Country French Pork Chops Food

FRENCH PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Combine carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, and beans in the bottom of a 5-quart slow cooker.
• Season pork chops with salt, pepper, and 1 tablespoon of herbs de Provence. Place in slow cooker on top of vegetables.
• In a small bowl, combine potato soup, Dijon mustard, tomato paste, sherry, and 1 teaspoon of herbs de Provence. Pour over pork chops.
• Cover and cook on low setting for 4 to 6 hours.
• In a saute pan over medium-high heat, melt butter. When butter is melted and foam subsides, add bread crumbs and stir constantly until toasted. Serve pork chops and vegetables sprinkled with bread crumbs and parsley.

COUNTRY FRENCH PORK WITH PRUNES AND APPLES

Steps:

• Mix flour, herbes de Provence, salt and pepper; rub over pork. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown roast on all sides. Place roast in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker. Add onions, apple cider, beef stock and bay leaves., Cook, covered, on low 3 hours. Add apples and dried plums. Cook, covered, on low 1 to 1-1/2 hours longer or until apples and pork are tender. Remove roast, onions, apples and plums to a serving platter, discarding bay leaves; tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before slicing.

COUNTRY FRENCH PORK CHOPS RECIPE - (4.8/5)

Steps:

• 1. Brine pork chops in 3 cups water and 3 TBS kosher salt for at least four hours (initially dissolve salt in one cup hot water). Heat cast-iron large skillet with 2 TBS olive oil in 400 degree oven. Remove from oven and place over medium-high heat. Cook chops until browned on one side (3-4 minutes) then turn over and transfer skillet back to oven for 6-10 minutes to finish cooking (less for thin chops and more for thicker chops). Transfer chops to a plate and cover tightly with foil. 2. Add broth to skillet and bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits with wooden spoon. Add brown sugar, vinegar, prunes, and olives and simmer until sauce thickens, 4 to 5 minutes. Whisk in butter and parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste. 3. Reduce heat to medium-low and return chops and accumulated juices to skillet. Simmer, turning chops once or twice, until sauce clings to chops and meat is completely cooked (145 degrees on instant-read thermometer), 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer chops to platter and spoon sauce over them. Serve.

COUNTRY PORK CHOP DINNER

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook pork and onion in oil until meat is browned and juices run clear; drain. Top with potatoes, carrots and mushrooms. Combine the soup, water, salt if desired and thyme; pour over vegetables. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. , Cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until meat and vegetables are tender.

COUNTRY FRENCH PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Season chops to taste with salt andpepper.
• Heat oil in skillet over medium high heat and add chops. Cook until well browned on both sides but still pink in the center, 3-4 minutes per side.
• Remove from skillet, place on platter and cover.
• Add broth to skillet and bring to a boil, scraping up browned bits with a spoon.
• Add brown sugar, red wine vinegar, prunes, and olives; simmer till sauce thickens, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Whisk in butter and parsley.
• Reduce flame to medium low; return chops and accumulated juices to skillet.
• Simmer, turning chops once or twice, until sauce clings and meat is completely cooked, 3-5 minutes.
• Serve at once.

COUNTRY FRENCH PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Pat pork chops dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking.
• Cook chops until well browned on both sides but still pink in center, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
• Transfer chops to plate and cover tightly with foil.
• Add broth to skillet and bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits with wooden spoon.
• Add brown sugar, vinegar, prunes, and olives and simmer until sauce thickens, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Whisk in butter and parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and return chops and accumulated juices to skillet.
• Simmer, turning chops once or twice, until sauce clings to chops and meat is completely cooked (145 degrees on instant-read thermometer), 3 to 5 minutes.
• Transfer chops to platter and spoon sauce over them.
• Serve.

COUNTRY PORK CHOPS WITH MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 deg.
• In 10" skillet brown pork chops over med-high heat (1-2 min per side).
• Season both sides with salt and pepper.
• Place in 13x9" baking pan and cover with onions.
• Add chicken broth, thyme and garlic powder to skillet drippings.
• Stir; pour over pork chops and onions.
• Cover with foil; bake for 60-70 min.
• or until tender.
• Place on serving platter; keep warm.
• Pour liquid from baking pan into 10" skillet.
• Cook over medium heat until mixture just comes to a boil (1-2 min).
• Meanwhile, in jar with lid, combine water, flour, salt and pepper; shake to mix.
• Slowly stir flour mixture into hot liquid in skillet.
• Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil; boil 1 min.
• Add mushrooms; cook 2 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Stir in sour cream.
• Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until heated through (1-2 min).
• Serve gravy over pork chops.
• (Gravy also good on baked potatoes).

COUNTRY-STYLE PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add mushrooms and onions; cook 5 min. or until mushrooms are tender and release most their liquid, stirring occasionally. Spoon into medium bowl; stir in gravy.
• Add chops to skillet; cook 3 to 5 min. on each side or until evenly browned on both sides. Season with pepper.
• Pour gravy mixture over chops; simmer on medium-low heat 10 to 15 min. or until chops are done (145ºF). Transfer chops to platter, reserving gravy mixture in skillet. Let chops stand 3 min.
• Meanwhile, stir sour cream into mushroom mixture in skillet; cook on low heat 2 to 3 min. or until heated through, stirring frequently.
• Spoon mushroom mixture over chops.

PORK CHOPS WITH DIJON SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in the oil in a large deep skillet over high heat. Season chops with salt and pepper and add them, browning well, about 2 or 3 minutes a side, reducing the heat slightly if chops brown too quickly.
• Remove chops to a platter and pour off most of the fat. Add green onions or shallots and cook over medium-high heat until softened, about 1 minute. Add wine and bring to a boil, scraping brown bits off the bottom. Stir in the stock and return chops to the pan. Bring the sauce to a simmer, cover and cook until chops are tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove the chops to a warm platter; cover with foil to keep warm. Raise the heat and boil pan juices to reduce by half, about 2 minutes. Add cream and boil 2 minutes more, until sauce reduces a bit and thickens. Remove from the heat and whisk in mustard and the parsley, if using. Taste and add more mustard if desired. Immediately spoon sauce over the chops and serve.