Smothered Pork Chops With Bourbon And Mushrooms Recipes

PORK CHOPS SMOTHERED IN CREAM OF MUSHROOM

Steps:

• Brown your pork chops in a skillet.
• Peel and slice the onion thinly.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place browned pork chops in a baking dish, layer with the sliced onions.
• Top with mushrooms.
• Mix cream of mushroom soup with the evaporated milk.
• Pour over the top of the pork chops and onions.
• Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes.
• Serve hot.

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS WITH BOURBON AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Season pork chops with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add pork chops; cook until browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Place browned chops in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Wipe out any residual oil from the pan.
• Melt butter in the same pan over medium heat. Add onion, mushrooms, and sugar. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Cover pan and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer mixture until onions are softened, about 10 minutes. Uncover pan and stir the mixture, scraping up browned bits from the bottom. Continue cooking onions for about 3 minutes more.
• Pour bourbon into the onion mixture; cook until mostly evaporated, 3 to 4 minutes. Add broth and cream; bring to a simmer. Cook for 10 minutes; pour over the browned chops in the baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the pork reads 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), 25 to 30 minutes.

PORK CHOPS SMOTHERED IN ONIONS AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large skillet over medium-high heat until browned and crisp. Carefully remove bacon and drain on paper towels.
• Brown pork chops in bacon grease over medium-high, about 2 minutes per side; remove chops from skillet.
• Add butter to bacon grease in skillet; saute onions, mushrooms, salt and pepper until onions have browned and are very tender. Stir in stock, vinegar and garlic; cook and stir until reduced by half.
• Add browned chops and cooked bacon to skillet. Cover and simmer until internal temperature of meat reaches 150 degrees F, turning once (about 10 minutes).

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Season both sides of the chops with the Essence.
• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy pot or Dutch oven over high heat. Add the pork chops, 3 or 4 at a time, and lightly brown, about 2 minutes per side. Remove the pork chops and transfer to a platter. Set aside.
• Reduce the heat to medium. Add the flour and stir constantly until the roux is the color of peanut butter, about 4 minutes. Add the onions, salt, and black pepper. Cook, stirring, until the onions are slightly soft, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, bay leaves, chicken stock, and water and bring to a boil. Return the pork chops to the pot. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes. Add the smoked sausage and the potatoes. Bring to a boil; reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Remove the bay leaves.
• Remove from the heat. Serve with either steamed white rice or rice pilaf.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking" by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch, published by William and Morrow, 1993.

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Pat chops dry and season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, then dredge in flour, shaking off excess. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet (preferably deep) over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Brown chops in 2 batches, turning once, 3 to 4 minutes total per batch. Transfer to a plate.
• Add remaining 2 tablespoon oil to skillet and cook onion and mushrooms with rosemary and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 7 minutes. Return chops and any meat juices from plate to skillet. Add water and simmer, covered, until chops are tender, about 30 minutes.