The meat purchases in my weekly grocery run are heavily dependent on what is on sale and what is on clearance. Then I try to come up with something. In an age where the internet is much more reasonable and convenient than an actual cookbook, thats where I turn for different recipes. So started my dilemma last evening after work. Pork chops. Phooey. Bing search and oo country fried pork chops.
This is the recipe I referred to: very detailed, nice pictures, overall great recipe. However, I have learned my lesson several times over to not follow them to a T and so these days it’s literally just reference and I tweak the recipe to my liking.
So how did I tweak?
- We neither have nor can physically tolerate buttermilk. I’m sure it would make it taste better so instead with the egg I put a little chicken broth and mustard.
- No exact measuring for me. Everyone has different tastes so having cooked for a while I just winged it and hoped it was good.
- I decided to put soy sauce on the chops themselves before battering up to give it more flavor. Worked very well.
My audience (i.e. my picky brother and my dogs) loved it. He (the human) even asked if it was store prepared batter and having learned that it was all from scratch complimented it. Whoa. Always a good sign when the brother looks for more and the dogs follow me around after a taste in hopes of more handouts.
If you like gravy it would have been indicated but I don’t care for it myself. My only regrets were not making more and that the oil either seemed to have degraded or I overloaded the pan for the final batch.
Happy cooking!