Moms Dirty Rice W Pork Chop Variation Recipes

PORK CHOPS AND DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat; brown the pork chops on both sides. Remove the pork chops from the skillet, reserving the drippings in the skillet; add the onion soup mix and the water to the drippings; cook and stir until hot.
• Spread the rice evenly into the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. Lay the pork chops atop the rice. Pour the mixture from the skillet over the pork chops and rice; cover.
• Place covered dish in preheated oven and bake 45 minutes. Remove cover and bake until the pork is no longer pink in the center, another 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS WITH DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place chops in baking pan w/ 1/2 cup of water.Season chops to your liking.
• Let pork chops bake for 30 minute Then pour 24 oz cream of mushrooms on chops.
• While chops are baking, boil 4 cups of rice for 20 minute Sautue 8 oz of mushrooms w/ 1/2 of a sweet onion in 6 Tbs of butter.
• Boil 8 oz of broccoli cuts for 5 minutes Then remove chops from the oven/.
• Pour excess cream of mushroom on rice, then mix sauted mushrooms, onion, broccoli with rice.

MOM'S INDIAN PORK CHOPS & RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9" X 9" casserole pan. Start rice cooking.
• Rub pork chops with dry mustard and cloves, brown on both sides in skillet with 1 tsp olive oil. Arrange pork chops in pan. Place one onion slice and then one tomato slice on top of each pork chop.
• Drain mushrooms (retain liquid), set mushrooms aside. Mix soup, mushroom liquid and water. Add to rice and mix well. Cover entire dish with rice mixture, being careful not to dislodge the onions and tomatoes from the chops, and filling in between chops so that there are no gaps. Spoon sliced mushrooms over top of rice mixture.
• Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 55-65 minutes.
• Serve with a spatula to preserve your nice chop/tomato/onion stack.