Best Pork Chops

Best Pork Chops
Best Pork Chops is a gluten free and dairy free recipe with 4 servings. One serving contains 139 calories, 0g of protein, and 4g of fat. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 36 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. If you have largeonion thinly, garlic, grain mustard, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 15 minutes.

Instructions

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In a gallon size sealable freezer bag, add the sugar, salt, garlic and water. Seal the bag and swish it around to dissolve the sugar and salt.
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Add the pork, press out as much air as you can, then seal the bag.
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Let this sit in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, or preferably overnight.
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Remove the pork chops from the brine and use paper towels to remove as much moisture from the surface of the pork chops as you can. If there's water on the surface of the pork chops, they will not brown.
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Add the oil to the pan and heat over medium high heat.
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Place the pork chops in the pan while the pan is still cold. Because the pork chops are brined with sugar, they'll burn before they cook through if you put them into a hot pan. Fry the pork chops undisturbed until they are golden brown on one side and have gone from pink to beige about halfway up the sides. Flip the pork chops over and fry the second side until well browned and an instant read thermometer reads 141 degrees F (60.5 C).
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Transfer them to a plate and let them rest.
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Drain the excess oil out of the pan, and then add the onions and garlic. Sauté until the onions are soft.
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Add the wine, honey and mustard and then turn up the heat to boil off the alcohol and thicken the glaze. When the glaze is nice and thick, add the pork chops back to the pan and flip them over repeatedly to coat them with the glaze. Once there is no liquid left in the pan, the pork chops are done. Top with the caramelized onions and and serve with mashed potatoes.
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Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Riesling are my top picks for Pork Chops. Chardonnay suits simple chops or chops in a butter or cream sauce, dry riesling complements sweet additions like honey mustard or apples, and pinot noir is a safe bet for pork dishes in general. You could try Tenuta di Nozzole Le Bruniche Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 12 dollars per bottle.
Tenuta di Nozzole Le Bruniche Chardonnay
Tenuta di Nozzole Le Bruniche Chardonnay
Nozzole Le Bruniche is an elegant and distinctive expression of the Chardonnay variety, with a clean, fragrant bouquet of white and tropical fruits offset by slight nuances of toast. On the palate, it shows a superb balance of fruit ripeness underscored by a fresh acidity and structure of medium body, with an overall impression of delicate complexity. These are repeated in the clean, persistent finish, which ends on a subtle toasty note.
DifficultyNormal
Ready In15 m.
Servings4
Health Score0
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