With the weather changing and leaves beginning to fall, it is truly beautiful outside. For some of us, that same beautiful weather means staying inside due to allergies, sinus, and colds. Yuck! Down South, when someone is ill, we fix what’s called “comfort food.”
You know that feeling you get every Thanksgiving? That’s comfort food! Comfort food is simply any dish that comforts you by its soft, warm texture, pleasing scents and smells, hearty flavors or perhaps even it’s nostalgia. Comfort Food can warm you during the coldest Winters or make you feel better when you are sick. For some, it makes them sleepy. No matter how it affects you, comfort food always has good feelings attached to it. As a child, my mother would add Savory to her dishes. Savory, an herb, not only flavored our meals, but relaxed us. To this very day, it is necessary for me to take a nap after ingesting it. No, it’s not a magic potion… It’s comfort food!
This recipe certainly falls under “comfort food.” Pork chops, thick and hearty, are stuffed with vegetables and bread crumbs and herbs and covered in a creamy milk gravy. Goodness gracious it’s good! I’m getting hungry by the thought of it!
Smothered, Covered Stuffed PorkchopsIngredients:
6 thick cut pork chops (Have the butcher cut a pocket in each chop, or do it yourself!)
1 cup garlic and herb bread crumbs
1/2 t savory
2 Tbs olive oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove pork chops from package, rinse, and pat dry with paper towels. If you did not have the butcher cut a pocket in each chop, please do it yourself now. In a seperate bowl, combine garlic and herb bread crumbs, celery, onions, parsley, sage, savory, salt and smoked paprika. Using all but about 1/4 cup of the mixture, stuff the pocket of each pork chop. Heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet on Medium heat. Carefully arrange pork chops in skillet and sear each side. While the porkchops sear, combine milk with remaining bread crumbs and spread mixture in the bottom of two greased, baking dishes. Transfer seared pork chops to baking dishes and bake on 350 degrees F for 45 minutes to an hour. Remove from oven and serve immediately with milk gravy drizzled on top. Store for up to 3 days or freeze for up to three months. Enjoy!
