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Glazed Apple Pork Chops

A pork chop dish glazed with apples, brown sugar, and maple-flavored syrup.

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Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Glazed Apple Pork Chops

Time40 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chops

  1. Sprinkle pork chops lightly with salt then dredge in flour.

  2. Heat oil in a heavy skillet then brown chops on both sides.

  3. Remove from skillet and drain off drippings, reserving 1 tablespoon in skillet.

Simmer with apples

  1. Return chops to skillet and top with apples, brown sugar and syrup.

  2. Cover and simmer 40 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

960Calories
40 gProtein
29 gFat
133 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Syrupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Pork + appletop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,581 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  3. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  4. Flour + syruptop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,540 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Apple + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together16,478 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Apple and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 16,478 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Pork chops
Provide the main protein, which browns on the outside while cooking through gently.
All purpose flour
Forms a light coating that helps the chops brown and gives a slightly crisp surface.
Cooking apples
Soften during simmering and add tart, fruity moisture to the pan.
Brown sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the apples and syrup caramelize into a glaze.
Maple-flavored syrup
Adds sweetness and a maple aroma that blends into the pan juices.

The step that matters

Brown the chops on both sides. Browning in hot oil creates flavorful crust through the Maillard reaction. Chops that are crowded or not hot enough will steam instead and turn pale and grey.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, flour, sugar, syrup):

  1. Raisinfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, flour, sugar, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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