Gluten Free Smothered Pork Chops

 

Monday night we had Gluten Free Smothered Pork Chops for dinner.  They were delicious!  But, I have to admit, I love anything with gravy!  I don't make gluten free gravy very often, so this was definitely a treat for me.  Definitely comfort food for me.  I made mashed potatoes and peas to go with it.  There was plenty of gravy to smother the mashed potatoes, too.  

I buy most of the meat and chicken I make from Sams Club.  I used a package of 6 boneless pork chops for this recipe, and they were cut a good 1/2 inch thick.  They worked very nicely in this recipe.

The recipe I used was tweaked slightly from Mama Shire.  It is a gluten free, dairy free recipe.  Although it looks a little complicated, it really isn't.  I just broke it down into steps, and it was very easy to follow.

Gluten Free Smothered Pork Chops

6 boneless pork chops

Salt and pepper

1/3 cup olive oil

1/2 cup gluten free all purpose flour (I used Pillsbury Gluten Free)

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 medium onions, sliced thinly

1 tablespoon minced garlic (I use refrigerated minced garlic from a jar)

4 cups chicken broth

1 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet browning sauce

1.  Pound the pork chops with a meat mallet on both sides.  Season each chop with salt and pepper.

2.  In a medium shallow bowl, mix the gluten free flour, garlic powder, paprika, salt, poultry seasoning, and pepper.  

3.  Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.  Dip both sides of each pork chop in the flour mixture.  Add the chops to the skillet, and fry on each side for 5 minutes. Then move the pork chops to a 9 X 13 baking dish.   Reserve the remaining flour mixture.

4.  While the pork chops are frying, slice the 2 onions.  After you have removed the pork chops from the skillet, add the onions to the skillet.  Cook onions over medium heat about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they are wilted and transparent.  Add the minced garlic, and cook 1 more minute.

5.  Stir the reserved flour mixture into the onions, and cook for 3 minutes.  Stir often.

6.  Slowly pour in the chicken broth, and bring to a boil.  Stir in the Kitchen Bouquet.

7.  Carefully pour the onion gravy mixture over the pork chops in the baking dish.  Cover with aluminum foil.

8.  Bake the pork chops, covered, for 50 - 60 minutes, or until the pork chops are tender.

9.  Serve with mashed potatoes and peas.

This was very, very yummy!  If you try it, I hope you like it as much as we did!