Brown Sugar Bourbon Apple Pork Chops
with Apple Pan Sauce, Scallion Mashed Potatoes & Green Beans
- Milk
Pork chops are always a dinner winner. They’re satisfying, speedy, and so versatile, which is why our chefs are always thinking up new ways to take them to the next level. This week, they amped up the flavors…big time. Sweet and savory is the name of the game here. Tender chops are coated in brown sugar bourbon spice (which is all kinds of savory-sweet in and of itself), then seared and topped with a buttery apple pan sauce. Roasted green beans and scallion-flecked mashed potatoes pair perfectly with the main event. Prepare yourself for a flavor explosion.
Ingredients
12 ounce
Potatoes
6 ounce
Green Beans
1 unit
Apple
2 unit
Scallions
10 ounce
Pork Chops
10.8 g
Brown Sugar Bourbon Seasoning
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
1 teaspoon
Olive Oil
½ teaspoon
Sugar
2 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Place in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. • Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain and return potatoes to pot. • Keep covered off heat until ready to mash in step 5.
• While potatoes cook, pat pork* dry with paper towels. Season all over with Brown Sugar Bourbon Seasoning. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes per side. TIP: If the pork begins to brown too quickly, reduce heat to medium. • Turn off heat; transfer pork to a plate. Wipe out pan.
• While pork cooks, trim green beans if necessary. Toss on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, and pepper. • Roast on middle rack until lightly browned, 12-15 minutes. • Meanwhile, halve, core, and dice apple into ¼-inch pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens.
• Melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in pan used for pork over medium-high heat. Add apple and scallion whites; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, 4-6 minutes. • Stir in stock concentrate, ½ cup water (¾ cup for 4), and ½ tsp sugar (1 tsp for 4). Cook until sauce has thickened and apple is tender, 5-7 minutes. • In the last 2 minutes, return pork to pan until warmed through. Season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat.
• Mash potatoes until mostly smooth. • Stir in scallion greens, sour cream, 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings), and a splash of reserved potato cooking liquid. Season with salt and pepper. TIP: If needed, add more potato cooking liquid a splash at a time until potatoes are smooth and creamy.
• Divide pork, mashed potatoes, and green beans between plates. Top pork with apple pan sauce and serve.
Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the brown sugar bourbon seasoning and apple pan sauce, calling it delicious and a perfect pairing with pork 🍎.
- Ease of prep: Some found it easy to make, while others felt there were too many steps happening at once.
- Suggestions: Consider adding the seasoning to the sauce instead of directly on the pork to prevent burning; adjust salt to taste.
- Portions: Several mentioned the pork chops were smaller than expected; some wished for more potatoes or green beans.
- Texture: A few found the pork chops tough or dry; watch cooking time closely and use a meat thermometer.
Reviews from our home cooks
The brown sugar bourbon added an extra delightful taste to the tender pork chops. Diced, boiled and mashed potatoes were tasty. The green beans roasted in the oven were tender and a great side dish. But my absolute favorite part of the meal were the diced and cooked apples and onions that were also cooked in the brown sugar bourbon sauce. I have really enjoyed the two meals I made this week and can't wait to move to our meals for this coming week.
I loved the flavor of the brown sugar bourbon pork chops. The apples were a wonderful compliment to the meat and the potatoes were awesome with the chives. I had not ever used the potato water to help with the consistency but it worked great. I loved learning a new tip.
These porkchops put my mother's to shame! So tender and spicy sweet with the brown sugar bourbon seasoning! I also loved how well the apple pan sauce sweetened up the delicious mashed potatoes and roasted green beans. So good!
Very good, although I do brine my pork chops which improves their tenderness. Now that I made this recipe, I see I can buy the brown sugar bourbon spice packet in the store. The apple pan sauce was a great pairing.
The mashed potatoes were great - you can't really go wrong with mashed potatoes, especially when you love potatoes, like I do. The green beans were good, but the cook time was too long and, if I cooked them for as long as the instructions stated, they would've been all shriveled and dry. The porkchops were too tough and the apple, brown sugar, bourbon sauce was meh - there wasn't a lot of flavor here. I don't think I'd order this again.
I really enjoyed the Pork Chops, next time I would peel the apples and potatoes for a better texture and I still don't like roasted green beans as you can't bite through them. That seasoning for the Brown Sugar Bourbon was amazing even one of my 4 year olds loved it!! YUM
Apple pan sauce was delicious. Potatoes were also good, however, I prefer russet potatoes for mashed potatoes. The consistency of Yukon Gold potatoes can be a bit "gluey" when they are mashed, even with additional potato cooking water or milk. Bourbon Brown Sugar rub was excellent - could have used a bit more to make a thicker crust.
I really liked the flavor of the brown sugar rub and the fresh apple in the pan sauce. This was a good hearty meal that came together fairly quickly and is healthy and easy to cook. And your pork products are amazing! I cannot get the same quality products in our local store. Another hit Hello Fresh Team!! Well done!
Oh how I love the brown sugar bourbon flavor mixed with the apple pan sauce! Would love a different veggie than potatoes. (Love the green beans!)
Delicious! The apple pan sauce with the bourbon pork chops was a perfect combo of sweet and savory.
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