Pork Chops with Garlic and Wine

I had bought two packages of pork chops from the grocery store, since they were guy one get one free.  However, since they were on "Manager's Special", I had to eat them right away.  I had used one package to make some baked pork chops and wanted to make a different dish.

I found a recipe for Pork Chops with Garlic and Wine on the Pioneer Woman's website, and decided to give that a try.  Although I like some garlic, I don't like a lot of garlic, and I doubt I would like a whole clove of garlic.  As a result, instead of using whole garlic cloves, I minced a garlic clove and used that instead of the 6 whole garlic cloves called for in this recipe.

I also didn't have any red wine and didn't want to buy red wine just for this recipe, so I used white wine.  The recipe did say that I could use white wine instead for a lighter sauce.

The pork chops smelled pretty good when I first pan fried them with seasoning, as the recipe specified.  However by the end, it was a little dry, and the "sauce" was reduced to be way less than I would have expected.  I only had about a tablespoon of "sauce".  Just enough to cover one side of the pork chops.  In the pictures associated with the recipe, there is much more sauce.  I'm not sure what I did wrong...

I did not enjoy this recipe, and would not make it again.  If I buy pork chops again, I will definitely look for another recipe to use.

Pork Chops

Kim was able to get an excellent deal on pork chops at the grocery store.  The pork chops were buy one, get one free.  On top of that, she bought the packages of pork chops that were on Manager's Special.  Each package had a two dollar off coupon on it.  As a result, she not only was able to get one package for free, she also received four dollars off the purchase!

She wanted to make some good pork chops, but she didn't want to fry them.  She doesn't like to fry food since it's not very healthy, and the oil tends to splatter everywhere.  She was able to find a recipe for Busy Day Pork Chops, which are baked.  The instructions were easy to follow and she had all of the ingredients!  She served the chops with rice.

The pork chops did end up being a little dry.  She cooked it for the full 11 minutes on one side, because she didn't think it looked cooked enough when it came time to flip the chops over.  She only cooked the chops for 9 minutes on the other side.  She feels that if she only cooked the chops for 9 minutes on each side, it would have been much better.  The dish was still good, and she would definitely make it again.