These creamy bacon and broccoli pork chops are pan seared to perfection and smothered in an amazing bacon cream sauce. This one-skillet pork chop meal is ready in about 30 minutes!
Servings: 4
Prep Time: 10 minutesmins
Cook Time: 20 minutesmins
Total Time: 30 minutesmins
Ingredients
4pork chops
1tbspolive oil
salt and pepper , to taste
4slicesbacon, cut into bite-size pieces
1tbspbutter
1tablespoonflour
½cuplow-sodium chicken broth
2tsplemon juice
1cupcream, or one cup almond milk
2cupsbroccoli florets, fresh or frozen
1cupfresh baby bella mushrooms, sliced
1teaspoongarlic powder
salt and pepper, to taste
lemon wedges, optional to serve
Instructions
Pat pork chops dry and season with salt, pepper, and olive oil on both sides.
Cook bacon cut into bite-size pieces in a skillet over medium-high heat; cook until crispy and remove onto a plate with a slotted spoon. Reserve about 1 tbsp of the rendered bacon fat in the skillet and discard the rest.
Place pork chops into skillet and cook over medium heat until browned on both sides (4-5 minutes per side) Set aside covered on a plate.
Add in a tbsp of butter to the pan and sprinkle the flour in, stirring about 30 seconds. Whisk in chicken broth, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Stir in cream and return bacon crumbles to the pan.
Add in broccoli and mushrooms and cook 6-8 minutes, or just until tender.
Return the pork chops to the pan and nestle in with broccoli and mushrooms. Slice pork chops for serving, if desired.