Sour Cream Pork Chops
Sour Cream Pork Chops are the ultimate comfort food to serve any night of the week. Tender and juicy grilled pork chops smothered in a quick and easy sour cream sauce.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 762kcal
Ingredients
- 4 thick cut pork chops
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons Steak Rub or all purpose seasoning
for the sour cream sauce:
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 garlic cloves grated or minced
- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons coarse black pepper
- fresh thyme for garnish
Instructions
- Prepare a grill fire to 350° with hickory or pecan chunks for smoke flavor.
- Pat pork chops dry with paper towels.
- Spray or drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle dry rub over both sides of the pork chops. Set aside until grill is ready.
- Prepare the sauce by melting butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and stir continually, cooking about 2 minutes until garlic starts to brown.
- Whisk in flour, cook 2- 3 minutes.
- Add sour cream, milk and heavy cream, continue to cook, whisking continually until sauce thickens and starts to bubble. Whisk in salt and pepper. Keep sauce warm or set aside to reheat before serving.
- Grill pork chops over indirect fire with the grill closed for 5 minutes. Flip pork chops and continue to cook until pork chops reach 145° internal temperature using a digital thermometer.
- Remove pork chops to a serving platter, rest about 5 minutes before serving.
- Drizzle pork chops with sour cream sauce and garnish with thyme.
Notes
The sour cream sauce makes enough to serve over mashed potatoes or rice if desired.
Store leftover pork chops in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 4 days.
Store sour cream sauce in refrigerator in an airtight container up to 5 days.
Reheat sliced pork chops in a skillet with olive oil over medium heat, stirring until heated through.
Reheat sour cream sauce in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in a bit of milk if sauce needs thinned. Whisk until heated through.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 762kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 48g | Fat: 57g | Saturated Fat: 26g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 24g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 235mg | Sodium: 316mg | Sugar: 7g