Cooking for Graduate Students & Other Beginning Kitchen Dwellers (James W. Cooper)
Recipe Introduction
Pork steaks are an inexpensive form of pork just south of the chop. They are a little more bony, but just as flavorful. You can use either in these recipes.
2 pork steaks or chops
1/2 cup flour
salt and pepper
1/3 cup vegetable oil
a cast iron frying pan
a roasting rack
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat the oil in the frying pan.
Shake the chops in flour and season with salt and pepper. Brown the chops in the oil on both sides.
Remove the chops from the oil and drain. Place a roasting rack in the frying pan and lay the pork chops on the rack. Bake for 15 minutes. Turn chops over and bake another 15 minutes. Serve chops with home fries, fresh vegetables or noodles.
Wine Sauce for Pork Chops
3/4 cup dry white wine 2 tsp cornstarchPour the fat out of the frying pan and add 1/2 cup white wine. Scrape up the brown particles and accumulated juices. Mix cornstarch with the remaining wine and add to pan. Stir until thickened and serve over chops.