Southern Smothered Pork Chops In Brown Gravy Food

SOUTHERN SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS IN BROWN GRAVY

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 3-quart saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook onion and garlic in the butter, stirring occasionally, until is browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove onion and garlic and set aside.
• Stir flour slowly into butter. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until flour is deep brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Gradually stir in broth. Add onion, garlic, mushrooms, and parsley. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• Coat a large skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Season pork chops with salt and pepper and brown in the hot pan, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Add gravy mixture from the saucepan. Cover and cook over low heat until tender and no longer pink in the centers, 30 to 40 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in large pan over medium heat. Season pork chops with salt and pepper to taste.
• Dredge pork chops lightly in ½ cup of flour then brown in skillet on both sides. Once browned, remove pork chops from skillet and drain on paper towel. Set aside.
• Next scrape the bottom of the pan getting up all of the browned bits. Add the onion to the pan and saute' for about 5 minutes until a bit browned and tender. Add minced garlic and saute' for 1 minute.
• Push onions and garlic to one side of the pan then add remaining 2 tablespoons of oil to skillet then sprinkle on remaining flour. Constantly stir allowing the flour to brown until it reaches a toffee color (about 5-8 minutes) then pour in chicken stock and water and whisk together.
• Turn heat to high to bring to a boil and season with salt and pepper. Whisk in Worchestershire sauce, creole seasoning and hot sauce then turn heat down to medium.
• Add back in pork chops and put lid on pan for about 25-35 minutes or until sauce has thickened and coats the back of the spoon and pork chops are nice and tender.
• Serve over rice or mashed potatoes and garnish with parsley if you desire.

SOUTHERN STYLE SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• brown bacon in a large skillet.
• remove and leave grease.
• saute onion and garlic in bacon grease.
• remove and leave grease.
• salt and pepper both sides of the pork chops.
• dredge both sides in flour.
• add to hot grease (you may need to add a bit more oil to the pan).
• brown pork chops on both sides.
• in a seperate bowl combine gravy mix and water. add in the cooked bacon and onions.
• pour over browned pork chops cover and let simmer 20-40 mins (or until pork is at the desired tenderness).
• If the gravy is a little thin you can remove the chops and add a TBS of cornstarch or flour and whisk in until there are no lumps.
• Serve with mashed potatoes and covered with gravy and DEVOUR!

GRANNY'S SMOTHERED SOUTHERN STYLE PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Season the 8 pork chops with the seasoned salt and ground pepper; flour the pork chops on both sides.
• In large iron skillet, heat up shorting until very hot. Reduce heat to medium. Place prepared pork chops into skillet and fry until a dark golden brown on both sides.
• Drain all grease from skillet except one tablespoon. Add 4 cups of warm water; cover with lid and simmer until a thick gravy forms. Let it sit for 10 minutes.