Pork Chops With Asparagus and Hollandaise

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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Step-by-step

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.

   

Recipe

Pork Chops With Asparagus and Hollandaise

★★★★★4.5 (104 ratings)

Juicy pork chops served with blanched asparagus and homemade one-minute Hollandaise sauce. Make this quick and ...

Hands on

10m

Overall

25m

Servings

3

2.8 g

Net carbs

36 g

Protein

58.8 g

Fat

690

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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.

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

Carbs 2%Protein 21%Fat 77% of calories

Net carbs

2.8 g

Total carbs

4.9 g

Fiber

2.2 g

Sugars

2.1 g

Protein

36 g

Fat

58.8 g

Saturated fat

29.5 g

Calories

690 kcal

Sodium

1,932 mg · 84% RDA

Magnesium

51 mg · 12.7% RDA

Potassium

743 mg · 37.2% EMR

Nutrition by ingredient

Per serving	Net carbs	Protein	Fat	kcal
Butter, unsalted, grass-fed	0 g	0.3 g	30.7 g	271
Egg yolk, fresh	0.6 g	2.7 g	4.5 g	55
Lemon juice, fresh	0.3 g	0 g	0 g	1
Pork, chops (loin), boneless, raw	0 g	30.7 g	13.4 g	252
Ghee	0 g	0 g	10 g	91
Asparagus, fresh	1.8 g	2.2 g	0.1 g	20
Salt, sea salt	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Pepper, black, spices	0.1 g	0 g	0 g	0
Total	2.8 g	36 g	58.8 g	690

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