Name: French Style Pork Chops
Prep time: 240 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: bone-in pork chops; butter; herbs de provence; ground pepper; lemons; salt; granulated sugar; water

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4.8 hours

2 servings

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dairy-free

(?)

Has dairy from:

butter

gluten-free

kid friendly

has meat

(?)

Has meat from:

bone-in pork chop

has pasta

has seafood

mediterranean

vegan

(?)

Not vegan due to:

bone-in pork chop
butter

vegetarian

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Not vegetarian due to:

bone-in pork chop

pescatarian

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Not pescatarian due to:

bone-in pork chop

paleo

(?)

Not paleo due to:

granulated sugar

This recipe has no customizations.

Nutrition to Balance

This recipe has Sodium as 3110% (as a percentage of RDA).

You'll likely need to take this into account today to balance out your diet.

Nutrition Rating Details

Here are the percentages used to determine the nutritional rating for this recipe:

• Calcium: 0.0% of RDA
• Calories: 19.5% of RDA
• Carbs: 4.0% of RDA
• Fat (total lipid): 25.0% of RDA
• Fiber: 3.0% of RDA
• Fructose: 0.0% of RDA
• Protein: 49.2% of RDA
• Sodium: 3110% of RDA
• Sugar: 28.4% of RDA

• Vitamin A (IU): 7.4% of RDA
• Vitamin B6: 92.0% of RDA
• Vitamin C: 14.0% of RDA
• Iron: 0.0% of RDA
• Magnesium: 16.8% of RDA
• Manganese: 5.8% of RDA
• Niacin: 96.7% of RDA
• Potassium: 24.1% of RDA
• Zinc: 32.3% of RDA

If any nutritional component is greater than 75% of RDA (or any vitamin/mineral is greater than 600% of RDA), the recipe gets a “Nutrition to Balance” rating.

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MACROS

Carbohydrate

11.0

Calories

389

Fiber

0.853

Iron

Protein

55.4

Sodium

41995

Sugars

8.87

Fat (total lipid)

15.3

INGREDIENTS

Amount

Measure

Adjust

Ingredient

whole

bone-in pork chops

1 inch thick.

1 1/2

tbsp

butter

room temperature.

tbsp

herbs de provence

tsp

ground pepper

whole

lemon

zested.

3/4

cups

salt

1/4

cups

granulated sugar

cups

water

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PREPARATION

Add pork chop to brine and let chill in the fridge for 2-4 hours allow to rest for 5 minutes.

Pull the chops from the fridge and hour before cooking.

Drain, pat dry with paper towel, and allow to come to room temperature.

Get your grill or cast iron skillet hot for 30 minutes on medium high heat.

Zest lemon.

Mix 1 tsp zest, pepper, and herbes de provence into butter and spread onto chops.

Add chops to heat, 10-12 minutes per side.

allow to rest for 5 minutes, then add tiny bit of butter and a squirt of lemon.

THIS RECIPE CAN BE CUSTOMIZED

Make it Dairy Free!

A dairy-free variant of this recipe can be made. Just substitute Earth Balance Natural Buttery Stick for butter.

COMPLETE NUTRITION

This recipe has the following nutrient totals:

Calories 389

Protein 55.4 g

Carbohydrates 11.0 g

Iron 0 mg

Fiber 0.85 g

Calcium 0 mg

(plus many more nutrients)

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