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Smothered Pork Chops

A pork chop dish simmered in mushroom soup and milk.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Smothered Pork Chops

Time5 to 10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Heat olive oil in a heavy skillet.

  2. Remove any large pieces of fat from pork chops and pat dry.

  3. When skillet is hot, add pork chops.

  4. Saute on medium heat until lightly browned on one side; turn and brown the other side.

  5. While pork chops are cooking, coarsely chop onion.

  6. Remove mushroom stems and chop; slice caps thinly.

  7. Remove pork chops to a plate.

Make the sauce

  1. If you want a lower-fat diet, drain off some, but not all, of the oil and discard.

  2. Add chopped onions and green pepper, sauteing while stirring until soft.

  3. Add mushrooms.

  4. If you removed most of the oil, spray mushrooms with cooking spray.

  5. Saute for 1 minute more.

  6. Add about 1/3 cup of milk; stir, scraping to loosen any tasty bits.

  7. Add the condensed cream of mushroom soup and mix, then add the rest of the milk, stirring to combine.

Finish and serve

  1. When the sauce is heated through, add pork chops back into the skillet.

  2. Add any juices that have drained onto the plate.

  3. Spoon some sauce over the chops, pushing them down to bury them.

  4. Turn heat very low and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.

  5. Garnish with parsley if desired.

  6. Serve with white rice, egg noodles or mashed potatoes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

662Calories
40 gProtein
42 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Soupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Pork chops
Browned first for flavor, then simmered in the sauce until tender.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it cooks, building the base of the sauce.
Mushrooms
Release moisture and add earthy savory flavor to the sauce.
Condensed cream of mushroom soup
Provides thickness, body and savory flavor for the smothering sauce.
Milk
Thins the soup into a creamy sauce that coats the chops.
Olive oil
Conducts heat for browning the chops and sauteing the vegetables.

The step that matters

Turn heat very low before simmering. Once the chops are in the sauce, high heat can scorch the milk and toughen the pork. A very low simmer keeps the sauce gently thickened and the meat tender.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, olive, onion, garlic, mushroom, pepper, milk):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, onion, garlic, mushroom, pepper, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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