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Baked Pork Chops and Stuffing

Baked pork loin chops served with a savory bread stuffing.

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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 ↓

Baked Pork Chops and Stuffing

Oven325 °F (165 °C)
Timeabout 45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pork

  1. Broil pork chops on a rack in a broiling pan, turning once, until rare.

  2. Preheat oven to 325 °F (165 °C).

Bake the chops

  1. Arrange chops in a casserole large enough to hold them in one layer; sprinkle with 1/8 tsp each of salt, pepper, and thyme; add broth; cover casserole; bake for about 45 minutes.

  2. While the pork chops are baking, heat margarine in a small skillet until bubbly and hot; add onion and garlic; sauté until onion is translucent.

Make the stuffing and finish

  1. Add mushrooms, celery, and the remaining 1/8 tsp each of salt, pepper, and thyme; sauté for 5 minutes.

  2. Add bread cubes.

  3. Spoon an equal amount of stuffing mixture onto each baked pork chop; bake uncovered for 15 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1043Calories
75 gProtein
31 gFat
112 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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.

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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. Thyme + clovetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  4. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

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

What each ingredient does

Pork loin chops
Provide the main protein, which stays moist when baked covered in broth.
Diet bread
Cubed and baked, it soaks up flavour and forms the body of the stuffing.
Mushrooms
Release moisture and savoury flavour as they sauté into the stuffing.
Chicken broth
Adds moisture and savoury flavour while the chops bake covered.

The step that matters

Baking the chops covered in broth. Pork cooked to rare first and then baked covered in broth stays moist; the covered bake keeps steam in, so the chops do not dry out before the stuffing is added and baked.

Swap the clove

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

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, thyme, chicken, onion, garlic, mushroom. 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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