Buffalo Honey Pork Chops
with a Garlicky Panko Kale Jumble
- Milk
- Wheat
Buffalo sauce and honey! Sound like a wild combo? Perhaps, but bear (er, buffalo?) with us. Savory garlic and spicy cayenne mix in Frank’s classic blend to season juicy pork chops, then everything’s topped with a creamy, buttery sauce swirled with hot sauce and honey. All that spicy-sweet is paired with roasted carrots and sautéed kale, jumbled together with garlicky panko for a fresh side with tons of texture. Yep, Buffalo sauce and honey are crazy … crazy good!
Ingredients
6 ounce
Carrot
1 unit
Yellow Onion
4 ounce
Kale
2 unit
Scallions
1 clove
Garlic
10 ounce
Pork Chops
¼ ounce
Frank's Seasoning Blend
3 unit
Frank's Hot Sauce
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
2 teaspoon
Honey
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
¼ cup
Panko Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Wheat)
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon
Olive Oil
2 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
2 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Peel, trim, and halve carrots lengthwise; cut on a diagonal into 1⁄2-inch pieces. Peel and mince garlic. Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion. Remove and discard any large stems from kale; chop into bite-size pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens.
• Toss carrots on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast on top rack until golden and tender, 20-25 minutes. • Melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add panko and garlic; cook, stirring, until golden brown, 2-4 minutes. • Turn off heat; season panko with salt and pepper. Transfer to a plate and set aside. Wipe out pan.
• Heat a drizzle of olive oil in same pan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 3-4 minutes. • Add kale, 1⁄4 cup water, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until kale is wilted and tender, 5-7 minutes. • Remove from heat. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired. Transfer to a large bowl and cover with foil. Wash out pan.
• While veggies cook, pat pork* dry with paper towels; season all over with Frank’s Seasoning, salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a second large pan over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board to rest.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for kale over medium-low heat. Add scallion whites and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and fragrant, 2-3 minutes. • Add 1⁄4 cup water, hot sauce, honey, and stock concentrate. Cook, stirring often, until thickened, 1-3 minutes. • Remove from heat; stir in sour cream and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) until melted and combined. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• When carrots are done roasting, add to bowl with kale; toss to combine. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired. • Divide pork and kale jumble between plates. Spoon sauce over pork; sprinkle kale jumble with as much garlicky panko as you like. Garnish pork with scallion greens and serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many loved the buffalo honey sauce, praising its sweet-and-spicy balance. Some found it surprisingly delicious despite initial skepticism.
- Ease of prep: Several noted it was more time-consuming than expected, with extra steps and pans needed.
- Suggestions: Consider reducing onion quantity; some found it overpowering. Try adding walnuts and bacon to the kale for extra flavor.
- Portions: A few mentioned small pork chops or wanting more vegetables, especially carrots and kale.
- Kale jumble: The garlicky panko kale side was a unexpected hit for many, converting even some kale skeptics 🍲.
Reviews from our home cooks
Pork chop sauce was to die for, and neither my husband or I have ever eaten kale or had the desire to, but we couldn't get enough. The garlic panko topping made the kale salad for sure!
This was a great meal! I love the flavoring of the Buffalo sauce and the kale jumble was really yummy and easy!
Really liked the kale jumble and a added chopped sweet potato I roasted with carrots to it. The spicy coating on the pork was delicious.
This meal was a bit more prep work/time than I personally prefer - but the pay-off was delicious. The kale jumble was so delicious and the sauce on the pork chops is something I will make again.
This was my first meal kit from any company and I was pleasantly surprised. All the produce was fresh, the pork needed very little trimming, and I enjoyed having all the sauce ingredients measured out. The end result was a meal that was tasty, with just the right amount of heat and sweet, the kale with the panko and garlic, was a nice change from my normal vegetable and the meat was tender.
Perfect combination of savory heat! Love the sauce, and kale makes an excellent side dish would like to see it offered more often. The addition of the Panko garlic crumbs was spot on!!!
The sauce on this was so good and unexpected and the kale jumble was amazing, the panko on it really added something different. Will definitely reorder this one!
Pork chops and sauce very tasty. The kale and carrot combination very good. Received chopped kale, rather than leaves and it needed to be picked over for stems and yellow leaves.
Really really good, has some heat and then some sweetness. I was not going to do the kale since it is not one of my favorites, but I thought trust the process and it was really good too.
The kale jumble was gross. The topping isn't necessary, just adds a weird texture. There was a weird ratio of onions to kale, way too many onions, half an onion would have been plenty but as far as I could tell from the instructions, the whole onion was to be used. The flavor and everything to do with the chicken was great. The kale jumble could have used some kind of flavor or sauce.
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