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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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What side do you usually pair this with? Pasta? Rice?
This is a family favorite in my house. I make them a couple times a month and they are devoured by all.
Kathleen, I am so happy to hear that! Thank you for your comment!
Looks good! About how long roughly do you let the pork chops finish cooking in the sauce after you have seared them? I don’t have a food thermometer.
Cook the pork chops in the sauce for about 10 or 20 minutes - depending on the thickness of your pork chops. I would check the pork chops for doneness after about 10 or 20 minutes of cooking by slicing one of them in the middle. You can also cook the pork chops in the sauce for 10 or 20 minutes, then remove from heat and let them seat covered in the skillet for another 10 or 15 minutes, and then check them for doneness the same way. By letting the pork chops sit off heat covered, they will cook through more gently and not be hard and over-cooked as pork chops tend to get.
Made these pork chops with Turkey bacon as that's what I had,I used low sodium mushroom soup it was super delicious. I would do it again
Sue, I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing such positive feedback!
Im licking my lips and havent even opened the bacon
Enjoy the recipe!
Truly the best pork chop recipe I've ever used. My husband isn't a big fan of pork chops typically but couldn't quit raving over these! So moist and delicious....the bacon and mushrooms, delicious!
The whole family enjoyed it -- even the picky one! I used turkey tenderloins instead and they were very tender. Served with a side of mashed potatoes; truly delicious!
The pork chops smothered in gravy with mushrooms n bacon bits were screaming (aka delicious/tasty).
What I should not have done was following the recipe to a tee. It called for too much salt in my opinion. I’ll know next time to use my better judgement. Served with asparagus n cottage cheese was filling.
On a down side, the pop ups are annoying!!
Recipe is great but I cant get rid of the video playing over everything. I cant even see what im typing right now because of it.
Super yummy! I used half and half. Hard to read the recipe, let alone comment , with all of the non stop pop up ads and videos.
Thanks for the recipe!
This was delicious. Hubby loved it. I don't think I cooked the pork long enough. Next time I will cook it a little longer and add some red pepper flakes.
Will this recipe work with a pre cooked, smoked pork chops?
Family loves it, the sauce is amazing. We had extra and are going to put it in bread, over cauliflower rice, etc. because it's amazing.
Fabulous and easy!! We are. a KETO family and we served this with spaghetti squash. MMMMM good!!
The Recipe looked so easy that I asked my husband to make it...his speciality is eating, not cooking. It turned out delicious and was not dried out at all. Thank you..