Pork Chops with Tarragon Sauce and Cornichons

Ingredients

• Apple juice

  Canned or bottled, unsweetened, with added ascorbic acid

  ¼ cup or 62g

• Pork loin, center loin (chops)

  Fresh, bone-in, separable lean and fat, raw

  4 chop without refuse (Yield from 1 raw ch or 796g

• Tarragon

  Spices, dried

  4 tsp, leaves or 2g

• Cornichons

  DeLallo

  2 oz or 56g

• Shallots

  Raw

  8 tbsp chopped or 80g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  6 tbsp or 85g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, less/reduced sodium

  ½ cup or 120g

• Mustard

  Prepared, yellow

  1 tbsp or 15g

Directions

1. Finely chop tarragon. Thinly slice cornichons. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces.
2. Melt one-third of the butter in a heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Sprinkle chops with salt, pepper, and half of the tarragon. Add chops to skillet; cook until browned and cooked through to 145°F, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate; cover to keep warm.
4. Add shallots to the same skillet; sauté 2 minutes. Stir in remaining tarragon, cornichons, mustard, broth, and juice; boil until sauce thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
5. Whisk in remaining butter, one piece at a time. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Transfer chops to plates, spoon sauce over top, and serve.