Southern Smothered Pork Chops in Brown Gravy Recipe

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Southern comfort food at its easiest. Pork chops smothered in onion, garlic, baby bella mushrooms, and a brown gravy sauce. Tastes great as gravy on mashed potatoes too!

Cook’s Notes:
Make sure you use pork chops that are 3/4-inch thick.
You can use margarine instead of butter, if you like.

Southern Smothered Pork Chops in Brown Gravy Recipe

Ingredients :

  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced and quartered
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • 1 ½ cups sliced baby bella mushrooms, or more to taste
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
  • 4 eaches center-cut pork chops
  • ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
  • cooking spray

Directions :

  1. Melt butter in a 3-quart saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook onion and garlic in the butter, stirring occasionally, until is browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove onion and garlic and set aside.
  2. Stir flour slowly into butter. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until flour is deep brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Gradually stir in broth. Add onion, garlic, mushrooms, and parsley. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
  3. Coat a large skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Season pork chops with salt and pepper and brown in the hot pan, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Add gravy mixture from the saucepan. Cover and cook over low heat until tender and no longer pink in the centers, 30 to 40 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
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