Easy Pork Chop Skillet Dinner Recipe
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What’s For Dinner? Skillet Fried Pork Chops!
Here you will learn to make a delicious skillet fried pork chop dinner using an electric skillet. Only four ingredients: pork chops, lard, salt and pepper.
You’ll find different cuts of pork chops to choose from at your local grocery store like the butterfly cut, breakfast chops thin cut, pork shoulder steak, bone-in pork center rib chop and boneless pork cuts.
For this recipe I prefer using the pork center rib chop bone-in family pack. I like having this cut because it’s not too thick nor too thin. It has just the right thickness and I like the bone-in because I feel the bone adds more flavor. The bone also has good flavor for nibbling on too! Wink wink.
Note: Please do not give any of these bones to your dogs. These bones are very dangerous for animals. The bone could get lodged in their throat and cause some serious injury or even death.
Recipe For Making Fried Pork Chops In The Electric Skillet
Ingredients:
- 4 1/2 pounds pork center rib chops bone-in family pack
- 3 heaping kitchen Tablespoons lard
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
For this recipe I use an electric skillet. I’m sure this could be made on the stove top the same way but for years I have used a skillet. Plus, by doing so less grease splatter to clean up.
Set electric skillet temperature to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Add about 3 heaping kitchen tablespoons of solid lard and allow to melt.
Once the lard has melted turn the temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and slowly add pork chops.
Season Pork
Season pork chops with salt and pepper and then flip the chops over and season the other side.
Fry Pork Chops
Cover skillet with lid and allow chops to cook for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes remove lid and turn pork chops over. Repeat this step of frying on each side 2 more times or until the chops are browned to your liking.
Note: Any more than 2 turns can result in dry pork chops.
Fond
My favorite part of making pork chops is getting the dark brown food bits. The culinary world calls that fond!
The fond makes for a wonderful brown gravy. So, if you are planning on making gravy with the pork chops do not get rid of the fond.
Side Dishes To Serve With Pork Chops
Pork chops tend to be a meat and potato kinda dish for my family. So, a few side dishes that go well with pork chops:
- Mashed potatoes and gravy
- Scalloped potatoes
- Baby new potatoes with butter and/or gravy
- Rice
- Green bean amadine
- Fresh steamed spinach (or canned) see my recipe for fresh spinach here
- Creamy garlic Brussel sprouts
Serve pork chops with your favorite side dishes. Enjoy!
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Easy Pork Chop Skillet Recipe
Here you will learn to make a delicious skillet fried pork chop dinner using an electric skillet. Only four ingredients: pork chops, lard, salt and pepper.
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 pounds pork center rib chop bone-in family pack
- 3 heaping kitchen Tablespoons lard
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
-
For this recipe I use an electric skillet. I’m sure this could be made on the stove top the same way but for years I have used a skillet. Plus, by doing so less grease splatter to clean up.
Set electric skillet temperature to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Add about 3 heaping kitchen tablespoons of solid lard and allow to melt.
Once the lard has melted turn the temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and slowly add pork chops.
-
Season Pork Chops
Season pork chops with salt and pepper and then flip the chops over and season the other side.
-
Fry Pork Chops
Cover skillet with lid and allow chops to cook for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes remove lid and turn pork chops over. Repeat this step of frying on each side 2 more times or until the chops are browned to your liking.
Note: Any more than 2 turns can result in dry pork chops.
-
Fond
My favorite part of making pork chops is getting the dark brown food bits. The culinary world calls that fond!
The fond makes for a wonderful brown gravy. So, if you are planning on making gravy with the pork chops do not get rid of the fond.
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Serve with your favorite side dishes. Enjoy!
4 Comments
Brent Crabtree
Fantastic recipe that I followed to the T. My chops turned out a beautiful rich brown color and were moist and delicious! I haven’t cooked chops in 100 years and was a little intimidated at first because it had been so long…but your recipe was simple and the chops turned out great! Thank you! PS I’m going to subscribe to your blog and see what all you have going on in the kitchen!
Jett
So glad you liked the recipe Brent. I actually made chops last night! How bazaar! Thank you for the subscribe. Hoping I can intrigue you in trying some new recipes! Happy New Year!!!
Melodie
What other Fat or oil can you use and how much?I don’t keep lard around.
Jett
Great question Melodie! If you don’t use lard you can use any kitchen oil (vegetable, olive, canola, etc). Probably use about 4 Tablespoons or until there is s thin coating on the bottom of your pan. Hope this helps.