Pork Chops With Bourbon Glazed Onions

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 cups sliced onions
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage leaf
• salt and black pepper
• 4 center-cut pork chops (8 to 10 oz each)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Directions

1. 1

   Melt butter in a saute pan over medium high heat.

2. 2

   Add onions and sugar; saute for 1 minute.

3. 3

   Cover pan and reduce heat to med low.

4. 4

   Simmer onions for about 10 minutes.

5. 5

   Uncover pan and stir onions, scraping up all the little brown bits of flavor from the bottom of the pan.

6. 6

   Cook onions, uncovered, until they begin to caramelize.

7. 7

   Add bourbon, cook until almost all liquid has evaporated, 2 to 3 minutes.

8. 8

   Transfer onions to a bowl and stir in pecans, sage, salt, and pepper.

9. 9

   Keep onion mixture warm.

10. 10

    Season chops with salt and pepper.

11. 11

    Wipe out saute pan and add oil to pan.

12. 12

    Add chops to pan and turn burner to med heat.

13. 13

    Cook chops until browned, about 5 minutes.

14. 14

    Flip chops, cover pan, reduce heat to low, and cook chops until an instant read thermometer registers 155 near the bone, 7 - 10 minutes.

15. 15

    Remove chops from pan, tent with foil and let meat rest for 5 minutes.

16. 16

    Serve each chop with some onions.