Parmesan Pork Chops With a Crunch

Submitted by Bergy

"The cheesy crust gives a nice finish to this pork chop casserole. The whole family will love it."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 3 cups onions, thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 cup sweet red pepper, thinly sliced
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme
• salt and pepper
• 6 pork loin chops
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 3⁄4 cup fresh breadcrumb
• 1⁄2 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 tablespoons butter

directions

1. Melt 2 tbsp butter; cook onions until soft (15 minutes).
2. Stir in red pepper, thyme, salt and pepper and set aside.
3. Melt remaining butter and brown the chops on both sides until nicely browned.
4. In an oven proof dish spread half the onion mixture.
5. Top with pork chops (overlap slightly if necessary).
6. Cover with remaining onion mixture.
7. Drizzle the chicken stock over casserole.
8. Bake covered in 400°F degrees oven for 40 minutes or until chops are tender, basting one or two times.
9. Meanwhile mix together; bread crumbs, Parmesan, mozzarella and 2 tbsp butter.
10. Sprinkle over the casserole when the chops are done.
11. Bake for 10 minutes to form a crisp topping and then broil for a minute or two to finish browning (if necessary).
12. Serve.

Reviews

[Wind in the Canyon]

Really good and easy to put together. Used 10 thin (1/3" thick) chops and left all other proportions the same. It came out perfect. Thanks!

 

[KPD123]

flavorful and easy to put together! i used a blackened seasoning on my pork chops for extra flavor. i added some garlic to the onion/pepper mixture. i think next time i'll use a tab bit less chicken stock, as mine turned out a little runny. loved the cheesy crust, i used asiago since that's what i had. thanks for posting.

 

[dcaldwell]

It was pretty good. I served it with mashed sweet potatoes which balanced out the onions. And I love onions.

 

[jczinc]

I made this dish last night for dinner and my husband too loved it!! The pork chops were nice an tender (I hate when they are dry). I didn't have the peppers and I didn't have the mozzerella cheese so I left out the peppers and used shredded parmesan/romano cheese in place of the mozzerella. It was very good. I did use a bit less butter to saute the onions in and I think I may have done the breadcrumb, cheeses wrong too. I melted the butter and it only mixed with a bit of the mixture and I had a ton of the crumb mixture left over. Maybe I was suppose to mix the room temp butter with the crumb mixture... Idk, but it was definately yummy... recommeded. Thanks!

 

[SSellars]

This had my man groaning with pleasure. Thanks for a fantastic recipe. The only change I made was using 1/2 cup of red wine, 1/2 cup of beef broth instead of the chicken broth. Double thumbs up!