Mara's Pork Chops

Breaded, seasoned chops are pan fried then covered with a fragrant tomato sauce and slowly baked to tender, moist perfection!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 392 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 3 cups tomato juice
• 6 (1 inch thick) pork chops
• 1 cup unpacked brown sugar
• 1.5 cups bread crumbs
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cloves, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

In a saucepan, bring to a boil the tomato juice, brown sugar, vinegar, cloves, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes. Pour mixture evenly over the pork chops.

Step 3

Bake in preheated oven uncovered for one hour.

Step 4

Dip pork chops into eggs then into the bread crumbs, coating evenly. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place coated pork chops in the skillet in a single layer, and cook until golden brown on each side, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Cook them in batches if skillet isn't large enough. Place the pork chops in a large baking dish in a single layer.