Stove Top Stuffed Pork Chops

Yield: 4 or 5 servings

Ingredients

• 1 box stuffing mix for pork (with ingredients for preparing)
• 1/2 cup apple juice, divided*
• 1/4 stick butter
• 4 or 5 butterflied pork chops or 1 (2 pound) pork loin, cut into 1 inch chops and butterflied
• Salt
• Cracked black pepper
• Seasoned salt

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8 or 9 inch square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Prepare the stuffing mix according to the package directions, adding 1/2 cup apple juice to it in addition to the butter and water required.
3. Melt the 1/2 stick butter in a pie plate or pan and dip the chops into the butter, then stuff each chop with about 1/4 cup of stuffing mixture.
4. Seal the stuffing into the chops with a wooden pick and sprinkle each chop with salt, pepper and a little seasoned salt.
5. Arrange the pork chops in the prepared pan.
6. Pour the remaining 1/2 cup of apple juice around the pork chops.
7. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
8. Turn oven temperature to 375 degrees F; uncover and bake for 15 more minutes to brown the tops of the pork chops.
9. Spoon some of the cooking juices over the chops to moisten.
10. Remove the wooden picks before serving.
11. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice.

* Mango juice or peach nectar work well also. Or you can use chicken bouillon.

Attribution

Photo credit: ciaobaby8888 / CC BY