George's Favorite Dinner

Here is a secret about Mississippi: some of the best food I've had in that state comes from gas stations. A lot of them have kitchens in them and from those kitchens comes some downright delicious meats, southern style veggies and desserts. The gas station near our farm in Scooba, MS where we go hunting in the fall and winter is one of those places. We often stop in there for lunch after a morning in the dove field or duck blind. One of their standout dishes is their fried pork chops. I haven't quite been able to reproduce the perfection of those chops (I have a feeling they may be using a deep fryer), but from time to time I try to make something similar at home. Combined with some creamy mac and cheese and some roasted brussel sprouts and you've got my husband's favorite dinner.

Fried Pork Chops - this is a pretty basic recipe for these babies, but my most recent inspiration comes from the Pioneer Woman on her cooking blog!

1 package thin cut, bone in pork chops

approx 1/3 cup all purpose flour

1 tablespoon seasoning salt

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

salt and black pepper

1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil

If you have a nice, big cast iron skillet now is the time to use it. If you don't have one then take any large, high sided skillet and heat the oil over medium high heat so it's ready to fry some chops!

pat the chops dry and season liberally with salt and black pepper

mix the flour, seasoning salt and cayenne in a shallow bowl

dredge the pork chops in the flour mixture and shake off excess

once oil is nice and hot fry those pork chops, depending on the size of your skillet you can probably do 2 or 3 at a time. You don't want to crowd them. Let them get nice and brown on each side and then set on a plate lined with paper towels while you cook the next batch.