This pork recipe is by far my easy go-to when I don't really know what else to do with it. Most of my recipes don't involve a slab of meat, but I'm not totally vegetarian either. I still enjoy meat protein for dinner, and not everyone in the house is on board with plant-based meals...yet.
Pork is also one of the cheapest meats you can buy. So even though the price would make me want to buy it, I've always had a hard time cooking it. I ALWAYS end up overcooking it. Until I found this recipe from Butter Your Biscuit and changed it ever so slightly.
My favorite part about this recipe - it's short, easy, and has great versatility. My husband is a meat-and-potato kind of guy and I'm a mix-it-all-together kind of girl. It has caused some stress over the years, no doubt. But now that I actually enjoy cooking, almost like a form of meditation, I have fun experimenting with my imagination and taste buds.
Just to give you a little snippet of a his&hers meal that I would typically create:
For him: pork chop, seasoned potatoes, salad
For her: cut pork chop in pieces (to remove fat), rice, cooked greens or salad
But for today, here's the plain recipe! Let your imagination create the rest 😊.
INGREDIENTS:
2 Bone in thick pork chops, about 1 inch thick
3 tablespoons garlic minced
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
3 tablespoons brown sugar
salt and pepper
fresh parsley chopped
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Season pork chops with salt and pepper.
3. Heat vegetable oil in a oven safe skillet (I use cast iron) on medium high heat.
4. Sear the pork chops for 3 minutes on each side. Remove and set aside
5. In the same skillet reduce heat to low and add butter, garlic, brown sugar, red pepper, and whisk until combined, simmer 2-3 minutes. Add pork chops back into the pan and coat with sauce.
6. Place oven safe skillet in the oven and bake 8-10 minutes or until fully cooked yet tender.
7. Remove pork chops and let rest 5 minutes. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley and serve!
Happy cooking!
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