COOKING SMOKED PORK CHOPS - PORK CHOPS

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Cooking Smoked Pork Chops

pork chops

A pork chop is a cut of meat (a meat chop) cut perpendicularly to the spine of the pig and usually containing a rib or part of a vertebra, served as an individual portion.
(Pork Chop) Originated by G0WAT – This stems from my Sister-in-Laws family who are rather old fashioned in their ways regarding the Male/Female roles within the family
(Pork Chop (mascot)) Big Red is the costumed male mascot of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The mascot is modeled after the wild razorback hog.

cooking

The practice or skill of preparing food
(cook) prepare a hot meal; “My husband doesn’t cook”
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; “cooking can be a great art”; “people are needed who have experience in cookery”; “he left the preparation of meals to his wife”
The process of preparing food by heating it
Food that has been prepared in a particular way
(cook) someone who cooks food

smoked

(smoke) inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; “We never smoked marijuana”; “Do you smoke?”
Emit smoke or visible vapor
Inhale and exhale the smoke of tobacco or a drug
(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke
(smoke) a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Cure or preserve (meat or fish) by exposure to smoke

seared pork chops w/ mushroom gravy.

from America’s Test Kitchen.

4 bone-in rib or center-cut pork chops, 3/4 to 1 inch thick
salt & pepper
2 T vegetable oil
1 pound white mushrooms, sliced
1 small onion, chopped fine
3 T all-purpose flour
2 C low-sodium chicken broth
2 t minced fresh thyme
1 T Dijon mustard

1. Pat chops dry with paper towels & season with salt & pepper. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking. Cook chops until well browned & meat registers 145 degrees, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to plate & tent with foil.

2. In now-empty skillet, cook butter, mushrooms, onion, and 1/4 t salt, covered, until softened, about 5 minutes. Remove lid & cook until moisture has evaporated, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour over mushrooms & stir to coat. Slowly stir in broth, thyme & any accumulated pork juices & simmer until gravy has thickened, about 3 minutes. Off heat, stir in mustard & season with salt & pepper. Serve.

November 2008.

Smoked pork chops

These need to be crisped rather than cooked. Like bacon. Delicious.