BBQ Pork chop With Apple & Sweet Potato Fries
This BBQ pork chop with minced apple and sweet potato fries recipe is a perfect example of the kind of thing I would make when I am having a craving for junk food or something like fast food. Not every meal can be as healthy as the last and I have no problem incorporating things like sweet potatoes fried in coconut oil into my diet. Eating this will not result in abdominal muscle definition necessarily, but it also my help me to feel satiated when I am craving something like a burger and fries.
This is a simple meal without a lot of steps. It is helpful to have one person to BBQ the pork chops and another person to fry up the sweet potato fries just so that you can have both be done at the same time and served hot. You can peel the sweet potatoes if you like or just wash them well if you prefer the skins left on your fries. I sometimes like to cut the sweet potatoes with carrot fries, parsnip fries or different types of sweet potatoes. I specifically like the red skinned, white flesh sweet potatoes that are sold as "Asian sweet potatoes" in my area. The color goes a long way towards feeling like good, old fashioned white potatoes which are a nightshade and disallowed in AIP cooking...despite how much I like them.
Prep time
10 minutes
Cooking time
30 minutes
Recipe yield
2 servings
Ingredients needed
2 pork chops (on the bone)
2 large sweet potatoes
1 apple (tart is best)
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 teaspoon pink salt
Step 1 - Preheat BBQ to high
Step 2 - Cut sweet potatoes into fry shaped wedges (with or without peel)
Step 3 - Add coconut oil to a large skillet or frying pan and heat to medium-high temperature
Step 4 - Add sweet potatoes to the hot frying pan and cook for about 7 minutes
Step 5 - Carefully flip the fries over and cook for another 7 minutes
Step 6 - When the fries are done, season with salt and place them in a glass bowl lined with paper towel
Step 7 - A few minutes before you start the fries is a good time to put the pork chops on the preheated BBQ
Step 8 - Cook pork chops for about 7 minutes per side, or until internal temperature near the bone reaches 145 degrees Fahrenheit
Step 9 - Rest chops for 5 minutes before seasoning with salt and plating
Step 10 - Directly before serving finely chop up the apple and plate alongside the pork chop
The freshly diced apple really helps to bring this meal together and provide the pop of freshness needed to cut through the heavier, greasier, chop and sweet potato fries. The apple will brown almost immediately after dicing. You can enjoy it even with the brown coloring, or you can squeeze a little lime on the diced apple to help it to oxidize slower.
If you are motivated, or in a hurry, you can really bust this meal out quickly. It does not take much effort to chop up a potato and throw it in a frying pan, or put a pork chop onto a hot BBQ. Still, despite how easy it is, there is a lot of satisfaction and satiation with the fried potatoes as well as the crispy fat from the BBQ pork chop.
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