Pork Chops - Southern Style

Jeff Hamme's Note:

Simple, quick and tasty. Something I threw together with the 'scraps' in my Fridge and surprised me with how great it tasted. Feel free to remove as much 'fat' from the pan as you need to... the more you leave, the better it tastes! Great with mashed potatoes!

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 2 pork chops
• 1/2 medium onion (diced)
• 1 -2 slice bacon
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3/4 cup water
• salt & pepper

Directions:

1. In 12" skillet, cook bacon on med hi heat. Remove bacon from skillet, but leave bacon drippings.
2. Add 1 TBSP butter and diced onion. When transparent, remove from skillet.
3. Reduce heat to medium, lightly salt and pepper both sides of pork chops and place in skillet. Brown both sides (approx 2-4 minutes each).
4. Chop up bacon, and add both bacon and cooked onion to skillet.
5. Add 3/4 cup water (add more if you want more gravy), 1 TBSP butter, cover and simmer until cooked (5-10 minutes - but can simmer for up to 45 minutes easily).
6. Just before serving, mix 2 TBSP cornstarch with cool tap water (approx 1/4 cup).
7. Place pork chops on plates, add corn starch/water mixture to gravy/drippings in skillet and bring to quick boil stirring frequently to form thick gravy.

Reviews

[beffus]

I pretty much followed the recipe exactly, except I used a handful of pre-cooked real bacon bits and about 10 thin sliced pork loin chops. Normally, I make the pork slices the same old dried out way, this was so much better. I thought the gravy had plenty of flavor, I'm so glad I didn't add any stock, but I do wish I didn't add any salt at all, I only used a pinch, but I will omit it next time, there will definately be a next time for this!

[Gsimons85]

not bad..i used maple bacon, but the "gravy" seemed like leftover bacon grease with flour, which it basically was, was kinda let down by that..but the porkchops came out SSOOOO tender, very good..i let them simmer for about 20 mins and they were the softest porkchops i've ever had...will try and work on gravy again..thx

[Bake Em N Take Em]

Great for a quick recipe. lots of butter and fat though. I may just pass on the gravy next time. Plus I was a little disappointed that the bacon lost it's crispness--I'd need to save that for the last ingredient to add back to the dish.