My Pork Chops Bring All the Boys to the Yard

When my husband and I first started dating, he asked me to make pork chops one night for dinner. I had NEVER made them before in my life, so I did what any girl would do. I acted like I knew EXACTLY how to make them, while I was secretly googling recipes that would hopefully impress him. C'mon, I can't be the only one that does that! I had found one recipe on allrecipes.com, but have adapted it over the years to one that is much better than the original. Now, my husband absolutely loves my pork chops. Like, I could probably make them every night and he would never get tired of them. Okay that may be a stretch, but you get the picture. Since I now get home from work around 6:15 instead of 8:15, I actually have time to cook things that I have down to a fine art. When my husband asked me to make them, I gladly obliged since we haven't had them in quite some time. They aren't hard to make, but there are 2 cooking steps - one on the stove and one in the oven. This allows for the outsides to get nice and browned in a pan, and then they get baked so all the juices get trapped on the inside making them so moist and delicious.

The things you need:

Boneless pork chops of desired thickness

1 Yellow bell pepper

1 Orange bell pepper

1 Red bell pepper

1 c Italian bread crumbs

3 Tbsp Butter

2 Tbsp Salt*

2 Tbsp Pepper*

3 Tbsp Minced onions*

 2 Tbsp Basil*

*Note: These are rough measurements. If you like things spicier, add more pepper. Don't like onions? Leave them out! This is just what we have found we like the best.

The first thing you want to do is chop your peppers. I try and chop them in rings, but any rough chop is good for this. Once they are chopped, place them in your baking dish. Mine is a 9x9 glass dish.

Now, put your butter in your pan and turn the heat onto med-high to melt it. While it is melting, you want to prep your chops.

1. Season both sides of your pork chops with the pepper, salt, onion and basil - about 1 Tbsp of each per side.

2. Place pork chop in bread crumbs and push down so it sticks.

3. Flip chop over and coat the other side. Repeat this until you get a thin, even coating over the whole thing.

4. Place them into the pan with the melted butter. 

The cook time for the pork chops is dependent on the thickness of the chop.

Thin chops - about 3 minutes per side

Medium chops - about 5 minutes per side

Thick chops - about 7 minutes per side.

You may need to add more butter as it cooks so that they don't burn, so make sure to have some handy.

Once the outsides are cooked to a nice golden brown, they are going to go right on top of the bed of peppers that you have waiting. 

Once again, the cooking time depends on the thickness. These took 40 minutes to cook all the way through. Thin cuts will generally take 25-30 minutes. 

You can serve these with anything - mac and cheese, potatoes, noodles, or rice! No matter what, you will have tender, juicy pork chops that everyone will love.

What are your favorite ways to cook pork chops? 

xoxo,

Sarah