Grilled Pork Chops With Caramelized Onions and Apricots

I recently bought some apricots and came up with this recipe for grilled pork chops. I paired them with some potato pancakes that I purchased at Trader Joe's, but you can make your own if you are ambitious enough! This recipe will go well with roasted potatoes too...

Ingredients
4 boneless pork chops 1 inch thick
Salt and pepper, to taste
3 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion, sliced
2 teaspoons sugar
1/3 cup apricot brandy
4 apricots halves cut into strips
2 apricots cut in half for grilling
1 tablespoon dried savory
12 ready made mini potato pancakes from Trader Joe's or Costco

Instructions

Preheat the grill. Rinse the pork in cool water and pat with paper towels to dry. Season with salt and pepper both sides. Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onion to the skillet. Cook, stirring, until just soft. Reduce the heat to simmer, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Uncover the pan and sprinkle the sugar over the onions, stirring constantly until they have caramelized and are a golden brown in color. 

Next, add the apricot brandy, along with the apricot strips. Increase the heat and bring to a boil. Continue stirring the mixture until there is no liquid remaining in the pan. Add sage and stir to mix. 

Heat potato pancakes as directed on package.

Grill the pork chops until internal temperature reaches 160º about 10 minutes per side. Grill apricot halves until caramelized. Place pork chops on 4 individual dinner plates with 3 mini potato pancakes and top each pancake with 1/4 of the onion mixture and 1/2 of a grilled apricot. 

Makes 4 servings