House-Autry Pork Chops
When we returned from our trip to House-Autry Mills in North Carolina, I was all ready to set into some serious time in the kitchen putting all of my ideas to work. We’d already fallen in love with the onion hush puppy mix and I called to tell my brother about it, only to find out that he had been a long time devotee himself. He asked what all I had done with it and I told him the obvious: I’d made hush puppies. To that he replied “Ya know what I like to do with that…”
Now my brother is one of those c-o-u-n-t-r-y boys who talks r-e-a-l slow, giving his drawl time to roll out at it’s leisure. He’s also not a big talker as it is so when he does see fit to impart a bit of cooking wisdom, its usually pretty good, but you gotta sit and wait for it because he talks so s-l-o-w. In his defense, I’ll admit that I tend to talk about ten times faster than he does but I don’t really think its me. I think some folks just don’t listen fast enough. So, some five minutes later, when Bill had found adequate time to formulate his words, I got the recipe, a real intricate one:
“I like to take that hush puppy mix ‘n bread me some pork chops in it. That makes ya some good pork chops”
Well it sure did sound good, so I made them that night. My husband was nigh on tearful as he sat at the dinner table and actually facebooked and tweeted about how good his supper was.
I made them the next night, too. Then, when my in laws came to visit for the fourth of July, I made them again. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve made these at this point but guess what I’m making for supper tonight?
Sometimes my brother has a good idea after all.
Here is the cool thing about this recipe, you’re going to end up with fully seasoned and very flavorful chops, but you only need two ingredients: Onion flavored hushpuppy mix and pork chops.
You’ll also need a bit of oil to fry them in.
*There is a graphic at the end of this post that tells you where you can find House Autry products.
Pour your oil to a depth of about 1/4 of an inch into a skillet. Place this on medium high heat so the oil can get heated up a bit.
I use a smaller skillet so I won’t have to use as much oil to get the depth I need. I also use plain old vegetable oil, store brand of course.
Pour about a cup of hush puppy mix into a bowl.
Now just press your pork chop into the mix.
You don’t need to batter it in anything ahead of time, as long as it is thawed it will work just fine.
Press on each side to get it coated.
Then gently put it into your hot oil. This looks like I didn’t have any breading on the side but I did, it just got wet when it hit the oil.
Make sure you are careful here, the oil is hot – you know, because you put it on a hot eye and all.
You can see if your oil is ready by flicking a little pinch of hush puppy mix or flour into it and seeing if it sizzles.
Get all of your chops in and let them cook until browned on the first side, then turn and brown on the other side.
Like this
Make sure they are cooked through and no longer pink in the center.
and enjoy some of the best fried chops you’ve ever had!
Ingredients
- Hush Puppy with Onion Mix
- Thawed pork chops (can be thin or thick cut)
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Pour oil into a skillet to a depth of about 1/4 of an inch. Place on medium high heat while you prepare the chops.
- Pour about a cup of hush puppy mix in a bowl. Press each side of each pork chop down into the mix. Turn heat down to medium and carefully place chops in hot oil. Cook until browned on bottom and then turn, continuing to cook until browned on the top and no longer pink in the center.
- Remove to place on a paper towel lined plate before serving.
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Ingredients
- Hush Puppy with Onion Mix
- Thawed pork chops (can be thin or thick cut)
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Pour oil into a skillet to a depth of about 1/4 of an inch. Place on medium high heat while you prepare the chops.
- Pour about a cup of hush puppy mix in a bowl. Press each side of each pork chop down into the mix. Turn heat down to medium and carefully place chops in hot oil. Cook until browned on bottom and then turn, continuing to cook until browned on the top and no longer pink in the center.
- Remove to place on a paper towel lined plate before serving.
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These are stores that carry House Autry Products. Please note that not all of them carry the full line. I get my Onion Hush Puppy mix at Krogers where I live and my Wal Mart carries the breaders, but not the hush puppy mix.
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Disclaimer: This post was not sponsored by House-Autry, but they did give me the cute little graphic that shows where to find their products!
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Found it… Butter Dill New Potatoes. My family loves you and your recipes, Christy. You’re a blessing. Thank you for all you do. I pray that God blesses you and your family with a wonderful, fun-filled, happy, and safe summer and that He blesses your neighborhood with lots of mosquito-eating creatures (I know that may sound silly, but we have a ton of mosquitoes right now here in SC and it’s the pits!).
Just received your cookbook in the mail will enjoy it as much
as we enjoy your website.
Thank you
Keep up the good work.
Barbara
Yum! I’m going to try this with chicken breasts!
I have made these pork chops twice now. They are the best that I have ever had! My husband is crazy about them. I actually saw him after dinner watching tv and munching on the last leftover chop, lol. The House Autry breading is my new pork chop standard breading. Thanks so much for the recipe Christy. I love your site, recipes and especially your stories. JT
I found the Hushpuppy mix @Publix
I always seem to over fry my pork chops -do you think they can be baked like with the coating ingredients like maybe the ingredients
from Kraft that Fresh and Tasty (or something like that .bread crumbs and shredded cheese)
They sure could Ann, but you could also try lowering your heat just a bit to see if that helps when frying.
This sure sounds good Christy, BUT, living in Canada we can’t get anything like that……..any chance that you could come up with a recipe to make something similar….
Where can I buy that hushpuppy mix?? I love ideas like this. I like to take the Zatarain’s Seasoned Crispy Southern Fish-Fri and use it on thin sliced green tomatoes. They fry up crispy and are great from popping in your mouth or dipping. Puts a little spin on the regular fried green tomatoes. Can’t wait to find the mix and try this!!
Unfortunately, i am unable to find the Autry Mix where I live.
Dear Christy,
We loved the Autry House pork chops…my husband says he would like them again, soon! LOL Planning to make the “Pineapple Cobbler” this week, really sounds good! I love SouthernPlate.Recipes so much…have introduced the site to a lot of friends and they are likewise thrilled with it! Anytime I mention a recipe I’m going to try my husband says you sure do like Christy Jordan’s recipes don’t you, I tell him yes and I love Christy, she is my kind of person, a real “Southern Lady,” likes to laugh and talk a lot…have to tell you Christy, you are my new best friend!
Oh my goodness, you are just too sweet Ann!! I am so glad to hear that you are enjoying the recipes and I hope you like the Pineapple casserole!!
I made these tonight and we loved them! I love the fact that so many of your recipes are simple and with few ingredients, yet taste like you went to a lot of trouble! I’ve found some of my very best weeknight meal recipes here. Thanks so much!!
I am so glad to hear that you are enjoying the recipes!!!
I just Googled the hushpuppy mix and you can buy it online for $3.15 a bag, I will be ordering it today so I can try this recipe…they also have tons of recipes online.
I think my son will like these, and it’s something different. I read the recipe while eating my pizza roll from a batch I made this weekend, thanks to you. What a great, easy to make and keep lunch for work!
Thanks so much, Christy!
cookin’ these right now
just happened across this recipe again, have seen it before before but haven’t tried it yet, we like House of Autry products, we were already gonna cook sausage and eggs for supper, caled the hubby, who is at Walmart and asked him to pick up this hushpuppy mix and pork chops, we’re gonna add these to our breakfast for supper menu
seems like there used to be a way to subscribe to get future replies or comments to a particular post, don’t see how to subscribe to this post
I’m with you, I think there used to be a way but not sure how. I’ll have to look into it when I can. I don’t subscribe because I am able to read all new comments on the site each day. Maybe we’ll figure it out!