Lemon Piccata Pork Chops

 SAY GOOD BYE,   to flavorless pork chops. with this easy quick recipe. What adds flavor to the flavorless????

The milk brine!!!! Not only does it add flavor it adds succulent melt in your mouth tenderness, don’t let the chops sit in the brine longer than

3 to 4 hours, I find it changes the texture if left in the brine too long.

This lemony pork chop recipe starts and ends in one pan, my cast iron skillet.I find there is no better pan than a cast iron skillet to sear the the juices in meat or fish.

It’s a easy recipe , uses few ingredients,  delivers lots of flavor and you can cook and serve it in the same pan, OH happy happy day when that happens.

I use chicken stock to deglaze the pan, you can use white wine instead if that fits your life style and taste.

In my recipes when you see chicken stock as an ingredient to deglaze the pan you almost always can substitute white wine,

if beef broth is listed as an ingredient in my recipes then you can substitute red wine.

make sure to scrape up all the brown bits when deglazing the pan,  the flavor is in those browned bits in the bottom of the pan.

PRO TIP… to thicken the sauce roll a pat of butter in flour and drop it in the skillet.

I love one pan cooking. It saves time and it’s  an easy way to feed a crowd. you can ,cook it on the stove top or start it on the

stove top and because  the cast iron skillet can go in the oven you can finish it off in the oven.

You can make it and freeze it to enjoy later, for a made ready meal.

You can also add a 1/4 stick of butter at the end for a richer sauce.

Whatever you use wine or chicken broth, scrape up all those brown bits in the bottom of the pan, that’s where all the flavors is.

It’s an easy throw- together meal with the most delicious sauce full of flavors that wake up your taste buds and fill your home with mouth watering smells.

Garlic, lemon and cream  in a rustic sauce with melt in your mouth pork chops

You can serve it over creamy polenta, garlicky mashed potatoes or pasta. or with crusty bread to sop up

the sauce. Any way you serve it, it serves up delicious…..Enjoy restaurant style recipes simplified for the home cook!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients serves four

4 medium thick pork chops

1 cup milk

1 Tablespoon  lemon juice

2 cups bread crumbs

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

Salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoons each butter and olive oil

1 cup chicken stock

1/2 cup manufacturing cream

1/4 cup lemon juice

2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard

1/3 cup capers

1 tablespoon each chopped Italian parsley and thyme

 

Instruction

Mix milk and 1 tablespoon lemon juice salt and pepper to taste

Marinate the pork chops in the milk for 1 to 2 hours

Remove from milk brine pat dry

Mix Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs together

Coat pork chops with bread crumbs

Fry on medium heat until golden turning once to brown on both sides

Remove pork chops

Heat  more oil and butter  add onion and garlic saute until opaque

De glaze pan with chicken stock

Add lemon juice and cream

Return pork chops to skillet

Add mustard and herbs simmer covered 15 minutes

…… Enjoy!!!!!