Air Fried Pork Chops

Any sort of pork is not on our normal menu around here.  Except for.  Umm.  Bacon.  Should that really be classified as pork? But this week air fried pork chops made it into the rotation.

The occasional babyback ribs or pork loin will show up, but not really pork chops.  Hub likes them way more than I do.  In fact, I cannot remember the last time I ate a pork chop.

And then.  I saw a recipe for air fried pork chops and thought I’d give them a go.  With a big wallop of mashed potatoes, there was a comfort meal on a cool December night.

Afterward my kitchen was a big ol’ fried mess.  The air fryer had a lot of grease on it.  It looks pretty clean now except the inside top.  That’s mostly just from general use. 

My next post might be deep cleaning the darn thing.  I don’t even want to start that process.

Now, I’m probably done with pork chops for another year or so, but this recipe did turn out great and I recommend it.  The chops turned out moist and tender. The prep and cooking was very quick, suitable for a weeknight meal.

Note that these are not breaded and therefore gluten free.

I used the default airfry setting on the Cuisanart Digital AirFryer which is for wings at 400⁰.  I keep a very close eye on that oven, so I pulled them out at about 6 minutes and turned them over for another 6 minutes.

I used a thermometer to make sure they were over 145⁰ at their thickest part.  In truth they were about 185⁰ which some people would consider overdone, but they weren’t chewy or tough.

Here’s what I did:

Air Fried Pork Chops

• 4 bone-in chops
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• ½ tsp paprika
• ½ tsp cumin
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• Oil spray (I used avocado)

Rinse and pat dry chops.  Combine seasonings with mustard and rub over entire chop.  This amount of seasoning will be a very light rub without any strong flavors to the meat.  The sugar helps tenderize and the meat does not turn out sweet at all.

Lightly spray with oil and let the meat sit out at room temperature for 20 minutes.

Place in the air fryer without touching, set at 400⁰ and turn at 6 minutes.  Cook another 6 minutes and ensure chops are cooked through.

Bon Appetite!

Christmas Golf Cart Parade

Friday night we hung with our favs and enjoyed the cold winter night at the annual golf cart parade.  The club did a great job for families with a movie, s’mores station and a hot dog station.  For adults, a DJ and a couple of bars rounded out the evening.

Santa himself showed up and apparently he’s a club employee because he has a name badge.

My usual apologies for poor pictures.  With all the bright lighting (any maybe a little too much wine) they are worse than normal.  Hopefully you can see how cute everything turned out.

Carefree

We met friends Tom and Mary Kay for dinner in Carefree and the town tree was so pretty just at the hour we got there against the sky that was about to produce a great big rainstorm.

Wrap Up

The holiday season can be tough for any number of reasons.  It is my hope you’re enjoying it, even if it’s just the little things.  Like snapping a pic of Santa.

Or enjoying your pets. DF Evon’s Chloe and Milly have on their holiday finery and look so adorable.

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God bless you and yours and have a great week.