Smothered Pork Chops

Ingredients :

• 1 cup flour
• 2 Tbsp onion powder
• 1 tsp red pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 2 Tbsp bacon fat
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 4 thin pork chops
• 2 cups buttermilk

Directions :

1. Chopped fresh parsley or green onions, for garnish, optional
2. Mix together flour, onion powder, garlic powder, red pepper, salt, and black pepper in a pie plate. Coat pork chops in flour mixture; shaking off the excess.
3. Over medium heat in cast iron skillet, melt bacon fat and oil together well. Gently lay pork chops in skillet; fry about five minutes on each side until golden brown. 
4. Remove pork chops from skillet.
5. Mix ½ cup flour mixture and buttermilk together well; pour into skillet, stir into hot fat; bring gravy to boil then reduce heat to simmer until nice and thick, stirring often. Return pork chops to skillet; cover with gravy. Simmer for five minutes or so until pork chops are cooked through. Season with salt and pepper; garnish with chopped parsley or green onions if using, before serving.
6. Variation: May sauté onions and or mushrooms with pork chops and add to gravy mixture.

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