Potato-Crusted Pork Chops with Pesto Sauce

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Total Time:
1 hr 35 min
Prep
35 min
Cook
1 hr 0 min
Yield:
4-6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

For the Pork:

  • 5 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped
  • 3 sprigs fresh marjoram, leaves stripped
  • 1 clove garlic
  • Grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 3 cups potato chips (regular or thick-cut)
  • 2 pounds bone-in, center-cut pork loin roast
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons dijon mustard

For the Sauce:

  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons
  • store-bought pesto
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, minced
  • 1 teaspoon fresh marjoram, minced
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 1 plum tomato, diced

Directions

Prepare the pork: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Pulse the herbs, garlic, lemon zest and potato chips in a food processor until coarsely ground. Transfer to a shallow dish.

Season the pork with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the pork, fat-side down, and cook, turning, until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes; remove from the skillet. Brush the pork all over with the mustard, then roll in the chip mixture. Place on a rack in a roasting pan and roast until a thermometer inserted into the center of the roast registers about 150 degrees F, 50 to 60 minutes. Let sit 10 minutes before slicing into chops.

Meanwhile, make the sauce: Whisk the sour cream, mayonnaise, pesto, herbs and lemon juice in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Top with the tomato. Serve the chops with the sauce.

  • Photograph by Stephanie Foley

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  • on February 13, 2013

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    Very good. Great for company.

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  • on October 20, 2012

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    Yummy!

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  • on September 18, 2012

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    Yes this is a good easy tasty recipe...(can be used for nicer dinner few changes just because of what I had on hand... I don't grow marjoram in my herb garden so I used oregano and lemon thyme as my herbs for the crust

    Also, for the sauce because it is lighter in calories and I had some, I use plain greek yogurt, added lemon zest to sauce as well a squirt of the Dijon mustard and again the oregano and lemon thyme finely chopped...

    Served with a large arugula, baby kale and roasted beet salad...

    I think sage would also be a nice addition or substitution for the majoram

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