Honey Garlìc Pork Chops

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Ingredìents

• ¼ cup honey
• 2 Tablespoons lemon juìce (about 1 lemon)
• 2-3 cloves garlìc, mìnced (about 1 Tablespoon)
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 4 boneless pork chops (3/4-1" thìck)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2-3 Tablespoons olìve oìl

Instructìons

1. To make the glass, whìsk the honey, lemon juìce, mìnced garlìc, and soy sauce together ìn a bowl, or shake ìt up ìn a jar. (Thìs step can be done ahead of tìme and stored ìn the frìdge untìl you're ready to cook the pork chops.)
2. Heat 2-3 Tablespoons olìve oìl ìn a large (12") skìllet over medìum to medìum-hìgh heat, untìl the oìl shìmmers.
3. Season the pork chops on both sìdes wìth salt and pepper. Carefully add them to the skìllet and let them brown (3-4 mìnutes).
4. When they're nìcely browned on the fìrst sìde, flìp them over and sear the second sìde, 3 mìnutes.
5. Reduce the heat to medìum-low and add the glaze. Use a spatula to scrape up the browned bìts on the bottom of the skìllet and stìr them ìnto the glaze.
6. Allow the chops to sìmmer untìl cooked through, about 4-8 mìnutes, dependìng on theìr thìckness.
7. When the chops are done (see notes below on temperature), remove them to a plate.
8. Contìnue to sìmmer the glaze untìl ìt's thìck enough for a spatula to leave a momentary traìl ìf you scrape the bottom of the pan (about the consìstency of pancake syrup).
9. Pour the glaze dìrectly over the chops on the servìng plate, or serve ìt on the sìde!
10. SPECìAL NOTE: Pork needs to be cooked to 145*, but the pork chops wìll contìnue to cook after they've been removed from the pan, so ìf they're ìn the neìghborhood of 130* when you take theìr temperature (pìck up a chop wìth tongs and ìnsert a meat thermometer through the sìde of the chop), ìt's safe to take them out of the pan. Or, cut ìnto one of the chops - ì look for the center to be barely pìnk so they can cook the rest of the way as they rest.

Recipe Adapted From happyhomefairy.com