Baked Pork Chops
Baked Pork Chops courtesy of allrecipes.com
INGREDIENTS
* 3 pork chops
* 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
* 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
* 1 egg, beaten
* 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1 cup Italian-style seasoned bread crumbs
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
* 1/4 cup milk
* 2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons white wine
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Rinse pork chops, pat dry, and season with garlic powder and seasoning salt to taste. Place the beaten eggs in a small bowl. Dredge the pork chops lightly in flour, dip in the egg, and coat liberally with bread crumbs.
3. Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the pork chops 5 minutes per side, or until the breading appears well browned. Transfer the chops to a 9x13 inch baking dish, and cover with foil.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. While baking, combine the cream of mushroom soup, milk and white wine in a medium bowl. After the pork chops have baked for an hour, cover them with the soup mixture. Replace foil, and bake for another 30 minutes.
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The amount of baking required seems excessive, but it does help the chops become super tender; an expensive cut is not necessary. I'm going to serve this dish tonight with steamed asparagus and a garden salad. I also season the chops with more garlic powder than it calls for and some additional spices. They're tasty.
These days...
I work part-time at a public library and generally take care of things around the house for my husband and I. I'm part working-girl, part domestic. Today, for example, I wrapped-up and packaged a present for my friend Jennifer's birthday next week, then drove to the post office and mailed it along with our rent check and garbage/recycling bill. Then I dropped the car off at a brake shop to have it checked-out because Jeremy is concerned about a sound the brakes make. The brake shop is less than a mile from the library, so I walked there for my 1:00-4:00 PM shift with a stop along the way to the CVS to get travel toothpaste for our trip to New Orleans next week, eyeliner, mascara, deodorant for J-Mac and some birthday cards for Chuck and Pearl, who are also celebrating birthdays this month. I buy make-up only once or twice a year--it's been too long since I've gotten new mascara. I've been using a sample-sized Clinique brand that my Mom sent me. She buys a certain kind of tinted sunblock from them during their bonus days and gets the free sample stuff in the bargain. But: it was time for new mascara because it it has been at least two years since I've gotten a new tube. If you're like me, you have three old-as-dirt, gloppy and largely unusable tubes of it that you nevertheless can't justify throwing away for parsimonious reasons. I buy eyeliner more frequently. On a normal day, I wear eyeliner and mascara. If I have a blemish, I use spot concealer. Finally, I wear lots of sunscreen that I reapply at least once throughout the day. I firmly believe that most anti-aging products are pseudo-scientific snake oil. The only real ways to reduce, or perhaps slow, the signs of aging are to not smoke, to stay out of the sun or liberally use sunscreen and use products with retinoid forms of vitamin A (like Retin-A).
It turns out that the brakes are fine. The rear brakes, which make the questionable noise, still have 20-30,000 miles on 'em. The sound, the mechanic explained, is due to the manufacturer-issued pads/shoes (I forgot which) because they're made of a very hard material. He didn't charge me anything, but this is where we'll be taking the car when the brakes need work. The guy was a nice chap with a country-fried accent that was difficult to understand on the phone. He was really polite and honest, and he reminded me a bit of a friend of Jeremy's father's who owns a body shop in Lynn Haven, FL. Nice guys.
It's about time to start dinner: ciao!
INGREDIENTS
* 3 pork chops
* 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
* 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
* 1 egg, beaten
* 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1 cup Italian-style seasoned bread crumbs
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
* 1/4 cup milk
* 2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons white wine
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Rinse pork chops, pat dry, and season with garlic powder and seasoning salt to taste. Place the beaten eggs in a small bowl. Dredge the pork chops lightly in flour, dip in the egg, and coat liberally with bread crumbs.
3. Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the pork chops 5 minutes per side, or until the breading appears well browned. Transfer the chops to a 9x13 inch baking dish, and cover with foil.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. While baking, combine the cream of mushroom soup, milk and white wine in a medium bowl. After the pork chops have baked for an hour, cover them with the soup mixture. Replace foil, and bake for another 30 minutes.
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The amount of baking required seems excessive, but it does help the chops become super tender; an expensive cut is not necessary. I'm going to serve this dish tonight with steamed asparagus and a garden salad. I also season the chops with more garlic powder than it calls for and some additional spices. They're tasty.
These days...
I work part-time at a public library and generally take care of things around the house for my husband and I. I'm part working-girl, part domestic. Today, for example, I wrapped-up and packaged a present for my friend Jennifer's birthday next week, then drove to the post office and mailed it along with our rent check and garbage/recycling bill. Then I dropped the car off at a brake shop to have it checked-out because Jeremy is concerned about a sound the brakes make. The brake shop is less than a mile from the library, so I walked there for my 1:00-4:00 PM shift with a stop along the way to the CVS to get travel toothpaste for our trip to New Orleans next week, eyeliner, mascara, deodorant for J-Mac and some birthday cards for Chuck and Pearl, who are also celebrating birthdays this month. I buy make-up only once or twice a year--it's been too long since I've gotten new mascara. I've been using a sample-sized Clinique brand that my Mom sent me. She buys a certain kind of tinted sunblock from them during their bonus days and gets the free sample stuff in the bargain. But: it was time for new mascara because it it has been at least two years since I've gotten a new tube. If you're like me, you have three old-as-dirt, gloppy and largely unusable tubes of it that you nevertheless can't justify throwing away for parsimonious reasons. I buy eyeliner more frequently. On a normal day, I wear eyeliner and mascara. If I have a blemish, I use spot concealer. Finally, I wear lots of sunscreen that I reapply at least once throughout the day. I firmly believe that most anti-aging products are pseudo-scientific snake oil. The only real ways to reduce, or perhaps slow, the signs of aging are to not smoke, to stay out of the sun or liberally use sunscreen and use products with retinoid forms of vitamin A (like Retin-A).
It turns out that the brakes are fine. The rear brakes, which make the questionable noise, still have 20-30,000 miles on 'em. The sound, the mechanic explained, is due to the manufacturer-issued pads/shoes (I forgot which) because they're made of a very hard material. He didn't charge me anything, but this is where we'll be taking the car when the brakes need work. The guy was a nice chap with a country-fried accent that was difficult to understand on the phone. He was really polite and honest, and he reminded me a bit of a friend of Jeremy's father's who owns a body shop in Lynn Haven, FL. Nice guys.
It's about time to start dinner: ciao!