Baked Stuffed Pork Chops and Pan Gravy

"I first cooked these in the early 90's when I belonged to a cooking school and they're great! Make sure your guests are hungry: this is a very hearty entree. Recipe #320348 makes a really good side dish. I cook them with apple juice - just haven't gotten around to trying them with wine. Note: The recipe is easily modified for thinner chops by reducing the browning and baking times."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 15mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium high heat and saute the chopped onion and celery, stirring, until onion is golden, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat. Gently stir in bread cubes. Add parsley, raisins, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, marjoram and pepper; toss lightly to combine. Set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F Trim excess fat from chops, reserving the fat. Using a sharp paring knife, cut a pocket in each chop, all the way to the rib. Fill each pocket with 1/4 cup stuffing; fasten together with a couple of toothpicks.
  • Mix together the 1/4 cup flour and 1 teaspoon salt. Lightly coat the pork chops on both sides with flour mixture, reserving remaining seasoned flour for gravy.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons butter and reserved pork fat in a large skillet. Over low heat, cooking 3 at a time, brown chops well on both sides, turning with tongs, 8-10 minutes on each side or until browned. Remove each batch of browned chops to paper towels.
  • Pour off fat from skillet, and add apple juice, white wine, cider or a combo of liquids to skillet. Stir over medium heat to dissolve browned bits. Pour into the bottom of roasting pan. Stand chops bone-side down in bottom of pan. Cover with foil and bake in preheated oven 1 hour.
  • Uncover and bake 30 to 40 minutes, or until tender. Remove chops to platter and tent with foil to keep warm.
  • Optional Gravy: Over medium heat boil drippings, uncovered, until reduced to 1 cup. Dissolve reserved flour mixture in 1/2 cup of water. Add to drippings and bring to a boil, stirring; simmer 3 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. Strain if necessary. Serve with chops.

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Reviews

  1. Great chops and stuffing! I cut this recipe back to 2 servings, but made more stuffing (DH loves stuffing!) I used boneless chops and the white wine option. We really enjoyed the tastes in this dish and we were surprised how much the raisins added to the taste and texture for the stuffing. Thanks ninja for a nice keeper. Made for PAC Fall 2008.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Great recipe if this was 1950 and when the pork chops had fat. For the last 30 years the pork has been on a slim fast diet. Sooo these cooking times are way to long. I baked covered for an hour and then did NOT cook uncovered as directed and still way too cooked. Otherwise this is a good recipe and I will make again but will drastically revise the cooking time. Joe
     

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