Pork Chops Over Rice

Browned pork chops simmer with spicy bacon- and chicken broth-flavored rice in this easy one-pot meal.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 492 Calories

Ingredients

• 4 slices bacon
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ½ cup diced onion
• 1 cup rice
• 3 (6 ounce) pork chops

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon slices to a plate lined with paper towels to cool, retaining bacon drippings in the skillet. Crumble the cooled bacon.

Step 2

Lay pork chops into the reserved bacon drippings in the skillet; season with salt and black pepper. Cook pork chops until completely browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove pork chops to the paper towel-lined plate.

Step 3

Stir rice, onion, and garlic into the drippings remaining in the skillet. Cook and stir until the onions are tender and the rice is slightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour chicken broth over the rice mixture; add crumbled bacon and cayenne pepper.

Step 4

Bring the mixture to a boil. Return the pork chops to the skillet. Sprinkle rosemary and thyme over the pork chops. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook at a simmer until the broth is absorbed into the rice and the pork chops are no longer pink in the middle, about 20 minutes.