Smothered Pork Chops with Bourbon and Mushrooms

Description

This is a updated version of my mom’s pork chops with cream of mushroom soup. I don’t care for the canned soup due to the high sodium. I use cream, mushrooms, onions and bourbon along with beef stock to make a sauce that is out of this world. I like to serve this with mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus.

Ingredients

  • 4 (8 ounce) center-cut pork chops
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 cups thinly sliced onion
  • 1 (8 ounce) package thinly sliced baby bella mushrooms
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar
  • ¼ cup bourbon
  • 1 ½ cups beef broth
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Season pork chops with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add pork chops; cook until browned
  3. 3 to 4 minutes per side. Place browned chops in a 9×13-inch baking dish. Wipe out any residual oil from the pan.
  4. Melt butter in the same pan over medium heat. Add onion
  5. mushrooms
  6. and sugar. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Cover pan and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer mixture until onions are softened
  7. about 10 minutes. Uncover pan and stir the mixture
  8. scraping up browned bits from the bottom. Continue cooking onions for about 3 minutes more.
  9. Pour bourbon into the onion mixture; cook until mostly evaporated
  10. 3 to 4 minutes. Add broth and cream; bring to a simmer. Cook for 10 minutes; pour over the browned chops in the baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
  11. Bake in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the pork reads 145 degrees F (63 degrees C)
  12. 25 to 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 4

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