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!
House-Autry Pork Chops
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!
Posted by Christy Jordan
on Aug 2 2010. Filed under Main Course.
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oh my goodness first comment i’m in disbelif thats a good idea . I use the mix with some seasoning added in of course when i fry yellow squash oh my gosh to die for.:) yet again lovely recipe Christy
Mmm These sound sooo good. I’m a big fan of hushpuppies and I have to try this!
And Courtney, breading squash with this mix is such a great idea! Sounds like I’ve found me a meal soon!! Haha
Wow thanks, never realized you could hush puppy mix for other things besides hushpuppies. I have some okra & zuchinni wonder if it would be any good on those two items as well.
Yes, they are April!
MMM – I WAS JUST THINKIN THAT’D BE GOOD ON OKRA OR GREEN TOMATOES!!
Ok…I’m convinced! Gonna put that mix on my shopping list!!
I live in Phoenix, AZ & it’s not sold here but we drove from AZ to MS to see my family & I made sure to go to the local Walmart & grab a couple of Autry mixes to bring back with me! Looks like I should have gotten the entire line of mixes. I only got the chicken breader & pork chop breading….that’s all I saw at the time…must have been sold out of the other stuff!
Wow-I have not had lunch and that plate of food looks like an ultimate meal. You are eating high on the hog with that plateful. If I had a piece of homemade pie for dessert I would think I was in hog heaven.
I had an uncle who talked r-e-a-l s-l-o-w too, only time he ever talked fast was when he backed into a live electric fence wire…can’t repeat what he said in polite company, but he did talk fast!!
Those pork chops look wonderful, and wish we had that mix in AZ!!
I bet that would make an awesome breading for some green fried tomatoes!
Yum – I will be fix’n these for the weekend.
oh lordy lordy….now I need to leave work and go home and cook this…yummy!!
Well now I wonder if I can get the hush puppy mix at Randall’s here in Houston(owned by Safeway). My roomie LOVES his pork chops and this would be a welcome treat to have them fixed this way.
Hey, I just happened to have some of that Hushpuppie mix around here. I think I’ll try it! Thanks Christy Lou
P.S I poured some of it on the dog when she was barking.. It didn’t work..
Hahaha! Took me a minute but I got it!!! Good one, BillGent.
That is a good one, Bill G – but I’m betting she isn’t a puppie any longer, so what else would you expect ?
Thanks too, Christy – another great comfort food redone – bet it would make good chicken-fried steak!
Bill…you are a hoot!! Good one!
Hahaha…funny.
ROTFL!! Maybe I’ll try it on my cat . . . he’s a kitten.
That does look delicious but was wondering would it work if you cooked them in the oven, kinda like the Shake N’ Bake way?
Cathie, I know Christy is the expert cook here but you can do over fried chicken so why not pork chops? Just dredge the chops in the hushpuppy mix, I’d say, and add probably 2 tbsp oil to your baking pan and turn em while they’re cooking…….Bet it would work!
Lord have mercy, Christy!!! You must keep on making life better and better for me…I just love you, your kids, your husband, your mama, and now your brother to pieces!!! I think I’m gonna change my name to Rita Jordan-Greengriggs, hehehe!
oh my word… would have never thought of that.. sounds so good. Winn Dixie is always having pork chops buy one get one free.. I see more pork chops in our future.. Thank you Christy’s brother… ummmm does he need a wife?? I have a daughter……………
I am going on a search for House Autry today, gotta get me some.
Rats…I haven’t been able to find the hush puppy mix yet. Found the chicken frying mix (regular and Southern style) and even the pork chop mix, but no hush puppy mix.
I haven’t given up yet though…will keep looking! If nothing else I’ll just buy it online.
Wonder if this recipe would work with chicken too? I’m not a big fan of pork chops.
Diane
Do you know that I have never made pork chops? I think I have just never had them “done right”, ya’ know? I really, really, really want to eat dinner at your house, because that looks sooooo GOOD! Guess I’m just gonna have to give it a try and fry me up some pork chops in the House Autry hush puppy mix. Does your brother know he just started up a big pork chop craze? LOL
Looks like I will be having this one night for supper! It is a good thing that husband and little boy love pork chops, because I see this becoming a favorite! Good job Christy!!
PS – We had this set of dishes when I was a little girl! Love them!
great idea!
GAH!!! You’ve made me sooooo hungry! I saw Kroger at the top, so I’m gonna see about gettin’ me some of that!
Got a question for ya real quick. Those taters look really good. Did u just boil ‘em or what?
I think I may do the potato recipe next if y’all want it. It’s easy of course!
I wish this was available in Texas. These sure look good as does the rest of the plate.
Just wanted to let you know that if you have a Bi-Lo grocery store
in your area, House Autry mixes for chicken and fish are buy one get
one free. Also you can print coupons from their website.
Just got back from Bi-Lo and they were 12 cents with the doubled coupon!!!
Those look delicious! My husband travels a lot for business out of state (Texas). One trip, he stopped somewhere to eat and acting silly said,” Give me some of that there Salmon stuff.” making sure to mispronounce it. The lady waiting on him informed him very quickly of the correct pronunciation and added that “you people from the south talk real slow, don’t you?” He said, “Yes Ma’am, because we think about what we’re going to say before we say it.” lol
Oh, my goodness. I went to the House-Autry website and found out that all the grocery stores in my area carries their products!!!! Yay.. Can’t wait to make those chops!!
Here it is supper time and I don’t have a thing started, no leftovers in the fridge, no ideas, and you go and put that plate of food for me to see. Man, I wish I had 2 plates just like the posted one. My hubby would be so happy. Poor fella will probably end up with a tomato sandwich. Now don’t you feel bad?
I’m hoping and a praying that the Kroger in Central Illinois sells House Autry Hushpuppy Mix!! I don’t think I could wait for an online order!!
Okay Christy, those look so good! And I think you’re gonna’ have to post the potato recipe because my husband is looking over my shoulder saying that he wants me to fix that exact meal sometime this week! Good thing my grocery trip is tonight!
Now that’s a Southern meal! I’m adding this to my round of dinners. Add a little homemade mayonnaise to those good looking tomatoes and I’ll be in heaven.
Not sure if we have hush puppy mix here up north in Jersey, but it sounds good. On a different note, I thought you were going to send out a ground beef e download on Sat. Haven’t seen it. Maybe you didn’t get to it yet or I just didn’t get on the mailing list. Would appreciate it if you could send it to me. Thanks and have a great evening!
I sent it out early Sunday (fell asleep Saturday). My email stats show that about two hundred people got it in their junk folder (out of over ten thousand) so you might want to check there. It bounced from about fifty email addresses and it will attempt delivery two more times if you were one of those.
Are you an email subscriber?
Gratefully,
Christy
Hello, I live in the northeast as well. I did a search and located on-line at Wegman’s grocery stores. House Autry Hushpuppy mix, chicken breader and seafood breader mixes.
http://www.wegmans.com
~ding dong, ding dong~ just me at your door Christy…ready to pull my chair up to the table! Those pork chops look amazing! Well, actually the whole plate of food does too!! I will be on a mission to find the House -Autry here but if no success, it will be on my shopping list when I head South!!
Bountiful Blessings!
Well…. now I know what to do with all the goodies I won in my House-Autry gift basket!
There’s a pork seasoning mix in there I’m planning to use soon, but now I’m going to try zucchini and eggplant seasoned with the hushpuppy mix.
Tell your brother thanks for the great idea!
*drool*
Oh my goodness!
Christy – I love how your pictures look like a real supper at my table. Even better, they look like supper at Mama’s. Yum!
OMG! Heading to Kroger for all that good stuff! YUM!!
I will probably sub green beans cooked in bacon grease for the corn though. My colon don’t do well with corn, sure wish it did. I have that whole set of Corning dinnerware too. lol Thanx for all yours and your Mama’s and now your brothers GREAT tips, Doll. God Bless your whole Family. 0:-)
Girl….we are on the same wavelength!!! We were at the beach this past week (all 16 of us — long story) and my brother in law, brother and nephew went out to catch fish on a boat “for dinner”. Well, they caught fish, but only enough to make a pound of trout. How was I gonna feed 16 people with a pound of trout??? No loaves and fishes stories were happening, so I took myself on down to Dail’s Seafood trailer. Selling fresh flounder, grouper and shrimp right there on the side of the road.
Bought 2 pounds of grouper (flounder is too delicate and sister in law has a shellfish allergy….) and a package of hush puppy mix (not House Autry, but one respectable brand that worked just fine) at the local market.
Cut up the grouper into “fingers”, dipped ‘em in egg and then hush puppy mix and they fried up so tasty! Even my picky nephew — not the one that went fishing, but another one — ate 3!!!!! It was one of the highlights of my vacation to see him eat with such gusto!!
I think hush puppy mix is going to have to become a staple in my pantry, right along with flour, brown sugar and oatmeal!
Oh, and we had my modified Twinkie Cake for dessert — two homeruns in one meal! Thanks for making me look so good for the relatives!
This is funny because I discovered that we liked the pork breader better than the chicken breader on chicken! Love all those good ole North Carolina House-Autry products from down the road.
This recipe sounds very good but I guess you know that Autry-House has a pork chop breader mix, too. We get it in our local stores. They also have a seafood breader that is awesome. Just thought I’d mention it.
Well Good morning!I woke up early and I’m reading about food. LOL.
I love reading your posts on Southern cooking.
This post for pork chops and the House Autry Mills mix sounded so delicious that I wondered if this product is sold in the Northeast. I’m delighted to found a store.
It is sold in Wegmans.
I like Rita’s comment on the baking method. Do you have any additions to her suggestions for baking pork chops or chicken using these mixes?
Well, I bought myself a birthday preasant today, I ordered some of those fine House-Autry products . I cant find them where I live. I cant wait to make these pork chops and of course some hushpuppuppies.
That whole plate looks so good- I am now starving! Oh how I miss good Southern food! I am going to order some of the hushpuppy mix if I don’t just pick some up on my trip to Alabama next week! (You can order it by the bag or by the case on their website- http://www.house-autry.com) I wonder if I can justify buying a whole case to my husband? LOL
Looks delish!!! Pork chops are on my “what to eat next week” list!!! And the House Autry hushpuppy mix. Hope I find it. Thanks Christy!
DOGGONE IT, CHRISTY – I’M GONNA HAFTA GO TO THE GROCERY STORE ON MY LUNCH HOUR SO I CAN FIX SOME!! BTW – I’LL BACK YA UP ON YER SLOW TALKIN’ BROTHER, BUT HE SHORE MAKES SOME FINE BBQ!!
I made these yesterday and they are so good! My husband loved them and ate three and I only got one. Oh, well, I only needed one!
Christy – how did you make those taters?! They look delicious! Are they roasted?
Breaded some fresh okra with this and fried it. Was sooo good!
I’ve got a pork loin in the freezer just beggin’ for some House-Autry. This sounds delish and so quick and easy> Thanks!!
Try this mix on tater wedges!! Is goooood! Just dredge and deep fry…
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For the pork chops will any hush puppy mix do as the House Autry brand is not offered in my area? Thanks for a great site.
What a BRILLIANT idea! Can’t wait to try these. I have trouble with chops b/c I happen to be picky about how they’re prepared, but I know for sure I’ll love these. House-Autry is a staple here in my house! Thanks again for a crazy-easy, cost effective awesome southern meal idea!!!!