Last time I was at Trader Joe's I made a point to check out their
"butcher" section. I was in the mood to meal prep with something I
haven't tried before from their meat selection. I happened to spot the Trader Joe's Boneless Stuffed Pork Chops with Apple Almond Stuffing
and decided to pick them up to have for dinner and potentially another
dinner/lunch if there were leftovers. I love stuffed pork chops and the
apple almond stuffing sounded intriguing.
The chops
are packaged assembled and ready to be seared and roasted in the oven. I
added a teaspoon of olive oil to a non-stick skillet and heated it up,
once heated I added my pork chops and allowed them to sear on one side
before adding a bit more olive oil and allowing to sear on the other
side. Once the chops had a nice color to both sides, I transferred them
to a baking dish, tented the dish with foil and popped them into the
oven per the directions suggested. I set the timer and pulled them out
when done.
The end result was truly delicious. Don't
go into it expecting a Stove Top stuffing because it's anything but ...
it's the real deal holy-field of stuffing's which has a very mild apple
taste and has almond slices throughout the stuffing. The dish together
compliments itself well ... but with all stuffed pork chops a little
side of apple sauce makes it come together perfectly. The stuffing is
moist, the pork is lean with a little bit of fat along the edge of the
chop (as normal). Nonetheless I found them to be quite enjoyable and I
will undoubtedly be repurchasing again. Dinner guests also found them
to be enjoyable, so winner all around!
