{"id":12604,"date":"2026-09-10T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=12604"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:00:25","slug":"sheet-pan-pesto-pork-chops-tomatoes-asparagus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/sheet-pan-pesto-pork-chops-tomatoes-asparagus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheet Pan Pesto Pork Chops, Tomatoes &#038; Asparagus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/SheetPanPestoPorkChopsTomatoesAsparagus.jpg\" alt=\"Sheet Pan Pesto Pork Chops, Tomatoes & Asparagus\" \/><br><br \/>\n<a class=\"shop_ingred\" target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/shop.pricechopper.com\/store' rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shop Ingredients  <\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/sheet-pan-pesto-pork-chops-tomatoes-asparagus\/emailpopup\/\" onclick=\"email_popup(this.href); return false;\"  title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Sheet Pan Pesto Pork Chops, Tomatoes &#038; Asparagus<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 10 minutes plus standing<br \/>\nRoast\/Broil: 20 minutes \u2022 Serves: 4<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>4 <\/span><strong>Market 32 bone-in center cut pork chops<\/strong> (about 2-1\/4 pounds)<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup <strong>PICS basil pesto<\/strong> plus additional for serving (optional)<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>bunch asparagus, ends trimmed and halved crosswise<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>(24-ounce) package cherry tomatoes<br \/>\n<span>4\t<\/span>garlic cloves, finely chopped<br \/>\n<span>3\t<\/span>tablespoons <strong>PICS olive oil<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS kosher salt<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS ground black pepper<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>lemons, cut into wedges<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>Place oven rack 4 to 5 inches from broiler. Preheat oven to 425\u00b0; line rimmed baking pan with parchment paper. Place pork chops in center of prepared pan; rub all sides with pesto and roast 10 minutes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>In large bowl, toss asparagus, tomatoes, garlic, oil, salt and pepper; spread on pan around pork chops. Roast pork and asparagus mixture 5 minutes. Turn broiler to high; broil pork and asparagus mixture 5 minutes or until internal temperature of pork reaches 140\u00b0 and asparagus is tender. Transfer pork to cutting board; tent with aluminum foil and let stand 10 minutes. (Internal temperature will rise to 145\u00b0 upon standing.) Makes 4 pork chops and about 5 cups asparagus mixture.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>Serve pork chops over asparagus mixture garnished with lemon wedges along with pesto, if desired.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1 pork chop, 1-1\/4 cups asparagus mixture):<br \/>\n492 Calories, 33g Fat (7g Saturated), 113mg Cholesterol, 736mg Sodium,<br \/>\n8g Carbohydrates, 3g Fiber, 3g Sugars, 0g Added Sugars, 40g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shop Ingredients &nbsp;&nbsp; Sheet Pan Pesto Pork Chops, Tomatoes &#038; Asparagus Prep: 10 minutes plus standing Roast\/Broil: 20 minutes \u2022 Serves: 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-dishes","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12655,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12604\/revisions\/12655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}