Easy Pork Chop Recipe for a 50-Year-Old Cook Who Can't Get It Right!

Overcooking. Most people have this fear of undercooking pork, so they overcook. The recipe isn't as important as the temperature and time. Pork chops are easy, but you have to be aware of thickness. I freeze single thin cut chops in freezer bags. I take it out of the freezer for 1/2 hour, sprinkle with my seasoning, and fry in a pan with butter. Just a couple of minutes on each side. If I have thick cut, I'll dip them in egg, then Italian bread crumbs, and brown in the frying pan. Transfer to a sprayed baking dish and bake in a 375 oven about 20-30 minutes, depending on how thick. The key is - learn how a pork chop feels when it's still tender but cooked.
 
Easy?? I quick sear my chops with salt, pepper, and garlic first, then put in crock pot. Stir together half cup of brown sugar, 4 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, 4 tablespoons soy sauce, and 4 minced cloves of garlic. Spread over chops and cook low and slow - about 6 hours on Low. I garnish with chopped green onion and serve with rice and a veggie.
 
I place seasoned pork chops on bottom of baking dish. Place cut up veggies on top. I like cauliflower, peppers, broccoli, carrots, on top of chops. Then put spaghetti sauce on top, cover and bake. I do it with chicken as well.
 
Slow cooker!!!! Only way I will make them. Keeps in the moisture.
I season the chops with pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and cumin. Sometimes I add a little paprika.
Put the chops in the slow cooker and add enough beef or chicken broth to come up to about 3/4 of the chops.
Mix together honey amd mustard of choice (this is to taste. I like a little more honey. You make like a little more mustard. Just add each till it tastes right).
Spread that over the top of the chops and cook on low for about 6-8 hours.
Mix more sauce cause you want to spoon it over the chops after you plate them.
 
there’s a difference in cooking time for thick cut and thin cut.
bread them for better flavor and moisture - i use bread crumbs, garlic, pepper. or breadcrumbs with a grillmates mix.
Thicker ones are 40-50 mins, thin ones 20-30 mins usually.
 
I slice a pocket in my pork chops and stuff with prepared Stovetop Stuffing for pork, then coat with Shake and Bake for pork.Bake as directed.Serve with a green vegetable and side of applesauce. Yummy. For biscuits I followed Cooking with Brenda Gantt. Or just used the recipe on the bag of your self rising flour. Hope this helps.
 
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