Holiday Pork Chops Food

HOLIDAY PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Prepare stuffing mix as directed. Peel,core and chop the apple. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 baking dish. Pour pie filling in 9x13 and spread it out. Put the chopped apple in the pie filling evenly. Place the chops in the pie filling and top with prepared stuffing mix. Cover baking dish and bake 35 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake 10 minutes or until chops are completely done. With a pancake turner, serve up the chops trying to have the pie filling on the bottom, then the chop with the stuffing on top.
• Note: If you'd like, I have sauteed 1 cup finely chopped onion and 1/2cup finely chopped celery in butter until both were tender. I poured the butter and onion mixture in the stuffing and blended it together. This gives everything a little more taste when baking.

PORK CHOPS WITH SWEET AND HOT PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Season chops with salt and pepper. Add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil to pan -- 1 turn of the pan. Add chops and cook 5 minutes on each side. Transfer to a platter and cover with foil. Return pan to heat and add more extra-virgin olive oil and bell peppers. Saute, stirring frequently, 5 minutes. Add hot cherry peppers and a splash of their brine to the pan, cook a minute. Add wine or stock and scrape up pan drippings. Arrange peppers over chops and serve.

HOLIDAY PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• With a sharp knife, cut a pocket in the side of each pork chop.
• In a large skillet, brown pork chops and garlic in 1/4 c butter. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove pork chops; set aside.
• In same skillet, cook onion and celery in remaining butter until tender.
• Add apples, water, craisins and 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. Add stuffing mix; mix well. Stuff into pockets in pork chops.
• Place pork chops in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan. Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until chops are tender. Extra stuffing may be baked in a greased 1 quart casserole for 40 minutes.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook pork chops in oil for 12-15 minutes on each side or a thermometer reads 160°. , Meanwhile, in a microwave-safe bowl, combine the cranberry sauce, salad dressing and soup mix. Cover and microwave on high 1-1/2 to 2 minutes or until heated through. Serve with pork chops.