Dinner

Pork Loin with Braised Red Cabbage and Apple

Name: Pork Loin with Braised Red Cabbage and Apple
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 160 g Pork loin steak, fat trimmed; 150 g Red cabbage; 80 g Apple; 50 g Onion; Two tablespoons Cider vinegar; 1 tsp, about 7 g Honey; 1 leaf, about 0 g Bay leaf; 6 sprays, about 2 g Olive oil spray; To taste Salt; To taste Black pepper

A pan-fried pork loin steak on red cabbage braised slowly with apple, onion and cider vinegar. 38 g of protein for 341 kcal.

Calories: 341kcal
Protein: 38g
Fat: 8g
Carbs: 28g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work, then thirty minutes for the cabbage to braise. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

None of the fourteen declared allergens is in the ingredient list as written.

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Ingredients

Pork loin steak, fat trimmed160 g
One steak, fat trimmed. Snip the edge in two or three places so it does not curl in the pan. Weighed raw. The same piece weighed after cooking has lost water, so the protein per gram is higher and the total would come out about a quarter over.
Red cabbage150 g
Sliced finely.
Apple80 g
Grated, skin and all.
Onion50 g
Cider vinegarTwo tablespoons
Honey1 tsp, about 7 g
Bay leaf1 leaf, about 0 g
Olive oil spray6 sprays, about 2 g
Counted at a quarter of a gram per spray, which is what the nozzle on most bottles delivers. Four sprays is 9 kcal.
SaltTo taste
Black pepperTo taste

Method

Soften the onion in a sprayed saucepan for five minutes. Add the cabbage, apple, vinegar, honey, bay leaf, salt and a splash of water, cover and cook on a low heat for thirty minutes, stirring twice, until the cabbage is soft and glossy.
Ten minutes before the cabbage is done, season the pork and fry it in a sprayed hot pan for four minutes a side, until browned and just cooked through with a hint of pink at the centre.
Rest the pork for three minutes and serve it on the cabbage with the resting juices poured over.

Worth knowing

The cabbage can be made in a big batch and keeps in the fridge for a week. It is better on the second day.
There is no potato here, so the plate sits in the lighter band. A boiled potato of 150 g adds about 110 kcal and makes it a bigger dinner.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.