Pork chops smothered and baked with seasoned diced tomatoes, served with brown rice and corn cobs. I wasn’t sure how I’d like the tomatoes with the pork chops…I think of tomatoes working better with chicken and beef dishes. I was pleasantly surprised at how delicious this was…
Best sale price for pork chops that I’ve seen recently…$1.49/lb. I try to pay less than $1.99/lb!
Italian Pork Chops
Yield – 4 servings
Preparation Time – 5 minutes
Cooking Time – 35-45 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown rice ($.40)
- 4 pork chops (about 1.2 lbs.) ($2.38)
- 1 15 oz. can of diced tomatoes ($.59)
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning ($.05)
- Salt and pepper, few dashes each
- 4 corn cobs ($1.33) NOT on sale this week 🙁
- Butter for corn ($.25) Use dairy-free margarine if necessary!
Directions
- In medium saucepan, cook brown rice according to package directions. Brown rice takes 40-50 minutes to cook!
- Place pork chops in glass baking dish (I used an 8 x 8-inch baking dish and the 4 pork chops fit perfectly.).
- In small bowl, mix together diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning and salt and pepper. Pour over the pork chops.
- Bake pork chops at 350 for 35-45 minutes, or until cooked through.
- Boil corn in saucepan for 4-5 minutes, or microwave in microwavable dish with 1/2 cup of water, covered in plastic wrap, for 7-9 minutes. Serve hot with butter.
- Serve Italian Pork Chops with Brown Rice and Corn Cobs.
Cost $5
Erin, one could bake the rice in the oven …….. the time for the pork chops and the rice is close enough that therice could go in first, then get the pork chops in. Might as well use the whole oven!
Erin, Thank you so much for this website! Helped me out so much! I made this tonight but for the side dishes I made baked potatoes and green beans! I also used the diced tomatoes with green chiles in it.
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Do you brown the pork chops first? When it goes in the oven, do you cover it?