This recipe is a staple from my house my mom has made it for the past couple of years, no clue where my mother got this but I'm sure it was somewhere online.
It contains everything that is good in life, and since I'm newly single and I eat my emotions, I figured this would be the perfect thing to get me through the break up. Not to mention it is quite possibly one of the easiest things to do.
There are three parts to this recipe, it is easy, but takes a good hour to put together.
The mashed potatoes;
1 pound of boiled red potatoes ( I skinned them because I think the skin tastes like dirt)
3 oz of cream cheese
3 tbs butter
Sour cream to taste
Half and half to taste ( you can cheat and use milk, less fattening but also less tasty)
Salt and pepper to taste
Mash the potatoes and then add the cream cheese, butter and sour cream. Then I add the half and half and salt and pepper and then you're done!
The pork chops;
4 pork chops (I use the thin boneless ones but you can use any boneless porkchops)
2 eggs
1 sleeve saltine crackers
Oil for frying
Place vegetable oil to a depth of about 1/4 of an inch in a large heavy bottomed skillet. Place over medium high heat while you prepare the pork chops. Crush saltines and place in a shallow bowl. Beat the eggs and add just a splash of water to make them coat the chops better. Dip each chop in the egg mixture on both sides, then press both sides down into cracker crumbs(the finer the better). Reduce oil temperature to medium. Add in pork chops to hot oil. Cook until browned on both sides (will need to turn) until completely done and no longer pink in the center. Remove to paper towel lined plate.
The Gravy;
3 tablespoons bacon grease (optional but why would you not use it?)
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, or to taste
1 1/2 cups milk
Just a touch of cayenne pepper
Put bacon grease into a medium skillet over medium heat. Add flour and stir to combine. Add salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly until flour begins to brown. Whisk until the milk in until it isn't lumpy anymore. Lower heat to low and continue cooking and stirring until gravy thickens. I like the gravy thinner so I add just a little more milk. Serve over mashed potatoes, pork chops, biscuits, chicken strips and pretty much anything you could possibly dream of.
Some times the top falls off your pepper and you have to start your gravy roux all over again
The final product was so worth the stress of the gravy mishap and makes you lick the plate(literally)
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