Pat Boyars Pork Chops Recipes

PAT'S SMOKED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Mix salt, black pepper, brown sugar, thyme, onion powder and cayenne together in a small bowl. Rub pork chops with the spice mixture. Wrap and place in refrigerator for a few hours.
• Set up your grill/smoker for indirect heat at 275 degrees F., using charcoal and add a handful of the soaked apple wood chips onto the coals.
• Place pork chops on the grill. Close grill and maintain a temperature of 275 degrees F, adding more charcoal and chips, as necessary. Let smoke for 1 hour and 10 minutes, until the pork chops are firm to the touch. Transfer to serving plates and serve with the BBQ sauce.
• In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, add the apple cider and brown sugar and stir to combine. Allow to reduce for 25 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, pour in the BBQ sauce and stir well. Once sauce has warmed, turn off the heat. Add buttermilk and stir to incorporate. Serve over pork chops.

PAT BOYAR'S PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Boil sliced cabbage in salted water for 7 minutes. Drain thoroughly, add salt, pepper, and cream, and simmer covered 30 minutes. Saute pork chops in an iron skillet until well browned. Remove to a plate and season with salt and pepper. Stir wine briskly into pan juices, add a good pinch of sage, and simmer for a couple of minutes. Stir juice into cabbage. Spread half the cabbage on the bottom of a casserole, add pork chops, cover with remaining cabbage, sprinkle generously with cheese. Bake casserole, uncovered, inb a 350º oven for 20 minutes, until top is golden brown.

PAT'S PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• In a large skillet,brown pork chops,both sides-- sprinkle with spices of your choice (paprika helps brown them) In a separate bowl-- dilute soup with water,and use a whisk to get rid of any"lumps" When pork chops are browned-- remove and set aside.
• Pour in soup,and deglaze skillet.
• (This will make the soup mixture brown,and flavourful!) return the pork chops to the skillet, and allow to cook until done.
• Spoon some of the soup mixture over the chops while cooking.
• Garnish with parsley.
• Serve with mashed potatoes and cooked baby carrots or any other favorite vegetable.

PANKO PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Place beaten eggs on a large plate.
• Mix flour, seasoned salt, garlic powder, and black pepper on another plate. Spread out panko bread crumbs on a third plate.
• Dip pork chops in egg, then in flour, again in egg, and finally in panko. Press lightly on pork chops so that the panko adheres. Set aside and let rest while oil is heated.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add pork chops and cook uncovered until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Flip pork chops over and cook until no longer pink in the center, 3 to 4 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

SPICED BUTTER-BASTED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Pat the pork dry and season all over with the sugar and 1 teaspoon salt. In a large (12-inch) cast-iron skillet, heat the oil over medium. Add the pork chops, cover with a lid or baking sheet, and cook until browned on the outside and the internal temperature is between 110 and 120 degrees, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Reduce the heat if burning or sizzling wildly.
• Using tongs, stack both chops on top of one another, then grab both chops together and hold upright to sear the fat caps until crisp, about 1 minute. Lay the chops back down in one layer and add the butter, paprika and fennel seeds. Season the butter with salt and pepper. Tilt the skillet and baste the pork by spooning the melting butter and drippings over the pork until the internal temperature registers 130 degrees, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
• Transfer the pork chops to a lipped plate and pour the butter over top. Let rest for 5 minutes before slicing and serving with a spoonful of the butter.

PAN-ROASTED JUNIPER AND THYME PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Peel garlic cloves. Leave 2 cloves whole and set aside for basting. Halve the remaining 2 cloves crosswise.
• Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add halved garlic cloves, salt, sugar, juniper berries, peppercorns, and 1 sprig of thyme. Stir to dissolve salt and sugar. Transfer to a large bowl and add ice. Stir until brine is cool. Add pork chops, cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 8 to 12 hours.
• Remove chops from the brine and pat dry. Discard brine.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Set a wire rack inside a rimmed baking sheet.
• Heat oil in a large, oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat. Add chops and cook without turning until they begin to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn and cook until beginning to brown on the other sides, about 2 minutes. Continue cooking, turning every 2 minutes, until both sides are golden brown, 5 to 7 more minutes.
• Transfer the skillet to the preheated oven and roast, turning chops every 2 minutes, for 14 minutes.
• Remove skillet from the oven and drain fat. Place on the stovetop over medium heat. Add butter, reserved 2 garlic cloves, and remaining sprig of thyme; cook until butter is foamy, 3 to 5 minutes. Tip the skillet slightly and use a large spoon to baste the chops until butter is brown and smells nutty, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Transfer chops to the prepared rack and let rest, turning often to ensure juices are evenly distributed, about 15 minutes. Finish with a light sprinkle of sea salt.

PAT'S PORK CHOP OVEN DINNER

Steps:

• Trim fat from chops.
• Heat oil in skillet.
• Combine flour, salt, dash pepper & garlic salt.
• Dip chops in mixture.
• Brown chops in hot oil, about 15 minutes per side.
• In 3 Qt casserole, combine water, sherry, parsley, cloves, pepper & bay leaf.
• Generously sprinkle green beans & potatoes with salt, place in liquid.
• Arrange chops on top; add onions.
• Cover Casserole.
• Bake at 350F for 1 1/4 hours till meat/veggies are tender, basting once or twice.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Trim with parsley, if desired.