Creamy Dill Pork Chops
with Couscous and Asparagus
- Milk
- Wheat
The only thing better than pork chops? Pork chops paired with a creamy, savory sauce! Thanks to a few heavy-hitter ingredients—think: fresh dill, sharp Dijon mustard, and tangy sour cream—this pan sauce comes together quickly while the seared pork chops rest. You’ll simply serve with buttery couscous and roasted asparagus to complete the meal.
Ingredients
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
½ cup
Israeli Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
6 ounce
Asparagus
2 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 teaspoon
Chili Flakes
2 teaspoon
Dijon Mustard
¼ ounce
Dill
10 ounce
Pork Chops
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
2 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Olive Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
Trim and discard woody bottom ends of asparagus. Pick and roughly chop fronds from dill.
Add couscous and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in a small pot over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring, until butter has melted and couscous is lightly toasted, 2-3 minutes.
Add 1 cup water (2 cups for 4), half the stock concentrates, and a big pinch of salt. Bring to a boil and cook until couscous is tender, 6-8 minutes. TIP: Drain excess water if necessary.
Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
Place asparagus on a baking sheet; toss with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, pepper, and as many chili flakes as you like. Roast on top rack until asparagus is tender, 8-12 minutes. TIP: Line baking sheet with aluminium foil for easy clean up!
While asparagus cooks, pat pork* dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
Heat a drizzle of olive 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 pork begins to brown too quickly, reduce heat to medium.
Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.
Heat pan used for pork over medium-high heat. Add remaining stock concentrate and ¼ cup water (⅓ cup for 4 servings); bring to a simmer and cook until slightly reduced, 1-2 minutes.
Reduce heat to low; whisk in sour cream, half the chopped dill, and mustard to taste.
Turn off heat. Stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4) and any resting juices from pork. Season with salt and pepper.
Fluff couscous with a fork and season with salt and pepper.
Slice pork crosswise.
Divide couscous, pork, and asparagus between plates. Spoon sauce over pork and sprinkle with remaining chopped dill and chili flakes to taste. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the creamy dill sauce, calling it "insanely good" and "restaurant quality." Some found it too strong or pickle-like.
- Ease of prep: Customers praised the simple, quick preparation and clear instructions for this chef-inspired dish.
- Suggestions: Consider reducing dill for milder taste; some preferred cooking asparagus in a pan to avoid dryness.
- Portions: Several wanted larger servings of meat and vegetables, especially more asparagus.
- Couscous: While many enjoyed the buttery couscous, some found it bland or preferred other grains.
Reviews from our home cooks
This surprised me! I was skeptical about the Dijon dill sauce, but it was great on a pan seared pork chop with the couscous! Also was my first time trying couscous and I love it.
The dill sauce was wonderful. I did think the pork should have been more tender and wonder if your cooking times might need to be reduced. We have never had couscous until we started HelloFresh and we are really fans now. It is so easy to cook and to add lots of flavor.
This was very flavorful and I would order it again. The pork chops were good as well as the couscous and asparagus. The sauce was superb...very restaurant quality and taste.
Easy prep, very tasty with the asparagus, really good dill sauce.
Really very tasty meal. Sauce was great over pork. This pork was "melt in your mouth" compared to the shoe leather pieces we had with our last pork chop meal. I would give added caution or eliminate the use of red peppers on very tasty and fresh asparagus. We would definitely buy this one again.
Easy, simple and delicious! Everything tasted good bite by bite mixed together; not sure how I feel about that much dill as the main taste, but something different and good for the family to try
We really enjoyed the sauce and it was super easy to make. Cous cous is always a winner in our house and I'm super glad we got nice thin asparagus. Would order again!
The pork is pretty good but wow that was a ton of dill. The sauce didn't really thicken up, so it spread to the couscous and asparagus, and everything just tasted like pickles. We also didn't add salt while we were cooking, except to the pork chop, and it ended up very salty anyways.
An old favorite. The Dijon and dill sauce is so good. Asparagus go bad quickly in the bag so remember to cook this meal early on in the week.
We're never disappointed with this fabulous meal; fresh dill makes the dish - easy to prepare!
