Delicious Pork Chops smothered in a creamy gravy with caramelized onions. You’ll love these Smothered Pork Chops!
These wonderful pork chops start off by getting a rub of cajun seasoning.
Then they are dredged in seasoned flour and browned in butter & oil in your skillet.
Next comes gorgeous caramelized onions.
And then the gravy!
These smothered pork chops are over the top when served on a bed of mashed potatoes. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
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Smothered Pork Chops
Delicious Pork Chops smothered in a creamy gravy with caramelized onions.
Ingredients
- 6 boneless pork chops, I used butterflied loin chops
- 6 teaspoon cajun seasoning
- 1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon + 1/2 tsp black pepper, divided
- 1 teaspoon salt, divided
- 2 Tb extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 2 Tb butter, divided
- 1 large red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 c half & half
- 1 1/2 c chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon thyme
Instructions
- To begin, rub a teaspoon of cajun seasoning onto each pork chop.
- In a shallow dish, combine 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour with 1 tsp black pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Stir those together.
- In a large skillet, heat a tablespoon each of extra virgin olive oil and butter over medium high heat.
- Dredge the seasoned pork chops in the flour, shaking loose any excess flour. After you have dredged all of the pork chops, do not discard the flour yet.
- Brown the pork chops in the hot skillet. There is no need to cook these all the way through, you only need to brown both sides. Work in batches, and as you brown the pork chops, place them on a platter and cover with foil to keep them warm.
- When all of the pork chops are browned, add the renaming butter and oil to the same skillet.
- Add in the sliced red onion and saute over medium-low heat until the onions are golden and tender.
- Sprinkle the onions with 3 tablespoons of the reserved dredging flour. Stir the flour into the onions and cook for just a minute over medium heat.
- Add in the half & half, chicken broth, thyme, and remaining salt & pepper. Stir these together and cook over medium heat until the gravy thickens and comes to a gentle boil.
- Reduce the heat down to low and nestle your pork chops down in the gravy. Cover and cook until the pork chops are cooked through, about 8 minutes.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
If nutritional values are provided for this recipe, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands of ingredients you use. The values do not include optional ingredients or when ingredients are added to taste or for serving. If nutritional values are very important to you, I suggest using your favorite nutritional calculating tool with the brands you use.
Note: I no longer eat pork, however I am leaving recipes like this one up for those who enjoy it. Many pork recipes can be easily converted to turkey or chicken recipes, with little or even no other changes. Recipes with bacon or sausage can use alternatives like beef or turkey bacon. Many of those recipes are being updated with the changes. Article: Why I Quit Eating Pork
I was literally looking online for smothered pork chops this morning!!!
Perfect!!
It was meant to be!
They were fabulous. My ‘go to’ smothered pork chop recipe. Everyone loved them.
Tried this recipe & the suggestion to serve on a bed of mashed potatoes and French style green beans and it was awesome!! My family loved it. It’s definitely going on my list of rotating menu of comfort food.
So glad you liked it!
I made this a few weeks ago and it was so good it is back on the list for tonight’s dinner. I served over mashed potatoes and it was awesome. I am going to eliminate the thyme as I don’t care for it and I think it took over too much of the flavor provided by the cajun seasoning.
These pork chops look wonderful. The homemade cajun seasoning must add a lot of great flavor to the creamy sauce.
Those pork chops are looking good! I’ll bet they’re perfect with fluffy mashed potatoes :)
Absolutely!
Yum, this looks amazing! Definitely going to give it a try.
Pork is always welcome in our home. As are caramelized onions! Yum.
Oh my…..I am drooling over here.
Such a great comfort food dish! Yours looks soo good!
My mom made some smothered chops that were the rage back in the 1970’s—I was not a huge fan. Yours look like a delicious, gourmet upgrade!
Thank you Liz!
There is just something about Pork and Gravy, they just go hand in hand! Happy Sunday!