Low Carb Hemp Pork Chops and Green Beans
How to Make It
Step 1
Pat thin-sliced pork chops dry with a paper towel and lay a piece of parchment paper over them. Pound the pork chops thin with a cooking mallet. Then, rub ¼ teaspoon olive oil into each side of each pork chop, totaling 1 teaspoon oil per serving.
Step 2
Combine parmesan cheese, hemp seeds, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika on a plate (you may want to double these ingredients just to ensure you have enough to work with). Use a pair of tongs to lift and press each pork chop into the hemp seed “breading”. Make sure the pork chops are completely coated before continuing.
Step 3
Heat avocado oil in a non-stick pan over medium-high heat until the oil is hot. Place the breaded pork chops in the oil, and cook them for about 5 minutes per side. You can adjust the heat as necessary to avoid burning the pork chops.
Step 4
Set the cooked pork chops aside to cool on a serving plate, but return the pan back to your stove. Dice the bacon and cook it in the same pan on high heat. Cook the bacon until it’s just becoming crispy.
Step 5
Turn the heat down to medium-low heat. Add drained canned green beans (or thawed green beans from frozen) to the pan. Season the pan with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes. Then add sliced or chopped almonds.
Step 6
Stir and saute the ingredients until the almonds toast – about 90 seconds. Then, reduce the heat to low and add butter to the pan. Stir the ingredients until they’re coated with butter. Serve the hot bacon almond green beans with your pork chops and enjoy.
Ingredients
- Pork Top Loin Chops Boneless Lean Meat And Fat Raw – 5 oz
- Olive Oil – 1 tsp
- Parmesan cheese – 1 tbsp, grated
- Hemp Seeds Shelled Or Hulled – 2 tbsp
- Salt – 0.13 tsp
- Black pepper – 0.25 tsp
- Onion powder – 0.13 tsp
- Garlic powder – 0.13 tsp
- Paprika – 0.25 tsp
- Avocado oil – 2 tsp
- Bacon – 2 oz
- Green beans (string beans), canned, drained – 0.5 cup
- Salt – 0.13 tsp
- Black pepper – 0.25 tsp
- Garlic powder – 0.13 tsp
- Crushed Red Pepper Flakes – 0.13 tsp
- Almonds – 0.5 oz
- Butter, unsalted – 0.5 tbsp