Sauteed Pork Chops with Sweet-and-Sour Red Cabbage

Ingredients

• ¾ cup water
• 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
• ¼ cup red-wine vinegar
• 1 small red cabbage (1 3/4 lb)
• 1 medium onion
• 1 instant-read thermometer
• ¾ teaspoon black pepper
• + 5 more ingredients
• • 3 vegetable oil
  • ½ teaspoon caraway seeds
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 6 slices bacon
  • 4 1-inch-thick bone-in rib pork chops (2 1/2 to 3 lb total)

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F. Cook bacon in a 4- to 5-quart wide heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, and transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Measure fat and, if less than 2 tablespoons, add enough vegetable oil to bri...

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