Pork Chops Acorn Squash Recipes

Steps:

• Place pork chops in a 5-qt. slow cooker; add squash. In a small bowl, mix remaining ingredients; pour over squash. Cook, covered, on low 4-6 hours or until pork is tender.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees, with racks in middle and lower thirds. In a small bowl, combine honey, ginger, mustard, and 1 teaspoon oil. Season glaze with salt and pepper. On a large rimmed baking sheet, toss squash with 1 tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper. Transfer 8 wedges to another rimmed baking sheet. Roast both sheets of squash 15 minutes.
• Remove sheets from oven and flip squash. To tray with 8 wedges, add scallions and bell pepper, drizzle with 1 teaspoon oil, season with salt and pepper, and brush with glaze.
• Return sheets to oven and roast until squash is tender when pierced with a knife, 10 to 15 minutes. Let sheet with 16 wedges cool completely, then refrigerate for Chicken Cutlets with Mustard Greens and Roasted Squash.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat remaining teaspoon oil over medium-high. Season pork with salt and pepper and cook until golden brown on one side, about 4 minutes. Flip, brush with remaining glaze, and cook until pork is cooked through, 5 minutes. Serve pork alongside roasted vegetables.

Steps:

• Cut squash in half, remove seeds and strings. Slice each half into 8 slices. Set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and quickly brown pork chops on both sides. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Mix together remaining ingredients, except peas.
• In same pan pork chops were browned, place half of sliced squash. Place chops on top. Add remaining squash. Pour liquid over all and bring to boil. Turn heat to low and cover. Cook until pork and squash are tender, approximately 30 minutes. Remove from pan and keep warm.
• Place frozen peas in pan, cover and cook for about 5 minutes or until tender.
• Plate rice of choice on 4 plates. Top with pork chops and squash. Divide peas among plates.
• Pour cooking liquid over all and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Mix the nutmeg, 1 teaspoon garlic and the sage in a bowl. Rub over the pork and season with salt and pepper.
• Toss the squash, apples, onion, the remaining 1/2 teaspoon garlic, the honey mustard, and salt and pepper to taste in a bowl. Spread out on a long sheet of foil. Add the rosemary and 3 tablespoons butter, then bring the ends of the foil together and crimp to seal into a packet. Place the packet on a baking sheet and roast on the upper rack until tender, 30 to 35 minutes. Poke holes in the packet to release steam.
• Meanwhile, heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter, then brown the pork on all sides, about 8 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons water and scrape up any browned bits from the pan, then transfer the skillet to the lower oven rack and roast until a thermometer registers 150, about 15 minutes. Transfer the meat to a cutting board and let rest 5 minutes.
• Return the skillet to medium heat. Add 1/2 cup water, scrape up any browned bits and simmer about 2 minutes. Slice the pork and drizzle with the pan juices. Serve with the squash and apples.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, salt, allspice, ginger and pepper; reserve 2 tablespoons. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet on medium. Coat each chop in flour mixture, shaking off excess flour; cook 2 minutes on each side or until browned. Arrange chops in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Top each chop with 1 slice squash. To the skillet, add remaining butter. Stir in reserved 2 tablespoons flour mixture and the brown sugar. Mix nectar with Worcestershire sauce. Gradually add nectar mixture to skillet. Cook and stir until thickened. Pour over chops; cover and bake 1 hour or until chops are tender. Per serving: 345 calories, 30 grams protein, 14 grams fat (35 percent calories from fat), 5.9 grams saturated fat, 26 grams carbohydrate, 90 milligrams cholesterol, 236 milligrams sodium, 2 grams fiber.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F. Spread out pumpkin seeds on a large rimmed baking sheet. Toast, tossing once, until just beginning to darken, about 4 minutes. Let cool. Coarsely chop; set aside.
• Toss squash with 1 tablespoon oil on a large rimmed baking sheet; season with salt and pepper. Roast squash, turning occasionally, until golden brown and tender, 35-40 minutes.
• When squash has been roasting for 30 minutes, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Season pork chops with salt and pepper and cook until brown, 5-8 minutes. Turn over and cook until pork is cooked through, about 3 minutes longer.
• Whisk garlic, 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro, 2 tablespoons lime juice, reserved toasted pumpkin seeds, and remaining 3 tablespoons oil in a small bowl to combine. Season vinaigrette with salt, pepper, and more lime juice, if desired.
• Divide squash and pork among plates; spoon vinaigrette over. Top with cilantro leaves.