Pork Chops – Southern Style

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 25 mins
  • Servings: 2

    • About This Recipe

    “Simple, quick and tasty. Something I threw together with the ‘scraps’ in my Fridge and surprised me with how great it tasted. Feel free to remove as much ‘fat’ from the pan as you need to… the more you leave, the better it tastes! Great with mashed potatoes!”

    Ingredients

  • 2pork chops
  • 1/2 mediumonion( diced)
  • 1 -2slicebacon
  • 2tablespoonsbutter
  • 2tablespoonscornstarch
  • 3/4 cupwater
  • salt & pepper

    • Directions

  • In 12″ skillet, cook bacon on med hi heat. Remove bacon from skillet, but leave bacon drippings.
  • Add 1 TBSP butter and diced onion. When transparent, remove from skillet.
  • Reduce heat to medium, lightly salt and pepper both sides of pork chops and place in skillet. Brown both sides (approx 2-4 minutes each).
  • Chop up bacon, and add both bacon and cooked onion to skillet.
  • Add 3/4 cup water (add more if you want more gravy), 1 TBSP butter, cover and simmer until cooked (5-10 minutes – but can simmer for up to 45 minutes easily).
  • Just before serving, mix 2 TBSP cornstarch with cool tap water (approx 1/4 cup).
  • Place pork chops on plates, add corn starch/water mixture to gravy/drippings in skillet and bring to quick boil stirring frequently to form thick gravy.

    • Reviews

  • “I pretty much followed the recipe exactly, except I used a handful of pre-cooked real bacon bits and about 10 thin sliced pork loin chops. Normally, I make the pork slices the same old dried out way, this was so much better. I thought the gravy had plenty of flavor, I’m so glad I didn’t add any stock, but I do wish I didn’t add any salt at all, I only used a pinch, but I will omit it next time, there will definately be a next time for this!”

  • “I made this recipe for my husband tonight for dinner. He loves pork, especially bacon, so I thought this would be a winner. I followed the recipe exactly as written. The verdict… he said it was”

  • “I made this recipe for dinner guests, and is was enjoyed very much. I did have to make a slight alteration. I needed to use up a pork loin, so I browned that in the pan, and doubled the gravy. I kept rotating it thru-out the simmering time (about 45 mins). It cooked just fine. I let the pork loin rest and made the thickener (doubled, of course) to add to the sauce. To me, the “gravy” turned out kind of bland, even with the bacon in it. I sliced the pork medallions and served the gravy with them and served them with Recipe #366896. I thick next time I may try using a mushroom gravy sauce to simmer them in. I love your technique, and will make this again with pork chops or again with a pork loin, but I will try to make more of a creamy gravy. Thank you for posting. (Made for Name That Ingredient tag).”

  • “These were very flavorful, just wished I had more time to simmer them so they turned out more tender.The only change I made was to add a little kitchen bouquet to darken the sauce (and it came out a little fast, hence the REALLY dark gravy).Made for Name that Ingredient Tag.”

  • “This is so amazing.I used country bacon ends which were cooked until crisp.Followed the recipe and had deliciously tender chops.The chops and gravy were served on top of steamed brown rice with fresh summer squash on the side.A recipe that I am sure I will repeat again.”

  • “Fabulous recipe!Used precooked packaged real bacon bits and pork loin chops.Also added cremini mushrooms to sauteed onions.Did not add cornstarch or water.Heated apricot preserves and added over chops then topped w/bacon/onion/mushroom mixture.EXCELLENT!”

  • “I needed a quick recipe for dinner…guests were coming and no menu planned.I found this recipe and thought it sounded easy, quick and delicious and boy was I right.My guests were still thanking me when they were going out the door!I pretty much followed the recipe except I did not add bacon back and since I had 6 boneless chops I increased the water and let simmer for about 45 minutes while the rest of my meal came together.I also used flour instead of cornstarch just because it was handier.I am so sorry I didn’t take a picture because the presentation was beautiful, but most important it was delicious!Needless to say there were no leftovers!”

  • “This was a total hit! My husband made sure there were no leftovers!”

  • “Followed the recipe as stated, very good flavor, gravy was excellent – simmered the chops for about 40 minutes, they didn’t get as tender as my DH and I prefer, more than likely the chop wasn’t as good as could be.Will definitely be using this recipe again, very simple to prepare and as I said before the gravy was excellent.Thank you Jeff for posting.”

  • “not bad..i used maple bacon, but the “gravy” seemed like leftover bacon grease with flour, which it basically was, was kinda let down by that..but the porkchops came out SSOOOO tender, very good..i let them simmer for about 20 mins and they were the softest porkchops i’ve ever had…will try and work on gravy again..thx”

  • “Great for a quick recipe.lots of butter and fat though.I may just pass on the gravy next time.Plus I was a little disappointed that the bacon lost it’s crispness–I’d need to save that for the last ingredient to add back to the dish.”

  • “Wonderful, YUMMY!!!! I followed the recipe exactly and it was so GOOD!! I did have to double everything because I was cooking for 5 adults.. My son-in-law loved it and had some for lunch the next day.. I wouldn’t change a thing.. Definitely a KEEPER”

  • “The most amazing pork chops ever!I followed the recipe exactly and the results were great.The pork was tender and amazing flavor.My husband chewed the bones; no joke!We paired this with mashed potatos and were in heaven.Would highly recommend.”

  • “This was VERY good! The only “complaint” I have is that it’s a tad bit greasy. However, it was delicious so I’m not complaining at all! The grease just made me feel guilty, but that’s probably what made it so good. Even my husband liked it, and he’s not one for country cookin’ either. We’ll be making this again. Thanks for sharing!”

  • “This was so good and easy.We loved the gravy and ate some of the leftovers on bread.”

  • “supurb! the only change i would suggest is to double everything but the pork chops for extra gravy (remove half of the bacon fat after the first step). also make sure that you whisk all of the lumps out of the slurry before you make the gravy. this is probably the number one requested meal that is in out rotation.”

  • “These are so good.I love the ease of preparing and DS and I couldn’t get enough of the gravy.The chops are tender and cooked perfectly, without drying out.I did cook them for about 25 minutes after adding the liquid.I too thought of using stock instead of water but am glad I didn’t.Thank you so much for sharing this comfort food staple.”

  • “Very delicious, and oh so satisfying! This is the epitome of comfort food – and one that should be used time and time again! I didn’t stray from the recipe – and didn’t add any salt – as this was completely full of taste without. I also used low-sodium bacon, and the gravy was totally smooth and lovely. Thank you for posting!”

  • “Just like most of the people I used beef stock with little water mixed in and was too lazy to add any cornstarch and ended loving it.. Used little more bacon so I didn’t had to add butter again.. Thank you for very good down to earth recipe( includes my hubby and roommate who are both very big food critics.)”

  • “delicious!”

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