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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By chrigbrod
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Very good. Great for company.
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Yummy!
By bnbncb_4985262
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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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