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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I love the cornbread mix! Comes out perfect every time, guess it doesn’t hurt to have a good seasoned iron skillet and some bacon fat too!
Well, poo. We didn’t have this brand at our store. But I’m going to try it with Mexican cornbread mix and see if it gives good results.
I use the hushpuppy mix with onions when I fry green tomatoes, squash, and zucchini. It is great. Sprinkle with Old Bay, pepper before flouring. MMMMMM! I didn’t think of pork chops. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks Christy
I made these tonight and liked it. I think the pork chops should be seasoned with salt and pepper. I did not do this and felt like it was lacking it a bit.
I also thought that this mix would make really good salmon patties. Just a thought… wish I could try it, but my husband HATES salmon patties.
buy a small can and mix yourself up some salmon and make his with tuna. That’s what mom did when we were kids, my younger sister wouldn’t eat salmon. Of course we all like tuna so more oft than not she just made tuna patties.
If you like tuna, maybe you could try that instead of salmon. I was brought up with tuna patties because salmon costs too much for our big family.
I just returned from a trip to Myrtle Beach. I found the House-Autry brand at the local food lion there and brought some back with me. Turns out you can order their products from their website. I found this out looking up recipes. I will try these pork chops tonight. By the way, my brother talks real slow too.
You can buy the H-A hush puppy mix (w/o onion) at http://www.house-autry.com
(Go figure! LOL)
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Hmmm, and so I have some beautiful butterfly porkchops thawed out in the fridge, was just gonna make stuffed porchops, however these sound super yummy, and I think a trip to Kroger is in order to get the hush puppy mix!
Thanks Christy you just solved my dinner tonight!!
Just made up a batch of your banana pudding fer desert!
My family loves House Autry products! We can’t get the hushpuppy mix or the breaders out in South Dakota but we get lots of care packages from South Carolina with it included. In fact our only request from Southern house guests last week was to bring House Autry with them.
Yummy!
I’ve already made the porkchops and I used the mix to make some hushpuppies. I added grated squash and cheese….. YUMMMMM.
Thank you for the introduction to House of Autry.
Lawdy, this was some kind of good, and so very simple. I’ve always had House Autry onion hushpuppy mix on hand, but had never thought to bread pork chops with it. Now I”m looking around the kitchen wondering what else I can bread with the onion hushpuppy mix. Thanks for the great idea!
I am making these for my family tonight. I called around to three stores in the area (Austin), WalMart, HEB, and Albertsons and none of them had heard of House Autry products, but I was set on onion flavored breaded pork chops so I’ll be making them with ol Martha White hush puppy mix. I’m sure they won’t be just as good but I’m excited nonetheless!
Came home dead tired and late tonight, did not really want to get into a big cooking thing, but I had seen this recipe this morning and was really craving it. It was easy and quick and YUMMY! Threw in some oven roasted potatoes, nuked some green beans and voilà–supper! Thanks, Christy, I’d never thought to try this!
I tried these a couple of weeks ago & they were wonderful! My 15 year old son said they were the best I had ever cooked
Thanks Christy!
I had a small town diner and we floured our chicken with the House-Autry chicken breader, Everyone wanted our secret to the best chicken around!
Those look great! Can’t wait to make them. I laughed when I noticed your plate is the same set my grandmother has had as far back as I can remember. I have encountered them at other friends homes as well, so the pea green flower motif must’ve been really popular in Alabama at one time!
Oh Christy I can’t wait to try this recipe, but what socked it to me with this post is your green flowered Corelle plates…I spent my entire childhood eating off those plates at my granmother (Ginny)’s house. When we were kids we ate off the smaller salad size sitting in stools at the breakfast bar. Ginny passed away just before Valentines day this year and it is funny the memories that come to you over a Autry House Pork Chops post….those plates are classic girl….
Christy,
No salt or pepper is needed on these pork chops. They look so yummy!. I have been buying the thin boneless chops and frying them like you said. In fact, I made them today. They are so tender and flavorful. I added a bit of onion powder and garlic powder today.
Now I see you had regular sliced boneless chops for this recipe. Are they as tender as the thin sliced ones?
How long per side would you say that you browned them.
Thanks so much for putting great recipes on Southern Plate. I enjoy them so much.
I have seen the House Autry breading, hope they have the Onion Hush Puppy Mix at my Kroger’s.
Linda from PA (Originally from Gulfport, MS)
Cannot wait to try these!!!
I’m just loving these vintage Corelle plates you have!!! I saw my mom’s old plates on another post a few months ago and this one, my Granny used to have!! Oh it brings back great memories!! I’ll have to try this too.
(I like in the Harvest area btw. I’ve lived in Alabama my entire life and my Southern roots run deep. I think our blackberry cobbler recipes are the same and some of our other recipes are very similar.
I love all things Southern.)
You can buy this brand at most Krogers.
Can someone give me a ballpark estimate of how long to cook the chops? I always seem to overcook pork out of fear it will be undercooked, and then it’s just tough and chewy.
I found it in Florida at our Winn Dixie in Niceville.
We had these for supper and my husband was making some wonderful sounds as he was eating them. I made hushpuppies with the left over breading and we devoured those as well. I did add salt and pepper to my thick chops before breading just to be on the safe side after reading some of the comments. They turned out wonderful!!!
I am so glad to hear that you liked them Linda!
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man, they don’t sell that within 100 miles of me! Any suggestions that I can substitute =(
So sad.
Can’t wait to try this recipe!
We had the same Corelle dishes — only ours had the “harvest gold” colored flowers. Ahhh, the seventies.
I made these for my family last Friday night, and they cleaned their plates! Thank you for a wonderfully simple and yummy recipe.
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I use House of Autry Chicken breader to bread yellow squash and zuccihini (spelling) squash and bake in oven, now that is good. Oh also do eggplant.
That sounds so good Gerri!! Thanks for sharing!
OMG!!!! My mouth was watering when I got to the picture of the finished pork chops.
I may have to try this very soon!!!!!
I hope you get to Tania!! Let me know what you think
This looks great. Christy, are House-Autry products available in Bama? I live in Georgia, but my family is in Decatur and I can pick some up when I visit? Are they available in North Georgia?
Ally, I am sure they are available in North Georgia, I have several readers that live in that area tell me they were able to find them. They are usually found on the baking aisle.
They look great. I would lightly season the chops with a little salt; (a foofoo tv chef on a food channel thingie said always to salt/season the meat, JUST in case some of the breadding comes off; cause if it were to come off, the breading that is, then the meat would be “salt-less”.) That’s only one teeny little added step; teeny bit of salt;
I am gonna try them with some cornbread dry-batter, with teeny pieces of Vidalia…..
That sounds great Sheila!!
I just got up from my own fried pork chop lunch to find your recipe on this website. I’ll be looking for the hush puppy mix to try for next time. Your meal looks wonderful, and it’s on the same plates we used as kids.
I hope you get to try these soon Lisa, I think you will love them, they are always a big hit here!
I am making these for dinner tonight! I found the House Autry Hushpuppy mix at our Publix here in Huntsville today. I noticed that they also had House Autry Pork Breader sitting right next to it on the shelf! I didn’t buy it, but am wondering if you have ever tried it instead? If so, how was it? Can’t wait for dinner tonight….I know it is going to be delicious!!
Making these tonight!
What an ingenious idea! I bet those are very tasty. I have pork chops on my grocery list…I guess I should add the hush puppy mix.
Just found the House-Autry chicken breading at our wal-mart but no hush puppy mix. Chicken breading is good
I am going to go looking for this hushpuppy mix this weekend & if i can’t find it, i will order it. I am dying to try this recipe. Thanks for what looks like another winner Christy!
sounds lilke a winner of a dinner! i often season with dry hidden valley ranch mix. Sams used to carry the Tone’s in a huge container but now it’s the name brand and the price went up- i get a store brand somewhere else. it’s good to have a seasoning blend. i don’t like to cook with much salt so you can control that when you mix yr own – plus if someone needs GF the breader can be GF instead of flour. i season the protein with some dry mix, also mix it in the flour.
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Just revisited this post. I decided to make Weiner Schnitzel with the House Autry Pork Breading, pounded the chops thin, only took about 20 seconds to cook both sides done. Made some white gravy with leftover breading (looks yellow) and had stewed potatoes with it. Oh…. so good. Can think of so many things to go with this, even cold with biscuits for breakfast.
I bought the House Autry For Pork by mistake and it was excellent. They bake in the oven (for folks who cannot handle fried foods). Still had a good crust and taste! Growing up mama fixed mashed potatoes, english peas, and pear salad with chops and the tradition continues!
Just read the recipe and all the comments, and I am wishing I had some pork chops and the HA hushpuppy mix! Sure hope I can find this mix here b/c I have been looking for a new way to fix pork chops. These sound YUUUUMILY! :} My chops have always been too dry, guess I need to watch the time! …. Thanks for sharing!
I just tried a hushpuppy for the first time this weekend and they were delicious! I can’t imagine how good these pork chops must be!! Might just have to make them tonight or tomorrow!
Thank you for showing this former yankee all the great food the south has to offer!
I live in MA and I have been trying Christy’s recipes and they are so good! I don’t think they sell Hush Puppy mix here…. I went onto the House-Autry website and shipping was $10. I wish I could find something more local? Any suggestions or substitutes?
I had to laugh at your description of your brother talking compared to yours. You could have been describing me and my brother. He doesn’t say too much, but when he does, it’s worth the wait…and wait you must!
Who would have thought, hush puppy mix for breading pork chops. Can’t wait to try them-YUM!
Wondering, can this product be found in Florida? Going there on vacation in a month. I don’t believe the stores in Illinois sell this.
These were really great
Thanks, Christy.
I am so glad to hear that you liked them Susan!!
I’m thinking these would be GREAT for Father’s Day!! Do you have a recipe for those delicious looking potatoes as well? I’m off to search…