Pork Chops with Maple Mustard Glaze

Maple syrup makes a fine stand-in for honey or sugar in sauces. Here, it adds a rich, sweet note to herbed mustard sauce. This sauce goes nicely with sautéed chicken breasts as well.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 pork chop and about 1 tablespoon sauce)

Ingredients

• 1  teaspoon  butter
• 4  (4-ounce) boneless pork loin chops, trimmed
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2  cup  fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
• 1/4  cup  pure maple syrup
• 2  tablespoons  Dijon mustard
• 1  teaspoon  chopped fresh sage
• 1  teaspoon  chopped fresh thyme
• 2  teaspoons  heavy cream

Preparation

Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle pork chops evenly with salt and pepper; add pork to pan. Cook 4 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Remove from pan; keep warm.

Add broth and next 4 ingredients (through thyme) to pan. Bring to a boil, and cook for 3 minutes or until slightly thickened. Stir in cream, and reduce heat to medium. Return pork to pan; simmer 3 minutes or until pork is done, turning once.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

214 (22% from fat)

Fat:

5.2g (sat 1.9g,mono 1.9g,poly 0.6g)

Protein:

26.3g

Carbohydrate:

14.6g

Fiber:

0.3g

Cholesterol:

68mg

Iron:

1.2mg

Sodium:

751mg

Calcium:

38mg