Pork Chops & Rice-TNT

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crewsk

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This is one of those simple meals that my mom used to make for us. She never used a recipe & I just picked it up by watching her make it. It's also good made with tomato soup instead of the cream of mushroom.

4 boneless pork chops
1 can cream of mushroom or celery soup
1 soup can milk or water
1C uncooked white rice

Place rice in bottom of baking dish. Mix soup & water or milk, stir into rice. Season both sided of pork chops with salt & pepper & place on top of rice mixture. Cover baking dish with foil & bake at 350F for 1 hour or until rice is cooked.
 
The only way my mother ever fixed rice was as a cereal with milk and sugar :sick: or in Porcupines.
When I became engaged to a Cajun, I found out what rice was really all about!
 
This is what we had for supper on Friday night. It's on of DH's very favourites! I make mine a bit differently by first searing the pork chops in a hot frying pan, then putting them into a baking dish, pouring over the sauce (which I dilute a little with milk and add herbs and spices to), topping with loads of fresh mushrooms and a sprinkling of cheese. I bake this for about 45 minutes to an hour to make the chops really tender. Then I uncover the baking dish for the last few minutes in order to brown the cheese and mushroom top. I usually make a pot of brown rice and serve it on the side (for me the rice must get lost in the sauce, I could eat buckets of it this way!)

I think almost every cook has their own take on this classic dish, thanks for sharing your's crewsk :)
 
Thanks - that's a really nice recipe for everday! I can see how it could be "played with" as you say. I've made something similar with chicken pieces baked over rice - just like your mom, I put the raw rice in a baking dish, add liquid, put onions & garlic & mushroooms (what have you) on top as and then the chicken (seasoned with herbs and salt and pepper or even a little sprinkling of chicken boullion powder), then bake for about an hour. I was just wondering what to do for dinner tonight. I needed something not too fancy but nice like that. Sandy
 
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