Smothered Pork Chops with Bourbon and Mushrooms

Forget the canned soup and smother these pork chops in a creamy sauce of bourbon-caramelized onions and baby bella mushrooms.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 509 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cups thinly sliced onion
• 1 (8 ounce) package thinly sliced baby bella mushrooms
• 4 (8 ounce) center-cut pork chops
• 1.5 cups beef broth
• 0.5 cup heavy cream
• 0.25 cup bourbon

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Season pork chops with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add pork chops; cook until browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Place browned chops in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Wipe out any residual oil from the pan.

Step 3

Melt butter in the same pan over medium heat. Add onion, mushrooms, and sugar. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Cover pan and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer mixture until onions are softened, about 10 minutes. Uncover pan and stir the mixture, scraping up browned bits from the bottom. Continue cooking onions for about 3 minutes more.

Step 4

Pour bourbon into the onion mixture; cook until mostly evaporated, 3 to 4 minutes. Add broth and cream; bring to a simmer. Cook for 10 minutes; pour over the browned chops in the baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the pork reads 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), 25 to 30 minutes.