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Skillet Pork Cutlets With Fresh Peach Butter 

Published Aug. 29, 2025

Skillet Pork Cutlets With Fresh Peach Butter 
Johnny Miller for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Vivian Lui.
Total Time
30 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Rating
4(26)
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Thin pork cutlets are perfect for fast weeknight meals: They cook in less than 10 minutes and readily take on the flavors of the brown butter sauce they’re topped with. The rich sauce gets a bright lift from fresh summer peaches, coarsely grated so they release all of their fruity sweet juices. (The step also skips the trouble of peeling them.) Steamed or grilled corn is a perfect accompaniment for both the juicy pork and sweet-tart peach butter.

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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings 
  • 1medium-ripe peach, halved, pitted and grated on the large holes of a box grater (½ cup peach pulp and juices, skin discarded)
  • 3oregano sprigs, plus ½ teaspoon chopped oregano leaves
  • 4tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • Kosher salt and pepper
  • 1tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4(5-ounce) boneless pork loin chops or cutlets, pounded ¼-inch thick
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

359 calories; 26 grams fat; 11 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 10 grams monounsaturated fat; 3 grams polyunsaturated fat; 6 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 3 grams sugars; 28 grams protein; 465 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a medium heatproof bowl, combine the grated peach and chopped oregano.

  2. Step 2

    In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the butter. Cook, stirring occasionally, until butter is browned and nutty smelling and the sizzling sound stops, about 3 minutes. (Be careful not to burn the butter.) Pour the browned butter over the grated peach — and be careful, as it may splatter. Season with salt and pepper and mix until well combined.

  3. Step 3

    In a 12-inch cast-iron skillet, heat oil over medium. Season pork with salt and pepper and add to skillet. Top with oregano sprigs and cook until golden on both sides and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side.

  4. Step 4

    Transfer pork to 4 serving plates. Top each with some of the peach butter and garnish with more black pepper. Serve warm.

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This was good but could be better. This seems like the first draft of a solid recipe. Next time I will add the peaches to the butter and let the juices cook down to get the peach butter a little more jammy. I threw some lime juice and that helps bring everything together a bit.

What a sumptuous, luscious way to bring pork to life. Yum. "Medium-ripe" threw me off for a second. A medium-sized ripe peach? A peach that's medium-ripe? It doesn't matter in the end. Also, I didn't bother using room-temp butter. I just cut up cold butter so it melted quickly and uniformly.

"Medium-ripe peach": the hyphen is between medium and ripe, so the peach should be medium-ripe. If medium sized peach were called for, it would be "medium ripe peach" without the hyphen. The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of pulp and juices; that quantity should help selecting the size of he peach.

Too much butter.

The peach butter was pretty good as written, but a bit tart since my peach wasn't super sweet. I added a bit of honey and that made a huge difference. Excellent. Will by trying the butter on grilled chicken and corn later this week.

Oh man, you guys?? I tried the just the peaches with brown butter and it wasn’t so great. Decided to follow the suggestion of cooking it down a bit in the butter, then adding lime. It was excellent with the pork, had it with roast potatoes and green beans. But I had some extra sauce, tasted it, and thought “vanilla icecream!!”. Drove to the grocery store, bought the most expensive vanilla icecream they had, got it home and and slathered it with the sauce. It was FANTASTIC. Skip the pork, have it for dessert. I bet a sprinkle of crushed ginger snaps toasted in butter would take it out of orbit.

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