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Pork Chops with Basil Butter

Pork with Basil Butter

This recipe is simple and yet so savory! The butter really adds so much to the dish. This is a great one for summer! Have some extra plates nearby since you will do the pork in your skillet and then the beans and then the tomatoes each separately in the same skillet.

 

Pork Chops with Basil Butter

INGREDIENTS

Pork chops

  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 4 boneless loin chops
  • 1/2 tsp pink Himalayan salt or sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper

Green beans and tomatoes

  • 1-pound fresh green beans, trimmed
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
  • ¼ tsp pink Himalayan salt
  • ¼ tsp fresh ground black pepper

Basil butter

  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 2 Tbsp fresh basil, torn
  • ¼ tsp pink Himalayan salt
  • ¼ tsp fresh ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS

  1. Heat butter in large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Add the pork to the heated skillet and cook several minutes on each side until at least 140F internal temp. Remove from skillet. Cover to keep warm.
  2. Add the green beans to the skillet with salt and pepper. Add extra butter if needed. Cook about 5 minutes or until starting to blister and turn golden brown, stirring as cooking. Remove from skillet.
  3. Add the tomatoes to the skillet and cook for a few minutes until they start to blister and pop. Remove from skillet.
  4. For the basil butter, add the 2 Tbsp butter, salt, pepper and basil to the skillet and swirl until the butter melts.
  5. Place pork chops on plates and dish up the green beans and tomatoes. Top with basil butter. Enjoy!

Spicy Pork Cups

Spicy Ground Pork Cups

This recipe has the best flavor!! Full of so much healthy goodness (starting with the pasture raised pork, of course!). It’s great right away or even as leftovers (and this is coming from someone who is not a leftover fan).

Dishes like this that you eat in a lettuce wrap or cup are really great for summer meals. It’s hardy enough that you feel satisfied, but refreshing too with the array of veggies. It also is not overly spicy. In fact, if you really like a lot of heat to yours, I would suggest adding more serrano chili than just the 1/2.

If you want some rice on the side, it would be an excellent addition; or if you are following a low carb or ketogenic protocol than I would suggest riced cauliflower cooked with butter or ghee (or even coconut oil) with some fresh lime squeezed over it.

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb ground pork
  • 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, peeled, grated
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 ½ cups diced, seeded cucumber
  • 1 cup diced red bell pepper
  • ½ cup diced carrot
  • ¼ cup fresh, chopped cilantro
  • ¼ cup salted, dry-roasted peanuts, chopped
  • ½ serrano chili, thinly sliced
  • 3 Tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 16 Boston lettuce leaves

Directions:

  1. Combine pork, ginger and garlic and let stand at room temperature for about 15 minutes.
  2. Heat a large skillet over med-high. Add pork mixture to skillet and cook until pork is crumbled and browned (about 5 minutes).
  3. Put the cooked pork in a large bowl. Add the cucumber, bell pepper, carrot, cilantro, chopped peanuts and chili; stir to combine.
  4. Combine lime juice and fish sauce in a small bowl. Add the juice mixture to the pork mixture and mix well.
  5. Divide the pork mixture evenly between each lettuce leaf.

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