Video: Honey-Habanero Pork Chops With Carrots

"In this sweet-and-spicy skillet dinner, lean boneless pork chops and carrots are glossed in a simple yet impactful trio of honey, habanero chiles and lime. These honey-habanero pork chops with carrots are sweet and spicy in really cool ways. You start by charring some carrots in a hot, hot skillet. In the same skillet, you add your pork chops, which have been dusted with paprika, and you add two habanero chilies."

"The habaneros will give off their floral, fruity spiciness to the rendered pork drippings, which will soon become our sauce. Stir that all together until it looks kind of like a thick, dark maple syrup. It is sweet and spicy, but it's also floral and fruity. And just like so interesting. Add back the pork chops and the carrots. Toss them to coat in that sauce, and then add a little cilantro."

Lean boneless pork chops and carrots are glazed with a honey-habanero-lime trio that balances sweet, spicy, floral, and fruity notes. Carrots are charred in a very hot skillet to develop caramelized edges and concentrated flavor. Pork chops are dusted with paprika and cooked in the same pan so rendered drippings carry flavor. Two habanero chiles are added to infuse the drippings with floral, fruity heat. Honey and lime are stirred into the drippings until they thicken into a dark, syrupy sauce. Pork chops and carrots are returned to the pan and tossed to coat. The dish is finished with a sprinkle of cilantro.

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