Skillet Pork Chops with Browned Butter Sage
This melt in your mouth pork chops are as tender as they can be and the sauce will make you come back for more
Ingredients
- 0.25 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 4 in pork chops 4 1-inch thcik bone in pork chops
- 0.5 cup unbleached all purpose flour 1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt 1 teaspoon (divided) salt
- 0.5 tsp ground pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 8 sage 8 fresh sage leaves
- 2 tbsps butter 2 tablespoons butter
- 1.5 tsp garlic 1 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1.5 tsp thyme 1 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme
Instructions
- In a large cast iron, heat oil over medium-high heat.
- Dredge pork chops in 1/4 cup flour, shaking off any excess. Evenly sprinkle one side of the pork chops with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add the pork chops to skillet, seasoned side down. Cook without moving 6 to 8 minutes. Sprinkle evenly the remaining salt and pepper on the pork chops and turn them over and cook for another 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from the skillet. Cover loosely with aluminum foil and set aside.
- Add sage to the skillet and cook until crisp. remove from skillet and set aside. Drain and discard the oil.
- Melt butter in skillet. Add garlic and cook stirring frequently, 5 minutes. Add remaining 1/4 of cup of flour to the garlic mixture. Whisk in the milk, whisking frequently until thickened and bubbly. Stir in fresh thyme.
- Return the pork chops to pan and garnish with crisp sage leaves.
- Serve immediately
Nutrition
Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 633mg | Potassium: 26mg | Vitamin A: 190IU | Vitamin C: 0.8mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.8mg
Giangi's Kitchen provides nutritional information, but these figures should be considered estimates, as a registered dietician does not calculate them.