These French onion smothered pork chops are delicious and filled with so much flavor. With very few ingredient you can have a great meal tonight for dinner.
These chops are so easy to make and will help add some flare to your otherwise everyday pork chops.
Ingredients you will need
- Cooking onions – the obvious base for any French onion recipe. They will be cooked down a lot so using cooking onions is best.
- Butter – adds flavor when cooking the onions
- Olive oil – helps the butter not burn in the pan
- Beef broth – use pre-made from the grocery store for ease.
- Boneless pork chops – remove bones if you have them making smothered chops bone in
- Thyme –
- Garlic powder
- Flour – thickens the broth
- salt and pepper – always season your food
- Mozzarella cheese – you can also use swiss or any other melting cheese you have on hand.
How to make French Onion Smothered Pork Chops
1. Chop Onions
Peel onions and cut in half, slice into thin slices. Cut the top of the onion off to create a flat area then slice down the middle through the roots. Peel the thin layer off the outside of the onion then slice as thinly as possible horizontal to the root.
2. Cook the Onions down
To a large pot add butter and oil then heat until melted, add onions and begin to cook. Keep the pan on a medium heat and cook slowly so you don’t burn the onions.
Sauté onions for 4-5 minutes until they have softened slightly. Add 4 tablespoons of beef broth. season the onions with salt and pepper if desired.
3. Fry the pork
Season pork chops with salt, pepper, and thyme.
Remove onions from the pot and add set them aside. Add seasoned pork chops to the frying pan cooking on either side for 2-3 minutes to brown both sides. You should hear a slight simmer when the pork hits the pan, if it’s too loud turn the heat down. Remove and set aside in a bowl or plate that won’t spill the juices from the pork chops. Do not throw away the juice you can pour it over the chops when you bake them.
5. Cook the onions
Add onions back into the pan then cook for another 10-12 minutes until onions have become transparent and very soft. They may even have browned a little. Stir occasionally but let them rest as much as possible to allow even cooking.
6. Simmer
Sprinkle the flour over the onions and season with salt and pepper. Cook for a few minutes until the flour is no longer visible.
add remaining beef broth and simmer for a few minutes. You can use beef stock for a stronger taste, I used beef broth so the pork chops took center stage in flavor.
7. Bake
Pre heat oven to 400°f
Pour onion mixture into an 8×9 baking pan. Add pork chops on top and spoon a bit of juice on top of the chops. add sliced mozzarella cheese. You can also use swiss or any other melting cheese you have on hand.
Bake for 8-10 minutes until the onion base is bubbly and the cheese is melted and a bit browned.
French Onion Smothered Pork Chops
Equipment
- 1 large pot
- 1 baking pan
Ingredients
- 2 large cooking onions
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup beef broth + 4 tablespoons
- 4 boneless porkchops
- ½ tsp thyme
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp flour
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- peel onions and cut in half, slice into thin slices.
- to a large pot add butter and oil then heat until melted, add onions and begin to cook.
- sauté onions for 4-5 minutes until they have softened slightly. add 4 tablespoons of beef stock.
- season pork chops with salt, pepper, and thyme.
- remove onions from the pot and add set them aside. add seasoned pork chops to the frying pan cooking on either side for 2-3 minutes to brown both sides. remove and set aside.
- add onions back into the pan then cook for another 10-12 minutes until onions have become transparent and very soft. They may even have browned a little.
- sprinkle the flour over the onions and season with salt and pepper. Cook for a few minutes until the flour is no longer visible.
- add remaining beef broth and simmer for a few minutes.
- pre heat oven to 400°f
- pour onion mixture into an 8×9 baking pan. Add pork chops on top and spoon a bit of juice on top of the chops. add sliced mozzarella cheese.
- bake for 8-10 minutes until the onion base is bubbly and the cheese is melted and a bit browned.
