Looking for something fancy to cook for supper tonight? These smothered pork chops are not only delicious, but your family will think you were in the kitchen for hours cooking them! They actually only take about 30 minutes, and with all the colors in the sauce from the vegetables, they look as good as they taste!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 4 bone-in pork chops, 1-inch thick
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 green onions, chopped
• fresh thyme (I used about 5 sprigs)
• 3 tbs flour
• 2 tbs butter
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 tsp hot sauce
• salt and pepper
• large skillet with a lid

Season the pork chops with salt and pepper, then brown in olive oil in large skillet about 3 minutes per side, then remove them to a plate. They will finish cooking later in the sauce.

While the pork chops are browning, you can chop up the vegetables.

In the same skillet the meat was in, melt the butter, then add in the onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic. Add a little more salt and pepper and cook vegetables a few minutes until they are tender.

Now stir in the flour and let it cook about a minute, then stir in the chicken stock. While that is coming to a simmer, add in the fresh thyme.

You can either put the whole sprigs of thyme in, and let the leafy parts cook off and remove the actual stem later, or you can just run your fingers down the stem and the little leaves will come right off – there’s no need to chop it. It will have a lemon-like smell to it.

It’s already colorful and smelling yummy! Once the sauce is simmering and starting to thicken up, add the pork chops back in, reduce heat to low, and put the lid on. Cook meat about 10 minutes in sauce, then flip them over and cook another 10 minutes.

Now take the pork chops out one more time, and stir in the hot sauce, heavy cream and chopped green onions to finish the sauce. Add meat back to skillet and you’re done!

You can serve them over rice, mashed potatoes, grits… the sauce would be so good over pretty much anything. I served mine over angel hair pasta.

So pretty, so delicious, and so easy! (Even though your family will think it took you hours!) And only one skillet to clean up! I hope y’all enjoy these pork chops as much as we did!

Thanks y’all!

– Nikki