Pork Chops with Blue Cheese Sauce

This came from my Healthy Cooking magazine. It is so simple, super fast and really tasty. Even if you're not much of a blue cheese fan, I think you'd still like this because the sauce is very mild. We love blue cheese, so I added a bit more than the recipe called for. My kids gobbled this up, and my husband said he wished I'd made more because he wanted a second helping.

My other favorite part of this meal was that it only used a small pot! The chops are cooked in the oven. I lined my baking sheet with foil, so all I had to wash was the pot I cooked the sauce in. Gotta love that!

Ingredients
4 bone-in pork loin chops
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 green onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
2/3 cup milk
3 tablespoons blue cheese, crumbled
1 tablespoon white wine or chicken broth

Sprinkle the pork chops on both sides with pepper. Broil 3-4 inches from the heat for 4-6 minutes each side, or until meat thermometer registers 160*. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, saute onion and garlic in butter until tender. Sprinkle with flour and cook for 1 minute. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add cheese and wine (or broth). Stir until heated through. Pour sauce over chops and enjoy!

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Not sure what to do with the extra blue cheese?
Blue Cheese Dressing
Walnut Blue Cheese Salad
Buffalo Chicken Salad

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Apricot Pork

This meal is something I threw together as a way to condense the amount of things in my fridge and freezer (some pork chops and an almost-empty jar of jam). I've seen this combination of flavors all over the place, in magazines and restaurants, but I've never tried it before. I'm kind of paranoid about cooking pork, so I usually just cook it in the crock pot so I can shred it and be sure it's done. But I decided to give these a go in the oven instead. It seriously took me like no time at all to prep. I kept wondering if a meal that easy to prepare would really end up being tasty, but it was! No measurements. Just sprinkle, spread, bake and voila! Yummy-ness. The jam on top might seem too thick and weird at first. But as the chops cook, they release a lot of juices, which thin out the jam and form a really tasty sauce.

Ingredients:
4 bone-in pork chops, thawed
oregano, dried
garlic powder
salt
apricot jam

Let meat come to room temperature for a few minutes. Preheat oven to 325. Place chops in a 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle with oregano, garlic powder and salt. Flip over and season other side. Spread jam over the top (I think I used about 1/4 cup) and bake for 15 minutes. Flip chops over, baste with sauce, return to oven and bake another 15 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees. Drizzle sauce over the top before serving.

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Onion-Baked Pork Chops

These are super easy pork chops that would go well with just about anything. It makes them tender and flavorful. You can thank my mom's recipe collection for this one.

Onion-Baked Pork Chops

Ingredients

1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix

1/3 cup dry bread crumbs

4 pork chops, 1 inch thick

1 egg, well beaten

1- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In small bowl, combine soup mix and bread crumbs. Dip chops in egg, then bread crumb mixture, until evenly coated.

2- In lightly greased 13x9 baking dish, arrange chops.

3- Bake uncovered 20 minutes or until done, turning once.

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Country Fried Pork Chops

There really isn't a recipe for this one. It's more a method that you can change up however you want. My husband really loves chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes, so one night I decided to do something similar with pork chops, and it turned out delicious.

I'll just give you my pork chop method. I used the same "recipe" for mashed potatoes that I use for my Shepherd's Pie recipe HERE .

Ingredients:
4 bone-in pork chops
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons flour
3 cups milk
garlic salt
pepper
mashed potatoes

Spread 1/2 cup flour on a plate, and season with garlic salt and pepper. Toss with your fingertips to make sure seasoning goes all the way through the flour. Dip both sides of your chops into the flour. Then cook the chops in 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat until just shy of done, probably about 8 minutes per side.

Remove chops from skillet. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter to skillet, then whisk in 2 tablespoons flour. Whisk constantly for about 1 minute, making sure all flour is incorporated into butter. Slowly whisk in milk, making sure there are no lumps. Bring to a simmer, stirring frequently, until thickened. Season with garlic salt and pepper, to taste.
Place chops back into gravy and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until pork is very tender, flipping chops over half-way through. Serve with mashed potatoes.

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Oven BBQ Pork Chops

These are easy and very yummy! It's another of my mom's recipes. Not sure where she got it from though. But this is a bit spicy so you can adjust the spices if you need to. This is one of those recipes where I don't really measure anything. I just throw everything together and it usually turns out great!

Oven BBQ Pork Chops

Pork chops
2 T vinegar
1 T Worcestershire sauce
¾ c. ketchup
1/3 c. water
2 tsp brown sugar
½ tsp pepper, paprika, and chili powder

Place chops in greased baking dish.




Combine remaining ingredients and pour over chops.

Bake at 375 for one hour. I like to serve it with mini shell pasta.



Enjoy!

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Pork Chop Casserole

This was always my favorite dinner growing up. It is so creamy and delicious, my ultimate comfort food. Of course, it still tastes better when my mom makes it :) I hope you will enjoy it as much as I always have. And what makes it even better... it's super easy to make!

Ingredients:

3-4 Pork chops
3-4 potatoes
1 can cream of mushroom soup
3/4 c. milk
shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

Butter a 1.5-2 quart casserole dish.


Slice your potatoes into the dish.



Meanwhile, brown the pork chops in a skillet.

Place browned chops on top of potatoes.



Mix milk into soup and pour over the pork chops.



Top with shredded cheese.

Cover and bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours.

Goes great with cooked peas or a beautiful green salad!

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