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One-Pan Smothered Pork Chops with creamy mushroom, bacon and fresh thyme sauce. Use boneless pork loin chops. Everything is cooked in one large skillet. Easy recipe. Minimal cleanup. Low carb, high fat, KETO friendly, gluten free recipe.
Why make smothered pork chops
- Tender and moist texture, forget dry pork chop meat. Pork chops are a great cut of meat that can taste really good but they can also be easily overcooked and result in a tough, dry meat. Enter these smothered pork chops. Covered with mushrooms and bacon and a cream sauce with lots of fresh thyme, your creamy pork chops are guaranteed to be tender and moist, and not dry at all. Even if you do overcook them a little, you won't notice it thanks to the creamy sauce.
- Use only one pan. That's right! You use one pan to make these smothered pork chops which minimizes the cleanup.
- 30 minutes cooking time. It's a great recipe for a busy person who wants something easy that tastes like comfort food and looks like something from a good restaurant.
- KETO friendly recipe. This recipe uses ingredients that are high in fat, high in protein, and low in carb. Perfect for those who follow KETO diet. Omit flour for KETO friendly version.
- Gluten free recipe. Use gluten free flour to make this recipe gluten free. In fact, I've made this recipe with gluten free flour because I am gluten free.
Substitutions
- I use heavy cream. You can also use cream of mushroom instead.
- I use regular white button mushrooms. You can also use cremini mushrooms, portobello, shiitake.
Why this pork chop recipe is KETO friendly
- This recipe contains heavy creamy and bacon. All these ingredients have high fat, low sugar content.
- Mushrooms are low-carb and a great way to add flavor to keto recipe.
- Pork chops are high in fat and high in protein, yet low in carbs. A perfect KETO friendly ingredient.
- Omit the flour. To make this recipe KETO friendly, simply omit 2 tablespoons of flour for browning the pork chops.
What is also great is that you use only basic, common ingredients to make this dish. Just take a look at this picture. These are all the ingredients that go into this recipe:
Bacon and Mushroom Smothered Pork Chops are not only delicious, they also are great meal to make if you have company. Why? Because they are easy to make. And, because they look amazing, without too much effort:
Side dishes to serve with smothered pork chops
Because there is so much creaminess and so much meat in this recipe, I suggest that you serve simple cooked spinach, or steamed asparagus with this dish. Or other cooked greens. Mashed potatoes, or easy scalloped potatoes are also great side dishes to go with these smothered pork chops. I also suggest that you try this really easy Asiago cheese roasted broccoli recipe - you can roast the broccoli in the oven while your creamy pork chops are cooked on the stove top and you can use any cheese you like, such as Parmesan cheese, not just Asiago.
Other creamy pork chop recipes
Boneless Pork Chops in Creamy Garlic & Herb Wine Sauce - one skillet dish ready in less than 30 minutes! Made with dry white wine, juice of a fresh lemon, garlic and thyme, these pork chops are super juicy and packed with flavor.
Boneless Pork Chops in Creamy Irish Whiskey Sauce - simply sear the pork chops in the pan, toss with mushrooms and smother with a delicious creamy sauce with Irish Whiskey and a bit of Worcestershire sauce!
Other KETO friendly recipes
- Low Carb Creamy Pork Chops in Parmesan Sauce
- Broccoli Bacon Cheddar Chicken Bake
- Bacon Cream Cheese Cheddar Chicken
Bacon and Mushroom Smothered Pork Chops
Ingredients
- 6 strips bacon , uncooked
- 2 lb pork loin chops , boneless (3 or 4 pork chops, depending on size)
- salt and pepper
- 8 oz mushrooms , sliced
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme , just leaves
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons flour (use gluten free flour for gluten free version, omit flour to make it KETO friendly)
- ⅔ cup chicken broth
- ½ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Chop bacon into smaller bites. In a large skillet, cook on medium heat until the bacon is cooked. Remove bacon from the pan to a plate, leaving the fat in.
- Season pork chops with salt and pepper. In the same pan, on high-medium heat, cook pork chops for 4 minutes on each side in bacon fat, until nicely seared. Reduce heat to medium midway through cooking. Remove the pork chops to a plate from the pan.
- Add sliced mushrooms and minced garlic to the same pan. If needed, add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Season with salt. Sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves. Cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring, until mushrooms soften and release juices. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of flour all over the mushrooms, and stir the flour in on medium heat.
- Add chicken broth and raise the heat to bring to boil, constantly stirring. You should have a smooth slurry from the flour and the chicken broth. Add heavy cream and stir it in while boiling until everything is smooth. Then reduce heat to low.
- Add back the pork chops and the bacon. Cook on low heat, covered, until the pork chops are cooked through.
- To serve, top pork chops with mushroom and bacon mixture and with more fresh thyme leaves.
Nutrition
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Thanks Julia your recipe is well
organized with with all the details and with the nutritional facts. I like that you have good ideas and straight to the point with pictures and it was delicious and made all in one pan.
Just getting ready to make; however, I do not have a thermometer, and would appreciate some idea of how long “until pork chops are done” in matter of time. Will purchase thermometer, but then question arises, what is “done” for boneless pork chop of this size (on thermometer?)
The seared for 4 minutes in each side, with maybe a 1/2-3/4“ pork chop, the 8 minutes searing time in the bacon fatnseemednto cook well. I just left to simmer in sauce for a couple minutes and it was good perfect temp, 145.
This was a fun and tasty dish! We loved it!
I thought the ease of the one use dish was great. I always seem to mess up a gravy, of any kind, but this one worked perfect. Felt like a rock star!
I substitute Kite Hill Cream cheese for the heavy cream. It’s a great dairy free alternative.
How many calories is this per serving?
It's 654 calories per serving.
This was phenomenal! I added a bit of Thai chili peppers because we like a bit of heat, but otherwise kept it 100%. Great job
So glad you liked this recipe! 🙂
How does this freeze?
It should freeze well. Make sure it's in an air-tight container.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe, So easy and So So good. My family loves it!!!
So happy to hear that! 🙂
This was a hit even with my 5 and 12 year old. I used xanthan gum as a thickener instead of flour to keep it keto. Also, served it over noodles for my kids and just a side of broccoli for me and the Mr.
So glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Soooooo good. I’m so bad at getting everything right and not to accidentally scorch this but this recipe worked perfectly. Will be using more of your recipes
Tried this recipe in attempt to expand my keto menu and BANG! It’s so simple and tastes delicious. I’ve never used fresh herbs before and it really made a difference. The cream sauce feels very indulgent but it’s so simple to put together, plus it’s keto-friendly! I cut the recipe in half and everything was perfect. I’ve never cooked pork chops before so I did invest in a meat thermometer and I’m glad I did because they cooked through very quickly. We will definitely be having this again very soon!
Thank you for such a nice and thoughtful comment! I am glad you tried this recipe and enjoyed it!
Delicious! Since I am Keto I substituted the flour for 2 ounces of cream cheese and added a bit more of the seasonings. Will definitely make again!
So happy you enjoyed this dish!
Gorgeous and easy to do
Thank you!
This is an outstanding recipe!! I made augratin cauliflower as a side dish which was very tasty with it, but next time I’ll make cauliflower rice to soak up some of the yummy sauce!
What a great idea to serve this with cauliflower rice!
Just made this for dinner. Kids asked for thirds! Sooooo good!
So glad you enjoyed this dish!
For someone who is a beginner and doesn't have a thermometer can you possibly say in minutes how long to cook pork chops for please? They are boneless and 1in thick I want to say. I'm scared of undercookin it. You have some amazing recipes and I want to try them all. I've been cooking for my family for a long time now and I come from some great European cooks but looking to expand as far as the food menu goes. I mainly stick to chicken and beef and have never made pork chops but i have made pork tenderloin and since I was so afraid of undercooking it and posioning my family i dried it out then felt horrible. It tasted so amazing but it was too dry.