Roasted Pork Loin with Apples and Onions | Price Chopper Cooking How-To

pork loin

🥗Healthier: pork tenderloin

💰Cheaper: chicken breast

Pork tenderloin is leaner, while chicken breast is a more economical protein.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener, while white sugar is often less expensive.

Preheat oven to 375°F; line rimmed baking pan with aluminum foil. On prepared pan, toss thyme, apples, onion, 1 tablespoon oil, and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper; arrange around center of pan.

Sprinkle pork with remaining ¾ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper. In large skillet, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat; add pork and cook 7 minutes or until browned, turning to brown all sides. Place pork on pan in center of apple mixture.

In medium bowl, stir garlic, butter, honey, mustard and vinegar; spread ¼ cup over top of pork and roast 30 minutes. Spread pork with remaining ¼ cup butter mixture and stir apple mixture; roast 30 minutes or until internal temperature of pork reaches 145°F. Transfer pork to cutting board; loosely tent with foil and let stand 20 minutes. Stir apple mixture with pan drippings; wrap up sides of foil to keep warm.

Cut pork crosswise into 10 (½-inch-thick) slices; serve with apple mixture.

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