Smothered Pork Chops With Blue Cheese Applejack Gravy Recipes

PORK CHOPS WITH BLUE CHEESE GRAVY

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet, over medium heat. Season the pork chops with black pepper and garlic powder. Fry the chops in butter until no longer pink and the juices run clear, about 20 to 25 minutes. Turn occasionally to brown evenly.
• Remove chops to a plate and keep warm. Stir the whipping cream into the skillet, loosening any bits of meat stuck to the bottom. Stir in blue cheese. Cook, stirring constantly until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Pour sauce over warm pork chops.

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS AND CHEESE GRITS

Steps:

• In 2 quart sauce pan pot over medium heat, bring chicken stock to a rapid boil. Add grits whipping continuously for approximately 3 minutes. Make sure that the grits do not develop lumps. Reduce heat to low. Cook grits for approximately 5 minutes. Add butter and cheese. Mix well. Remove sauce pot from heat. Keep warm to serve with the Pork Chops.;
• Place a large cast iron skillet on medium heat. Add vegetable oil. Season pork chops with salt and pepper. Dredge pork chops in seasoned flour. When oil is hot, approximately 325 degrees, place pork chops in skillet. Cook pork chops on each side approximately 5 minutes. Be careful not to burn. Remove pork chops from skillet and set aside. Pour fat from skillet leaving about 4 tablespoons of oil. Do not scrape skillet. Return skillet to heat. Add 4 tablespoon of flour to oil stirring occasionally, allowing flour to brown. Add warm chicken stock. Whisk chicken stock, and flour mixture carefully to prevent lumps. Return pork chops to skillet. Add onions. Cover and simmer on low 25 to 30 minutes or until pork chops are tender. To assemble the dish, remove pork chops from pan and plate one with the Cheese Grits. Spoon some of the pan gravy and onions over the chops.;

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS WITH BLUE CHEESE-APPLEJACK GRAVY

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a heavy skillet over medium heat until crisp. Transfer to paper towels. Spoon off 1 tablespoon drippings from skillet and reserve; discard all but 2 tablespoons of the remaining drippings in the skillet. Add onions to skillet and sauté until golden, about 15 minutes. Push onions to one side of the skillet; add apples and sugar to the skillet and sauté until apples are golden, about 20 minutes. Transfer onions and apples to a bowl. Heat 1 tablespoon reserved bacon drippings in the same skillet. Add flour and stir 1 minute. Gradually whisk in juice, broth, and applejack. Boil until gravy thickens, whisking frequently, about 4 minutes. Add cheese and whisk until melted. Season with salt and pepper. Add onion mixture to gravy and stir until heated through. Remove from heat. Cover and keep warm. Season pork with salt and pepper. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add pork and sauté until cooked through, about 6 minutes per side. Transfer to bowl, pour gravy over chops. Top with bacon and serve.

CHEESY SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Cook chops in large skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat 2 to 3 min. on each side or until browned on both sides. Remove from skillet; cover to keep warm.
• Add apples, onions and water to skillet; cover. Simmer on medium heat 5 min. or until apples and onions are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in VELVEETA; top with chops. Simmer, covered, 5 min. or until chops are done (160ºF).

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS WITH MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Use a skillet that is large enough to arrange pork chops in a single layer. Heat large skillet over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to coat bottom of hot skillet.
• Use paper towel to pat pork chops dry, season with salt and pepper, and arrange in hot skillet in single layer. Cook until brown on first side, flip and brown on second side. Remove pork chops to a plate.
• Add remaining tablespoon of oil to skillet, add onions and mushrooms. As liquid is released, use spatula to loosen browned bits from bottom of pan. Stir occasionally until onions & mushrooms are soft. Sprinkle flour, garlic, and oregano over onion/mushroom mixture, stir and continue to cook for 1 minute. Stir in chicken broth, thyme, and bay leaf. Add browned pork chops back in along with any drippings. Bring to boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 30-40 minute until pork is tender (a paring knife can be easily inserted with little resistence).
• Remove pork chops to platter and cover with foil. If sauce in skillet is too thin, increase heat to medium-high and cook uncovered, stirring frequently, until sauce thickens into gravy consistency, 5-10 minute If sauce is too thick, stir in additional chicken broth or water. Remove bay leaf and stir in parsley. Add salt to taste, if needed.
• Spoon gravy over pork chops. Extra gravy may be served in a bowl on the side. (Recipe makes almost 3 cups gravy.).
• Serve with egg noodles or mashed potatoes.

BAKED SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a shallow bowl, combine flour, salt and pepper. Add pork chops, 1 at a time, and turn to coat. , In a large skillet, brown pork chops in oil on both sides. Arrange in a single layer in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. In a large bowl, combine soup, 1/2 cup sour cream, broth, ginger and rosemary; pour over chops. Sprinkle with half the onions. , Cover and bake until tender, 45-50 minutes. Stir remaining sour cream into sauce. Sprinkle with remaining onions. Bake, uncovered, until onions are browned, about 10 minutes longer.

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a large fry pan on medium heat.
• When done, remove and drain on paper towels.
• Saute onion in the same skillet with the bacon fat.
• Remove to paper towels to drain.
• Season pork chops with salt and pepper and dredge in flour.
• Fry on medium heat in the same skillet with bacon fat until light brown; remove to warm plate.
• Put remaining flour into skillet (add oil if necessary).
• Brown flour lightly.
• Add hot water immediately, then milk.
• Stir vigorously.
• Season as desired with more salt and pepper and add more water if needed to achieve gravy consistency.
• Put pork chops, bacon and onion into gravy and reduce heat to simmer.
• Cover pan and simmer for 20 minutes.

PORK CHOPS SMOTHERED IN ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Mix seasoned salt, garlic powder, black pepper, and paprika together in a bowl; rub about 3/4 teaspoon spice mixture onto each pork chop. Thoroughly coat each pork chop with flour, saving remaining seasoning and flour for the gravy.
• Heat vegetable oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat; cook pork chops in the hot oil until browned, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer pork chops to a plate, retaining drippings in the pan. Cover pork chops with paper towels.
• Cook and stir onion in the drippings in the heavy skillet over medium heat until browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Add mushrooms, remaining flour, remaining spice mixture, and about 1 teaspoon water if needed to moisten; cook and stir until onion is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Stir 2 cups water into onion-mushroom mixture until gravy is smooth; bring to a boil. Place pork chops in the gravy, reduce heat, cover skillet, and simmer until pork chops are tender, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Coat chops with coating mix as directed on package; place in 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray.
• Toss onions with oil; place over chops.
• Bake 30 min. Pour gravy over chops; cover. Bake 10 to 15 min. or until chops are done (145ºF).
• Remove chops from oven; let stand 3 min. before serving.