French onion pork chop (Not Fried)

 

Ingredients

• 2 yellow onions peeled, cut in half, and sliced into half-moon shaped slices
• 3 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup plus 4 Tbsp beef stock
• 4 boneless pork chops about 1 – 1 ½ inches thick
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• ½ tsp dried thyme
• ¼ tsp garlic powder
• 2 ½ Tbsp all purpose flour
• 4 slices provolone cheese
• 1 cup shredded gruyere cheese or swiss
• fresh thyme sprigs for adding to pan

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.  Melt butter and olive oil in a large cast iron or other oven safe skillet, over MED-HIGH heat. Add sliced onions and saute 3-5 minutes, until soft. Add 4 Tbsp beef stock and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for 12-15 minutes, until onions are extremely tender and golden brown.
• As onions are sautéing, season both sides of pork chops with salt, black pepper, thyme and garlic powder.  Transfer onions to a plate, do not wipe out skillet.
• Reduce heat to MED, add a drizzle of olive oil to the skillet if needed, and cook pork chops, about 3-4 minutes per side, until golden brown.Transfer pork chops to plate.
• Return cooked onions to pan and sprinkle with flour. Stir to coat and cook about a minute. Add remaining 1 cup beef stock and stir often until mixture comes to a boil. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
• Nestle pork chops back into the pan, spooning some of the beef stock over the tops of the chops. Top with a slices of provolone cheese, and a mound of the shredded gruyere (about a ¼ cup on each chop).
• Add a few sprigs of fresh thyme and add skillet to oven and bake 8-10 minutes, until cheese is melted and gooey.  Before serving, spoon some of the beef stock/onion mixture over the top of the cheese, and garnish with some additional black pepper if desired.
  Crockpot version 

  Ingredients

  • 4-6 boneless pork chops
  • 1 can French Onion soup
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 can of cream of chicken soup 
  • 3 3 tablespoons of flour 

  Instructions

  • Place pork chops in crockpot.
  • In a small bowl mix together the water and can of soup.
  • Pour soup mixture over pork chops.
  • Place lid on crockpot and cook on low 4-5 hours.
  • For gravy
    
    

  Add the soup into the crockpot to make  a gravy remove pork chops to a plate.  Put the pork chops back inside the crockpot once everything has been mixed up.Add 2-3 Tbsp of flour to soup mixture and whisk together. Place lid on crockpot and cook on high 20-30 minutes. Whisk occasionally and serve when ready.