Piggy 3 ways

My husband loves pork. LOVES pork. I had to come up with a few recipes that made me happy as well and along the way I decided to combine them into one delicious dish. Is there anything better than bacon fried apples? Well, how about bacon fried apples, a pork chop with apple sauce and sweet potato with pancetta. Get your taste buds ready for hog heaven.


The veg side:
Start the veg side first as it takes the most time.
Prep:
Cut into even sized cubes: 1 sweet potato, 1 baking potato
Chop 1 red onion
Mince 1-2 cloves of garlic
Chop 2 slices of thick cut pancetta or use 1/2 package of pre-cubed pancetta
Cook:
Turn the oven to 350F and pull out a sheet pan
On the pan mix all the ingredients into one happy little pile. Season with a mixture of:
1/4 tsp white pepper
ground black pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/4 tsp paprika
Mix all the ingredients and make sure it is coated evenly. Spread into a single layer and cook for 20-30 minutes depending on the thickness of your potato slices. About 1/2 way through use a spatula to move the food around and let it toss in the pancetta grease and seasoning so that everything is evenly bathed in deliciousness.

The meat side:
Prep:
Salt, a pinch of paprika and pepper pork chops and set out to warm up to the room a bit.
Get a pan ready with bacon grease.
Chop 1 golden delicious apple into 1/4" slices
Cook:
Once the pan is nice and hot, place the chops in and don't move them. Do not touch, prod, poke, molest, squish or peek under the chops for about 4 minutes. During that 4 minutes place the slices of apple in the pan and let cook in the tasty bacon grease. Once the one side is seared and has a beautiful crust, flip over and repeat the lack of movement. Do the same for the apples.