Pickle Brined Pork Chops With Mushroom Escabeche And Smashed Potatoes Recipes

PICKLE SCHNITZEL-PICKLE-BRINED PORK CHOPS WITH SWEET AND SPICY PEPPERS

Steps:

• Combine the pickle juice, pepper juice and pork chops in a large zipper-top bag. Brine at least overnight and at most 24 hours, flipping the bag halfway through.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Toss the piquante peppers, bell peppers and onions with the olive oil in a bowl. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Transfer to a baking sheet and roast until slightly charred and soft, about 20 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 200 degrees F and keep warm until ready to serve.
• Take the chops out of the bag (discard the brine) and dry them off with paper towels. Place a chop between plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet until 1/2 inch thick. Make sure you pound around the bone but keep the bone intact; this adds flavor and plating dramatics. Repeat with the remaining chops.
• Set up an F. E. B. station with flour, egg and breadcrumbs in separate shallow containers; season the breadcrumbs with salt and pepper. Season each chop with salt and pepper, then dredge in the flour, coat with the egg and then coat in the breadcrumbs, ensuring the breadcrumbs adhere to all the nooks and crannies.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat, add the vegetable oil and heat until very hot. Working in 2 batches, fry the chops 2 at a time until golden on each side, 4 to 5 minutes a side. Keep the chops warm on a wire-racked baking sheet in the oven while you repeat with the remaining chops.
• Plate each chop over a serving of the peppers and onions and serve with 2 lemon wedges to squeeze on top.

BRINED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Brine pork chops:
• Bring water to a boil with kosher salt, mustard seeds, sugar, pickling spices, and garlic and simmer 15 minutes. Cool brine completely, then add chops and chill, covered, 1 to 2 days.
• Roast chops:
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Remove chops from brine and pat dry. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown chops in batches, without crowding, turning once, 3 to 4 minutes on each side. (Add oil 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time as needed between batches.)
• Transfer chops to a roasting pan and roast in middle of oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally 2 inches into center of meat (do not touch bone) registers 155°F, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer chops to a platter and let stand, loosely covered, 5 minutes before serving (do not clean pan).
• Straddle pan across 2 burners and add any meat juices from platter along with wine and broth and deglaze by boiling over moderately high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, until reduced to about 1/2 cup, about 4 minutes. Season pan juices with salt and pepper and serve with chops.

PORK CHOPS WITH DILL PICKLE MARINADE

Steps:

• Arrange pork chops in a shallow dish. Cover with pickle juice. Marinate in refrigerator at least one hour, but I recommend from 8 to 24 hours.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat, and lightly oil grate.
• Drain pork chops and discard marinade. Cook the pork chops on the preheated grill until no longer pink in the center, 6 to 8 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

BATTERED PORK CHOPS IN CREAM OF MUSHROOM OVER MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and boil until tender.
• Make mashed potatoes to your liking.
• Combing flour, season salt, and pepper in a bowl.
• Mix eggs, and milk in separate bowl.
• Trim the fat off the pork chops and cut into bite size pieces.
• In large skillet heat the oil.
• Put pork chops bites in eggs and milk then bread in the flour mixture.
• When the oil is hot put a single layer of breaded chops in the oil and fry.
• While the pork chops are frying put 4 cans of cream of mushroom in a large sauce pan with 2 cans of milk and mix. You can add more milk if you would like. My family like its thick and creamy.
• Put cream of mushroom on low-medium heat. Don't let it scorch.
• When the pork chop bites are fried, take directly from the oil and put into the cream of mushroom soup.
• Repeat until all of the pork chops are fried.
• Make sure cream of mushroom is warm before you serve it.
• Serve over mashed potatoes. This is really good with green beans and hot rolls.

BRINED PORK CHOPS AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Mix salt, sugar, peppercorns, mustard and vinegar in saucepan. Heat just to boiling. Remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes. Add cold water. Pour into large bowl or container.
• When cool enough, add pork chops, making sure they are submerged in brine. Marinate at least 2 hours.
• Remove chops from brine.
• Bread chops, if desired, or season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika to taste.
• Fry chops until browned.
• Peel and slice as many potatoes a you'd like and place in a greased 9 x 13 pan.
• Chop an onion and add to potatoes.
• Season potatoes with salt and pepper. Place chops on top of potatoes.
• Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

PORK CHOP RECIPE WITH SMASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in boiling water in large saucepan 20 to 25 min. or until tender. Meanwhile, cook and stir bacon in large skillet on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 1 Tbsp. drippings from skillet.
• Add chops to drippings in skillet; cook on medium-high heat 3 min. on each side or until done (145°F). Transfer chops to plate, reserving drippings in skillet; cover chops to keep warm.
• Add broth to skillet; stir to scrape up browned bits from bottom of skillet. Add cream cheese; cook 2 to 3 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and sauce is thickened, stirring constantly with whisk. Stir in 1 Tbsp. chives.
• Drain potatoes; return to pan. Mash to desired consistency. Stir in cheddar, bacon and remaining chives. Serve with meat and pan gravy.