'Sometimes Simple Is So Much Better' Pork Chops

I LOVE pork chops - but I stopped eating them because the kids never liked how I prepared them. Tried baking them, stuffing them, grilling them and the list goes on. . . but they were never really what I expected. Last week I tried again - bought the chops and then just didn't feel like cooking them - prepared for yet another, 'don't like them'.  So I did what any good woman would do . . . turned to my husband and said, 'Chops have been out a day, you need to cook them. I'm going out to dinner with my sister and the kids'.

My husband being the man he is - showed me that not only had I been cooking the chops wrong for years - but when I walked in the house and smelled them (okay and maybe, just maybe took a taste right out of the pan) . . . I did NOT want to go get pizza. Lesson learned - promptly admit defeat and then assign pork chop cooking to Joe from now until eternity.

Ingredients:

•  Pork chops w/bone in
• 1 egg
• 1 cup flour seasoned with black pepper & paprika
  
• 1 head of garlic, peeled
• Fresh white mushrooms, sliced - about a dozen or so
  

Coat the chops with egg wash (1 egg beaten in 1 cup of water) and then coat lightly in flour. Easy to do - put the egg wash in a shallow bowl and dip the chops on both sides. On a separate plate, dump the flour mixture and dip the chops - both sides again, right after the wash.

Heat 1/2 cup olive oil in a large pan to a medium low temp and add chops, garlic cloves and mushrooms. Cook over medium low heat, turning the chops and garlic as it browns.

THAT'S IT!! That's all there is too it - go figure! The perfect chop, crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside. Leave it to Joe!