Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 thick-cut (about an inch), bone-in, pork chops
• 1 cup apple vinegar
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup water.
• Heat water and vinegar to disolve salt and sugar, cool back down, then brine pork chops 1+ hour.
• Salt and pepper
• 4 medium red potatoes cut into large bite sized pieces
• 1 medium red onion
• 1/2 cup apple sauce
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1/2 cup cloudy apple cider (eyeball it)
• 1 cups chicken stock (eyeball it)
• 1.5 tablespoons real maple syrup or brown sugar
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• Crusty bread, to serve alongside for mopping up sauce
• Dry pork chops. Salt and pepper them.
• Bring dutch oven with oil to 350 on stove. Brown pork chops, then set them aside.
• Serve.