Katsu-Glazed Pork Chops
with Candied Sweet Potatoes & Garlicky Green Beans
- Soy
- Wheat
- Sesame
- Milk
Take a trip around the world for dinner… from the comfort of your very own kitchen! Always raising the bar, this week, our chefs amped up pork chop flavors big time! Tender chops are browned and then glazed in katsu sauce (which is all kinds of tangy-sweet). Roasted brown-sugar sweet potatoes and sesame seed-flecked charred green beans pair perfectly with the main event. Winner, winner, pork chop dinner!
Ingredients
6 ounce
Green Beans
4 tablespoon
Katsu Sauce
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
2 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
1 unit
Lemon
2 unit
Sweet Potato
10 ounce
Pork Chops
2 clove
Garlic
1 tablespoon
Sesame Seeds
(Contains: Sesame)
2 unit
Scallions
2 tablespoon
Brown Sugar
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
3 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
2 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Quarter sweet potatoes lengthwise; lay flat and cut crosswise into ¼-inch-thick pieces. Trim scallions and cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces. Trim green beans if necessary. Peel and mince or grate garlic. Zest and quarter lemon.
• In a medium bowl, toss sweet potatoes with a drizzle of oil, brown sugar, and salt until coated. • Spread out on a foil-lined baking sheet and roast on top rack until browned and tender, 18-20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add scallions and green beans; cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies are slightly charred and cooked through, 6-8 minutes. Turn off heat. Add garlic and stir until fragrant, 30 seconds. Season with salt and pepper. • Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.
• Pat pork* dry with paper towels and season all over with salt and pepper. Heat a drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook until browned and cooked through, 2-3 minutes per side. TIP: If pork is on the thicker side, reduce heat to medium; cover and cook 2-4 minutes more per side. • Turn heat down to low; transfer pork to a cutting board to rest.
• Melt 1½ TBSP butter (3 TBSP for 4 servings) in same pan. Increase heat to medium high and stir in katsu sauce, soy sauce, ¼ cup water, and juice from one lemon wedge (½ cup water and juice from two wedges for 4). • Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to thicken, 2-4 minutes. Return pork chops to pan; use a spoon to coat pork with katsu glaze.
• Divide pork chops, sweet potatoes, and green beans between plates. • Drizzle any remaining katsu glaze over sweet potatoes; top with half the sesame seeds (all for 4 servings). Sprinkle green beans with lemon zest. Serve with remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the dish, but some found the katsu sauce overly salty; consider using low-sodium soy sauce or reducing the amount.
- Ease of prep: Sweet potatoes were tricky to remove from the pan; the pork cooking instructions needed more clarity for some.
- Suggestions: Double the sauce for extra flavor, and add more green beans and sweet potatoes to bulk up the meal.
- Portions: A few found the meal less filling than expected; consider increasing the vegetable portions.
- Sweet potatoes: The candied sweet potatoes were a standout hit, with many praising their flavor and preparation method.
Reviews from our home cooks
With this recipe, the green beans and sweet potatoes sit out far too long after cooking while waiting on the pork. The timing was off for getting the pork done so everything else was already cooked. (with the extra time for thicker chops). Also the garlic is too small to peel and mince.
I love sweet potatoes so I was really excited to try it candied for this recipe. I also really enjoyed the green beans and the katsu-glazed pork chops. Really flavorful!
Katsu sauce was easy to make and delicious, sweet potatoes and green beans matched well
This meal was very good! The sweet potatoes cooked up nicely and so did the green beans!
Our 13 month old ate an entire pork chop, and then some! This recipe was a hit at our house!
Sweet potatoes were really good candied but hard to get off the pan.
Very clever way to do sweet potatoes ... the highlight of the recipe
The flavors were delicious! It was a family preference to swap out the sweet potatoes for russet potatoes! But it was all very good! Huge hit!
The directions for making the pork were a bit unclear, required more time than was directed
Those sweet potatoes were a great change. Loved them with the sauce!
