So here’s the thing about blogging recipes and food. I feel like the photo of the food is so important to deciding whether or not a recipe is worth trying. So imagine how incredibly sad I was to learn that my camera battery had died AFTER I had plated up these pork chops last week. I was really bummed because these were so good that I really wanted to share them with you! So, I made them again, four days later, only this time I made sure my camera battery was charged. haha! Well, I did say they were good! Twice in one week good? Yes indeed!

Buttermilk Fried Pork Chops

4-6 thin cut boneless pork chops
kosher salt
pepper

Marinade
1 and 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon hot sauce (I use Franks Hot Sauce- this doesn’t really add heat, just flavor)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon Mrs. Dash
1 teaspoon dried drill

1 1/2 cups All purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon Mrs. Dash

1 cup vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 250 (to keep warm after cooking)
Using a meat mallet (or in my case a french rolling-pin) pound pork chops evenly to desired thickness. We prefer ours thin, so ours were a little less than 1/2 inch thick.
Salt and pepper pork chops lightly on both sides.
Whisk all ingredients for marinade together in a large bowl (buttermilk through Mrs. Dash), add pork chops and coat them well. Allow to marinate for one hour.
In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, pepper, Mrs. dash and garlic powder.
To bread pork chops, allow excess buttermilk to drain off the pork chop, then coat in flour and make sure that the chop is evenly coated. Shake off excess flour.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. The oil should be hot enough so that the pork chops will begin to fry immediately (without burning). Add pork chops to pan, allow pork chops to fry 4-5 minutes per side until golden brown and pork chops are cooked through. Be careful when you are turning the chops, try not to break the crust and only turn once if possible. Once pork chops are done, transfer to oven to keep warm until you are ready to serve.
Enjoy!