Lowcountry Smothered Pork Chops

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Servings: 4 servings
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 55 min
Difficulty: Easy

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4 center-cut pork chops, 1-inch thick
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Ground cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour, spread on a plate
2 medium green bell peppers, stemmed, cored, and membranes removed, cut into strips
2 yellow onions, trimmed, cut lengthwise
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups chicken broth
2 to 3 dashes Worcestershire sauce

Directions

Trim the excess fat from the chops and season well with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Lightly roll the chops in flour, shake off the excess, and slip them into the pan. Brown well, about 3 minutes per side, and remove them to a plate.

Add the bell peppers and onions, to the skillet, and saute until softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook until fragrant, about half a minute longer. Push the vegetables to the side of the skillet. Add chops to pan and place vegetables on top of pork chops. Pour in the broth and sprinkle with Worcestershire sauce. Cover pan with foil and allow to simmer for 45 minutes or until chops are tender.

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These turned out very well and my husband and I both liked them. The chops were tender and the flavor was good. I didn't have green pepper s. used red, orange and yellow bells. I also added some mushrooms and served it over egg noodles with corn. Will definitely make it again probably with more cayenne.

By Tracey on April 17, 2013

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Made these chops along with rice, corn, and honey dinner rolls and it was super yummy! I changed the recipe using green, red, and yellow bell peppers and 1 1/2 cup of chicken broth and as it simmered down I used 1 cup of water.

By Anonymous on April 11, 2013

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These were absolutely wonderful!! My husband and I loved them!! Full of flavor and so easy to make!!

By Anonymous on January 24, 2013

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Made these tonite, smelled good cooking but turned out bland and dry. Ended up throwing them out, would not make again.

By Barb on January 13, 2013

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Made these and they were bland and dry. Not sure what I did wrong but would not make again. They smelled good cooking but ended up throwing them out.

By Anonymous on January 13, 2013

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Excellent! I just finished eating these wonderful pork chops. Yummy, easy and delicious. Thanks, Paula.

By Jane on November 15, 2012

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Great!!!! I enjoyed the pork chops. The only thing I would change next time is browning the pork chops with flour. But it was great.

By Anonymous on November 14, 2012

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This is one of my favorite recipes to make. The pork chops are so tender and flavorful. Reminds me of something my Grandmother used to make!

By ponchyboy on November 03, 2012

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Great meal with some green beans, corn nibbles, and fried potatoes baked with garlic & cheese......clean plates all around. I did add a pack of brown gravy to thicken a bit..... We will be having this again they said!

By Brad Lenderman on October 15, 2012

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hey paula, my family and friends that i cook for refer to me as "paula"... i love it!!!! awesome compliment!!!!! i follow your recipes to a "t"... keep sharing the recipes we love them!!!!!!!

By ann hudkins on October 13, 2012

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I have made this very dish paula with a few changes. I always add celery!!! What a great addition to this. Sometimes I add very small diced carrots also. Very easy and tasty on the cold wintery evenings....

By Sharon Hindman on September 10, 2012

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the best porkchops

By Alcira on August 27, 2012

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Ms. Paula I loving your cooking it's nice to see you and your family do so many nice dishes please continue to share them.

By Valerie Davis on July 16, 2012

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I followed the recipe exactly. The bell pepper overpowered the entire dish and I like bell pepper. The gravy was like water. If I were to make this recipe again I would thicken the gravy and cut down on the amount of bell pepper. Perhaps this was an oversite and left out this recipe.

By Mary Holloway on June 16, 2012

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I love this recipe! Tasty, quick and easy.

By ponchyboy on April 16, 2012

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Paula, I have several of your cooksbooks and have been to your restaurant in Savannah and have been printing your recipes off of the internet for years. If you ask anyone that knows me who my hero is and who is the one person in this whole world I would love to meet, they will tell you Paula Deen. You are so real and down to earth. The love shows on your face when you cook. My co-workers call me Paula, because I love to cook and am always trying one of your recipes. I rush to get home from work everyday to watch you. I was afraid that you would become too "Hollywood" when you became so famous, but I'm glad to say that you still seem like the same down home girl I came to idolize when you first started on the Food Network. I to am diabetic and I get so angry when I read all of the crap about you being diabetic and cooking the way you do. Just because you put the recipes out there doesn't mean everyone has to use them. If a grown adult isn't smart enough to know what they should or shouldn't eat then they have more serious problems than eating the wrong foods. I just hope you continue to be the person America has grown to love over the years. My greatest hope is to someday meet you in person.

By Theresa on March 14, 2012

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The recipe was awesome. My mom and I made this, for a large family meal. We browned the chops longer... to make sure they were good and browned. We then baked the chops in a roaster ( we cooked 10 chops). We extended the time to 50 minutes covered at 350, 10 min uncovered 400. The result was amazing. Just a little heat - next time I will increase the cayenne. We had baked russet and sweet potato with veggis on the side. Yum! Damon Fowler.. you have given us a new staple recipe. I thank you!

By mainemomma on March 04, 2012

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paula deen is absolutely the greatest lady ever ...love me some paula deen ..

By vickie lynne on February 22, 2012

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These chops were so good! I only made two changes and these weren't because of any special preferences but because of what I had available in the house... Instead of using butter I used margarine (I'd used all the butter making your biscuit recipe) and instead of two green peppers I used one green and one red... but again these changes were due to what I had on hand, though I have to say that I think I'll just continue to make them this way since they turned out so well!!! Thank you for all of your wonderful recipes, they make me look like a world class chef smile

By Tish Garcia on February 08, 2012

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Hey ms.paula i watch your show everyday in my eyes your the best cook alot of things that you cook i always look them up on thw internet and cook for my family and friends and they enjoy it very much my family was not big on deserts but when o made the not your mama's banana pudding all they could say was um um good made me proud just want to thank you because out of my 24 yrs of living i was undecided of what i want to become and now its a chief thank you very much hope to meet you one day...love victoria bishop

By victoria on January 12, 2012

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