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Cacao Nib Pork Chops


Ingredients

  • 9 oz (final weight) boneless pork chops - trim all fat. 63gm P, 7gm F
  • 4 tsp raw cacao nibs 8gm F, 4gm C
  • 18 oz butternut squash - cubed 60gm C
  • 2 Table Spoon Agave 32gm C (optional and paleo-controversial)
  • 3 tsp Olive Oil 15gm F
  • 1 egg 7gm P 5gm F
  • Couple handfuls of spinach - negligible C
  • Cinnamon
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Pound both sides of pork chops
  2. Whip up an egg in a bowl and then coat the chops
  3. Season 1 tsp of cacao nibs on both sides
  4. Heat 2 tsp of olive oil going in a pan and dump the butternut going first.
  5. After 5 minutes, put 1 tsp of olive oil in another pan and, once it's hot place chops in skillet.
  6. Add the agave to the butternut towards the end and sprinkle with cinnamon
  7. Put butternut over a hand-full of spinach, add the chops on the side

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9 Responses to “Cacao Nib Pork Chops”

  1. on January 11th, 2010 at 1:47 pm Holly Says:

    In the above recipe, I subbed honey for agave and chopped 100% cocoa pieces (from a bar) for the cocoa nibs–both worked brilliantly.

  2. on January 16th, 2010 at 5:17 pm mklbushn Says:

    I don’t understand what”season the cacao nibs” means. Can someone enlighten me?

  3. on January 16th, 2010 at 8:55 pm Jason G. Says:

    Season “with” the cacao nibs on both sides. The cacao nibs will be small and you should add them to both sides of the meat.

  4. on January 20th, 2010 at 9:31 am Clear Lake CrossFit Says:

    Surprisingly good!

  5. on April 5th, 2010 at 10:06 am da89yota Says:

    I cannot find the cacao nibs. Are there any substitutions that a person can use?

  6. on April 5th, 2010 at 11:03 am Jason G. Says:

    My wife uses 100% Cacao dark chocolate bars when we can’t find nibs and they seem to be just fine. http://www.ghirardelli.com/products/bars_unsweetened.aspx

  7. on August 18th, 2010 at 11:43 am paulandsteph Says:

    I have made this 3 times and have never gotten it to taste good at all (once it was basically not edible for me). This might be my least favorite recipe on the site. We’ve been doing other pork chop recipes instead because we dislike this so much.

  8. on August 29th, 2010 at 9:22 am marioni Says:

    I love this recipe. The second time I made it, I didn’t have any cacao nibs so I use raw carob powder that I had in the freezer. I liked it even better!

  9. on August 29th, 2010 at 9:22 am marioni Says:

    I love this recipe. The second time I made it, I didn’t have any cacao nibs so I used raw carob powder that I had in the freezer. I liked it even better!

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