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Pork Chops With Asparagus and Hollandaise

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This is a quick and easy weeknight dinner.

Tender and juicy pork chops, teamed with sweet spears of asparagus, lovingly blanketed in the fastest hollandaise sauce you’ll ever make.

At less than 3 grams of net carbs per serving, it’s also perfect for those nights when you need a super low carb meal. Enjoy!

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Hands-on Overall

Allergy information for Pork Chops With Asparagus and Hollandaise

✔  Gluten free
✔  Dairy free
✔  Nut free
✔  Nightshade free
✔  Avocado free
✔  Coconut free
✔  Fish free
✔  Shellfish free
✔  Beef free

Nutritional values (per serving)

Net carbs2.8 grams
Protein36 grams
Fat58.8 grams
Calories690 kcal
Calories from carbs 2%, protein 21%, fat 77%
Total carbs4.9 gramsFiber2.2 gramsSugars2.1 gramsSaturated fat29.5 gramsSodium1,932 mg(84% RDA)Magnesium51 mg(13% RDA)Potassium743 mg(37% EMR)

Ingredients (makes 3 servings)

  • 1/2 cup butter, ghee or extra virgin olive oil (120 ml/ 4 fl oz)
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice (15 ml)
  • 3 pork loin chops, bone in (200 g/ 7.1 oz each), or use 3 boneless pork chops (150 g / 5.3 oz each)
  • 2 tbsp ghee or lard (30 g/ 1.1 oz)
  • 300 g asparagus spears (10.6 oz)
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. Prepare the one-minute Hollandaise. Place 1/2 cup butter or ghee into a wide mouthed jar, with enough room for a hand blender to fit into. Melt the butter in the microwave.
  2. Add the egg yolks and the lemon juice. Place the hand blender in the bottom of the jar and blitz until well combined, lifting it slowly as you blend. Taste and season, if required.
    Pork Chops With Asparagus and Hollandaise
  3. Heat a frying pan over med-high heat and melt the remaining ghee. Cook the pork chops for 6 minutes on each side and then rest for 5 minutes.
    Pork Chops With Asparagus and Hollandaise
  4. Meanwhile, bring a pot of water to the boil and then blanch the asparagus for 5 minutes. Remove from the water and drain well.
    Pork Chops With Asparagus and Hollandaise
  5. Serve pork chops with asparagus spears placed over them, and then drizzle the hollandaise over the top.
  6. Store the pork and asparagus in the refrigerator, wrapped for 2 days.
    Store the hollandaise in its jar, with the lid on, in the refrigerator for 4 days, warming it before use.
    Pork Chops With Asparagus and Hollandaise

Pork Chops with Asparagus and Hollandaise
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★★★★★★★★★★
4.5 stars, average of 104 ratings
Pork Chops with Asparagus and Hollandaise
Juicy pork chops served with blanched asparagus and homemade one-minute Hollandaise sauce. Make this quick and easy low-carb meal in just 20 minutes!
Hands on10m
Overall25m
Servings3
Calories690 kcal
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, ghee or extra virgin olive oil (120 ml/ 4 fl oz)
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice (15 ml)
  • 3 pork loin chops, bone in (200 g/ 7.1 oz each), or use 3 boneless pork chops (150 g / 5.3 oz each)
  • 2 tbsp ghee or lard (30 g/ 1.1 oz)
  • 300 g asparagus spears (10.6 oz)
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. Prepare the one-minute Hollandaise. Place 1/2 cup butter or ghee into a wide mouthed jar, with enough room for a hand blender to fit into. Melt the butter in the microwave.
  2. Add the egg yolks and the lemon juice. Place the hand blender in the bottom of the jar and blitz until well combined, lifting it slowly as you blend. Taste and season, if required.
  3. Heat a frying pan over med-high heat and melt the remaining ghee. Cook the pork chops for 6 minutes on each side and then rest for 5 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, bring a pot of water to the boil and then blanch the asparagus for 5 minutes. Remove from the water and drain well.
  5. Serve pork chops with asparagus spears placed over them, and then drizzle the hollandaise over the top.
  6. Store the pork and asparagus in the refrigerator, wrapped for 2 days.
    Store the hollandaise in its jar, with the lid on, in the refrigerator for 4 days, warming it before use.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories690kcal
Net Carbs2.8g
Carbohydrates4.9g
Protein36g
Fat58.8g
Saturated Fat29.5g
Fiber2.2g
Sugar2.1g
Sodium1,932mg
Magnesium51mg
Potassium743mg

Detailed nutritional breakdown (per serving)

Net carbsProteinFatCalories
Total per serving
2.8 g36 g58.8 g690 kcal
Butter, unsalted, grass-fed
0 g0.3 g30.7 g271 kcal
Egg yolk, fresh
0.6 g2.7 g4.5 g55 kcal
Lemon juice, fresh
0.3 g0 g0 g1 kcal
Pork, chops (loin), boneless, raw
0 g30.7 g13.4 g252 kcal
Ghee
0 g0 g10 g91 kcal
Asparagus, fresh
1.8 g2.2 g0.1 g20 kcal
Salt, sea salt
0 g0 g0 g0 kcal
Pepper, black, spices
0.1 g0 g0 g0 kcal

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Naomi Sherman

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An accomplished home cook who was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease eight years ago, Naomi started to explore the connection between healthy, whole food and her symptoms, and a new love was born.

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Comments (8)

Amazing meal! Husband wants your hollandaise sauce on EVERYTHING now, lol. Thank you!

Thank you Jody!

Just curious which amount of ghee goes into the hollandaise sauce is it the 2 tbsp or 1/2 cup.
Thank you

Thank you for noticing, I added something to clarify in step 1 and step 3!

Just made this and so yummy! Will be making again

This was amazing. I’ve never made hollandaise so easy. My hubby is making those nom nom sounds and saying this is really good. Thank you for share your recipe.

This recipe was really great! It was quick and easy to put together.

I loooove easy recipes like these! And I just learnt how to make hollandaise in a minute! Keep them coming