Bacon Chive Blue Cheese stuffed Pork Chops

Name: Bacon Chive Blue Cheese stuffed Pork Chops
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 boneless pork chops or pork ribeyes; 4 tbsp crumbled blue cheese; 2 strips cooked crispy bacon, crumbled; 2 tbsp chopped chives; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1 salt and cracked pepper to taste

jessicadpaxton @jessicaDP

Austin, Texas

This is a great alternative to just plain pork chops and leaves a lot of room for experimentation! I like to use the bacon and pork chop bits left in the pan to whisk together nice sauce for garnish using white wine, chicken stock, dijon mustard, chives, and cold butter.

jessicadpaxton @jessicaDP

Ingredients

1 hour

2 servings

2boneless pork chops or pork ribeyes
4 tbspcrumbled blue cheese
2strips cooked crispy bacon, crumbled
2 tbspchopped chives
1 clovegarlic, minced
1salt and cracked pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions

1 hour

1

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease a shallow baking dish.
2

in a skillet, cooked bacon until crispy. set bacon aside to cool before crumbling. reserve skillet and drippings
3

In a small bowl, mix together the blue cheese, bacon, garlic and chives (and diced apple if you choose). Divide into halves, and pack each half into a loose ball. Place each one into a pocket of a butterflied pork chop, close, and secure with toothpicks. Season each chop with salt and pepper. Keep in mind that the blue cheese will be salty.
4

reheat skillet with bacon drippings to high. sear both sides of the chops to create a carmelized color. about a minute on each side. place seared chopped in greased baking dish
5

Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or it may take longer if your chops are thicker. Cook until the stuffing is hot, and chops are to your desired degree of doneness.