Round it your dinner with vegetables. This side dish recipe calls for cauliflower and leeks, but you can easily substitute broccoli and red or yellow onions. A Pink Lady’s hearty texture is ideal for roasting, but other apple varieties, like Braeburn, work too.
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4 servings
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Ingredients
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Test Kitchen Tips
Looking for even more apple flavor? Try using applewood smoked bacon in place of regular smoked bacon.
For roasting, apples with firm flesh are the way to go. They retain crispness for a little crunch. Try varieties like Pink Lady, Braeburn, Granny Smith, and Mutsu or Crispin.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 450°.
Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp. Transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate; reserve the drippings and the skillet to make Pork Chops & Apple Sauce.
Toss cauliflower, leeks, apple, and thyme with 2 Tbsp. drippings; season with salt and pepper. Spread vegetables evenly on a large baking sheet.
Roast vegetables on lower rack in oven until cauliflower is golden brown and apples are tender, 20–25minutes. Toss vegetables with cooked bacon and serve with pork chops.
Tossing the vegetables with bacon drippings coats them in fat so they brown well during roasting.
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Nutritional Facts
Nutritional Facts
Per serving
Calories: 127
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4g 6%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Cholesterol 8mg 2%
Sodium 237mg 9%
% Daily Value*
Carbs 19g 6%
Fiber 5g 20%
Protein 6g
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
