Lunch: Pork Rib Chops with Sauteed Apple and Star Anise

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Apples, Apple Cider Vinegar

Health and fertility benefits of Pork Rib Chops with Sauteed Apple and Star Anise

Apples will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full) Apple cider vinegar will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 12-ounce pork rib chops
3 tablespoons butter, divided
1 tablespoon brown sugar
4 whole star anise*
2 Fuji apples (about 1 pound), cored, sliced 1/2-inch thick
1/2 cup apple juice
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

Instructions

Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Add pork to skillet; cook until brown on both sides and thermometer inserted horizontally into pork registers 140 °F, about 7 minutes per side. Transfer to plates; tent with foil.
Pour off drippings from skillet. Add 2 tablespoons butter, brown sugar, and star anise to same skillet and stir over high heat until melted. Add apples; cook until brown and caramelized, stirring frequently, about 8 minutes. Spoon apples over pork. Add apple juice and vinegar to skillet; boil sauce until reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 3 minutes. Whisk in remaining 1 tablespoon butter; season to taste with salt and pepper. Drizzle sauce over apples and pork.
*Brown, star-shaped seedpods; available in the spice section of some supermarkets and at specialty foods stores and Asian markets.

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