover and simmer on med low heat for 10 min.

3. remove cover and stir cabbage and carrots. At this point you can put the pork chops on top of the cabbage and cover to cook for another 10-15 min.

4. uncover and place chops on a platter. stir in rest of butter to coat cabbage and carrots. Salt and pepper to taste. cabbage should be soft and have some carmel color and carrots should be tender. place along side of chops on platter and serve.

*note you can use many seasonings in this dish. garlic thyme sage rosemary caraway seeds etc. to enhance the flavor. I happen to like the simplicity of the dish with just salt pepper and butter. so elegant.