Southern Smothered Pork Chops
These sound very good, pan browned then baked in the oven with a nice gravy, on my to cook list.
Ingredients
- 4 pork chops
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 teaspoons rotisserie seasoning, OR make from a shortcut
- 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 cup celery, finely diced
- 1/2 onion, finely diced
- 1 green bell pepper, finely diced
- 5 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 4 cups chicken stock, fresh or from powder
- cooking oil, as needed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together rotisserie seasoning, sage, rosemary, paprika, salt and pepper. Season pork chops evenly with 1/2 the mixture.
- To fry the pork chops, there is two methods. 1. Put a large pan on medium high heat. Add 1/2 inch of oil. 2. If you prefer to use less oil, simply sear the chops using only 2 tablespoons of oil. I would say number 1 is truly southern.
- While oil is getting hot, place 1 cup of flour on a plate. Dip all sides of the chops in flour, and tap off any excess.
- Carefully place the chops into the hot oil, and brown on both sides. Adjust the heat as needed. You are browning them, the trick to a juicy pork chop is to brown them then bake in the gravy to cook them through. When browned on both sides, remove to a plate lined with paper towels.
- Preheat your oven to 190 C, get out a large baking dish.
- Discard the oil from pan and turn heat to medium low. Add in butter. When butter is melted, add in celery, onion, and bell pepper. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes until vegetables are softened.
- To the skillet whisk in the flour and garlic. Adjust the heat as needed, and continue to cook the roux for 7-10 minutes until golden brown, then gradually add in chicken stock while whisking. Adjust the heat as needed, and allow to come to a boil to thicken. Then add in remaining rotisserie mixture and stir. Remove from heat.
- Place the pork chops in the baking dish in one layer, pour in the gravy from the pan, cover with foil and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove from oven, serve with mashed potatoes and the gravy spooned over the chop and potatoes.
Notes
The price for pork can vary widely, my preference would be to use pork loin, which is basically a boneless chop and is readily available. Standard Tesco pork loin is about 132 Baht/kilo, Betagrow brand is 300 Baht/kilo, and an open market I cannot price until I get some. For these you have to slice it as well. Going with 132 Baht as an estimate until I make this, for 4 servings, this is about 97 cents per serving.
Shortcut: Rotisserie Seasoning.
Provided courtesy of good friend, Stephen Connell.
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