Stuffed Pork Chops!

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. I came down with a nasty cold, so make sure you're getting plenty of rest and vitamins to avoid what's going around!!

Tonight, I responded to a request from my friend, Brynn, to show you guys how to make stuffed pork chops. It's a simple way to fancy-up an old classic!

To make the simplest form of stuffed pork chops all you will need is :

Pork chops
Stuffing
Salt and pepper

I dress mine up a little bit by adding bacon, celery and onion to the stuffing and a little Lawry's salt to the pork chops!

Simple prepare your stuffing according to the box. If you have your own stuffing recipe, feel free to use that! Like I said, I add bacon, onion and celery - which I quickly cook up in a large pan first, and then I add my 2 cups of water and a few tablespoons of butter before adding my dry stuffing mix. I let that all hang out for a little while I prepare my chops.

While that is hanging out you want to lay out your chops on a cutting board and with a SHARP knife cut slits into the sides. You'll want to have a decently think pork chop for this so it will hold up against your stuffing. What I think is the best method is to take your non-dominant hand on press down on the pork chop on the cutting board. With the knife in your dominant hand start at the top of on side of the pork chop and press it in about an inch. Cut a slit down the whole side of the pork chop. Think of it as making a pocket, not cutting it enough to open it up like a book. I hope that makes sense.

Now you want to actually stuff the pork chop. Scoop out the stuffing from the pan and hold a cut pork chop in your non dominant hand. You'll want to really pack the stuffing in so you can get as much as possible! Then you can continue to build the stuffing up and out. Once you have as much as you want in each pork chop, cover the stuffing with a bit of tin foil so that it doesn't burn in the oven. This also helps keep the stuffing in the pork chop!

Salt and pepper your pork chops. Cook on 375 for 30 minutes or until the chops are cooked thoroughly. You do not want to under cook pork!

I hope you all learned something new today! Try these out and let me know how it goes for you! I served them with asparagus and everyone cleaned their plates! 

Thank you so much to Brynn for requesting these! We haven't had them in so long and they are delicious! 

Come back next week for a pumpkin recipe!