This is Day Five of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike!

We had a family pack of pork loin chops in our freezer, so I decided to make crusted pork chops using cracker crumbs from our pantry, with a side salad – Pre-Spring Salad – served with oil and balsamic vinegar.

Type: Main Dish Recipe
Serve With: Pre-Spring Salad & crusty Italian bread
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time:  20 minutes
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 4 pork loin chops – trimmed of excess fat
• 1 cup multi-grain cracker crumbs
• 1 cup cheese cracker crumbs
• 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/4 tsp paprika
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Instructions:

1. Pre-heat large frying pan to medium heat with 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil.
2. Crush crackers in a resealable plastic bag with a mallet or rolling pin to a crumb-like consistency.
3. Pour crumbs into a large dinner sized plate or use a casserole dish. Add spices and mix evenly.
4. Completely coat pork loin chops on all sides with cracker crumbs and place in frying pan, ensuring you don’t overcrowd the pan.
5. Pan-fry pork loin chops on both sides until golden brown. Place onto cookie sheet.
6. Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees.
7. Finish pork loin chops in oven for 12-15 minutes or until chops are no longer pink inside.

Serve with a side salad and some fresh, crusty bread! Yum!

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I hope you enjoyed this Pork Recipe on Cooking with Kimberly! Until next time…

Eat Deliciously,

Kimberly Edwards 🙂

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