Smothered Pork Chops with Bacon, Mushrooms, and Fresh Thyme Cream Sauce

One-Pan Smothered Pork Chops with creamy mushroom, bacon and fresh thyme sauce.  Use boneless pork loin chops.  Everything is cooked in one large skillet.  Easy recipe.  Minimal cleanup. Low carb, high fat, KETO friendly, gluten free recipe.

Why You’ll Like this Recipe

• Tender and moist texture, forget dry pork chop meat. Pork chops are a great cut of meat that can taste really good but they can also be easily overcooked and result in a tough, dry meat. Enter these smothered pork chops. Covered with mushrooms and bacon and a cream sauce with lots of fresh thyme, your creamy pork chops are guaranteed to be tender and moist, and not dry at all. Even if you do overcook them a little, you won’t notice it thanks to the creamy sauce.
• Use only one pan. That’s right! You use one pan to make these smothered pork chops which minimizes the cleanup.
• 30 minutes cooking time. It’s a great recipe for a busy person who wants something easy that tastes like comfort food and looks like something from a good restaurant.
• KETO friendly recipe.  This recipe uses ingredients that are high in fat, high in protein, and low in carb.  Perfect for those who follow KETO diet.  Omit flour for KETO friendly version.
• Gluten free recipe.  Use gluten free flour to make this recipe gluten free.  In fact, I’ve made this recipe with gluten free flour because I am gluten free.

Ingredients:

• 6 strips bacon uncooked
• 2 lbs. pork loin chops boneless (3 or 4 pork chops, depending on size)
• salt and pepper
• 8 oz mushrooms sliced
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 5 sprigs fresh thyme just leaves
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons flour use gluten free flour for gluten free version, omit flour to make it KETO friendly
• ⅔ cup chicken broth
• ½ cup heavy cream

Substitutions:

• I use heavy cream. You can also use cream of mushroom instead.
• I use regular white button mushrooms. You can also use cremini mushrooms, portobello, shiitake.

Instructions:

1. Chop bacon into smaller bites. In a large skillet, cook on medium heat until the bacon is cooked. Remove bacon from the pan to a plate, leaving the fat in.
2. Season pork chops with salt and pepper. In the same pan, on high-medium heat, cook pork chops for 4 minutes on each side in bacon fat, until nicely seared. Reduce heat to medium midway through cooking. Remove the pork chops to a plate from the pan.
3. Add sliced mushrooms and minced garlic to the same pan. If needed, add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Season with salt. Sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves. Cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring, until mushrooms soften and release juices. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of flour all over the mushrooms, and stir the flour in on medium heat.
4. Add chicken broth and raise the heat to bring to boil, constantly stirring. You should have a smooth slurry from the flour and the chicken broth. Add heavy cream and stir it in while boiling until everything is smooth. Then reduce heat to low.
5. Add back the pork chops and the bacon. Cook on low heat, covered, until the pork chops are cooked through.
6. To serve, top pork chops with mushroom and bacon mixture and with more fresh thyme leaves.

Why this pork chop recipe is KETO friendly:

• This recipe contains heavy creamy and bacon. All these ingredients have high fat, low sugar content.
• Mushrooms are low-carb and a great way to add flavor to keto recipe.
• Pork chops are high in fat and high in protein, yet low in carbs. A perfect KETO friendly ingredient.
• Omit the flour.  To make this recipe KETO friendly, simply omit 2 tablespoons of flour for browning the pork chops.

What is also great is that you use only basic, common ingredients to make this dish. Just take a look at this picture. These are all the ingredients that go into this recipe:

Bacon and Mushroom Smothered Pork Chops are not only delicious, they also are great meal to make if you have company. Why? Because they are easy to make. And, because they look amazing, without too much effort:

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Smothered Pork Chops with Bacon, Mushrooms, and Fresh Thyme Cream Sauce

One-Pan Smothered Pork Chops with creamy mushroom, bacon and fresh thyme sauce.  Use boneless pork loin chops. Everything is cooked in one large skillet.  Easy recipe.  Minimal cleanup.  Low carb, high fat, KETO friendly, gluten free recipe.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4 Servings

Equipment

• Large Skillet
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Mixing Bowls w/lids
• Garlic Mincer
• Mandolin Slicer and Food Chopper Set

Ingredients

  

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• 6 strips bacon uncooked
• 2 lbs. pork loin chops boneless (3 or 4 pork chops, depending on size)
• salt and pepper
• 8 oz mushrooms sliced
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 5 sprigs fresh thyme just leaves
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons flour use gluten free flour for gluten free version, omit flour to make it KETO friendly
• ⅔ cup chicken broth
• ½ cup heavy cream

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Instructions

 

• Chop bacon into smaller bites. In a large skillet, cook on medium heat until the bacon is cooked. Remove bacon from the pan to a plate, leaving the fat in.
• Season pork chops with salt and pepper. In the same pan, on high-medium heat, cook pork chops for 4 minutes on each side in bacon fat, until nicely seared. Reduce heat to medium midway through cooking. Remove the pork chops to a plate from the pan.
• Add sliced mushrooms and minced garlic to the same pan. If needed, add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Season with salt. Sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves. Cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring, until mushrooms soften and release juices. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of flour all over the mushrooms, and stir the flour in on medium heat.
• Add chicken broth and raise the heat to bring to boil, constantly stirring. You should have a smooth slurry from the flour and the chicken broth. Add heavy cream and stir it in while boiling until everything is smooth. Then reduce heat to low.
• Add back the pork chops and the bacon. Cook on low heat, covered, until the pork chops are cooked through.
• To serve, top pork chops with mushroom and bacon mixture and with more fresh thyme leaves.

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