Skillet Pork Chop with Creamy Brandied Mushrooms and Broccolini – Recipe!

Weeknight meals should most often be simple and never boring, and my Skillet Pork Chop with Creamy Brandied Mushrooms and Broccolini is a quick and delicious dinner in minutes.

A large pork chop, around a pound, can feed the entire family, especially when it’s accompanied by fresh vegetables like mushrooms and broccolini.  The entire meal is made in an iron skillet and plated in one large bowl — making it family-style fun.

The sauce in this recipe…well, let’s just say, you could bathe in it, but won’t, because we are enjoying it with the pork and vegetables.  The pork chop is sliced and served over brown rice, to soak up any of that additional sauce that may have fallin through the crannies.  If you can’t find a large enough chop, you can always grab two, and sear them at the same time.

Ingredients

1 pound bone-in pork chop

1 shallot, peeled and sliced

2 cups mushrooms, sliced – crimini or button

2 cups broccolini, trimmed into 3-inch pieces

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

1/2 cup heavy cream

1/3 cup good brandy

salt and pepper

3 cups hot brown rice for serving, optional

(Serves 4)

To Prepare:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Remove pork chop from packaging and pat dry with paper towels.  Sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper.
2. In a large iron skillet over high heat, add 1 tablespoon neutral oil after 2 minutes, add chop.  Sear on first side for 3 minutes, flip and sear second side for 2 minutes, then place in oven for 8-12 minutes, depending upon thickness.
3. Remove from oven and place on a cutting board to rest.  Add shallot and mushrooms to pan juices and cook for 2 minutes.  Add butter, stir, then add broccolini.  Cook for 3 minutes.
4. Make a well in center of pan and add Dijon mustard, heavy cream and brandy (be careful, pan could ignite with alcohol addition).  Stir until combined with vegetables.
5. Cover and steam for 4 minutes, then remove lid and turn off heat.  Slice pork off bone and across the grain.
6. Add rice to a bowl, then sliced pork.  Top with vegetables and pour remaining sauce over top.  Enjoy!