Bacon and Cheese Pork Chops

By Laken

Ingredients

• 2 Pork chops
• 4 strips of bacon (cooked and chopped into small pieces)
• 2 Tbsp. oil (or enough to lightly cover the bottom of the pan)
• shredded cheese (I used cheddar, but anything will do)
• Salt
• pepper
• garlic powder
• onion powder

Details

Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 30mins

Preparation

Step 1

When I pan sear my pork chops, I always like to tenderize them, especially if they are thick. There is nothing worse than meat you can't chew.

Tenderize pork in a plastic bag this helps prevent splatter all over your kitchen and counter tops. I also tenderize on top of a cutting board, the husband would not appreciate the tenderizer on the granite. Then, I bang away.

When the pork is tenderized, take it out of the bag and pat it dry on both sides. Then, season both sides with salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder.

Turn your pan on medium to high heat. Let the oil heat up a few minutes. Put the pork chops in the pan and let cook for around 2 minutes, or until the pork has good sear. Let it cook on the other side for the same amount of time. turn the burner on low and let the pork chops finish cooking (About 15-20 minutes). Put the bacon and cheese on top of the seared pork chops, let the cheese melt. turn off burner and let pork chops rest (about 5 minutes) before eating them.