Sheet Pan Pork Chops with Apples and Sweet Potatoes
This easy sheet pan dinner features boneless pork chops, diced sweet potatoes, red onion, and sliced apples tossed in a rosemary maple mustard balsamic marinade and roasted. You'll love how much flavor it has and how few dishes this recipe requires!
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Take pork chops out of the refrigerator to let them warm up a bit. Peel and dice the sweet potatoes and slice the onions and apples.
In a large bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients for the marinade.
Place the sweet potatoes and onions on a rimmed baking sheet. Use a spoon to scoop out about half of the sauce and toss with the sweet potatoes and onions directly on the baking sheet. Spread out in an even layer and place in the oven. Roast for about 15-20 minutes, until sweet potatoes are slightly softened and onions are beginning to brown.
Meanwhile, place the pork chops in the large bowl with the rest of the marinade and mix together to coat. Allow them to sit in the marinade while you wait for the sweet potatoes and onions to cook.
Take the sweet potatoes out of the oven and scoot them over to one side of the baking sheet, making room for the pork chops. Layer the apples on the sheet pan on the open space, and place the marinated pork chops on top of them.
Place back in the oven for another 20 minutes, or until pork is fully cooked to an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (see notes). If you like, broil for the last 5-ish minutes to brown and caramelize the top (it's best to remove the sweet potatoes before broiling, as they may burn).
Remove from oven and allow pork chops to rest at room temperature for at least 5 minutes. Serve pork chops with the apples, onions, and sweet potatoes.
Notes
Pork chops thickness: Thinner or thicker pork chops may take a shorter or longer time to cook, as well as depending on the temperature they start at. Do try and get pork chops that are uniform thickness, so they all cook for the same amount of time.
Pork chops temperature: Pork chops have a tendency to dry out and are fully cooked at 145 degrees F. Cooking to a higher temperature may result in a dryer texture. I recommend keeping a close eye on the temperature and using a high quality, fast, and accurate meat thermometer. I love the Thermoworks Thermapen One.
In a hurry? Sweet potatoes take a while to roast, so if you want a faster dinner, you can use double the amount of apples instead. If you do this, skip the initial roasting and just put everything on the sheet pan at once to roast at the same time. This faster version is great served with rice to bulk it up a bit, with the pork and apples served on top.
Any kind of apple can be used, but a tart, firm kind is best, such as grannysmith or honeycrisp.
If you slice the onions too thinly, they may burn. This recipe originally called for thinly sliced onions, but after reader feedback, I've changed it to quartered or thickly sliced. Mine got quite toasty when they were thinly sliced (as you can see in the photos) and were still delicious, but a thicker slice or quartered onion or two would definitely work better.