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When dinner has become a bit of a snooze fest, Stuffed Pork Chops can wake your taste buds up with some excitement! This dish takes your basic slabs of pork and stuffs them full of a creamy, cheesy, spinach-y concoction that you'll be dreaming of... when you're not eating them, that is. These juicy chops of goodness are easy and quick to cook up but make such a huge difference at dinnertime. Try Stuffed Pork Chops once and you'll never go back to boring!
When dinner has become a bit of a snooze fest, Stuffed Pork Chops can wake your taste buds up with some excitement! This dish takes your basic slabs of pork and stuffs them full of a creamy, cheesy, spinach-y concoction that you'll be dreaming of... when you're not eating them, that is. These juicy chops of goodness are easy and quick to cook up but make such a huge difference at dinnertime. Try Stuffed Pork Chops once and you'll never go back to boring!
Ingredients
- 1 pound center-cut pork chop boneless, thickly cut
- 1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup parmesan shredded
- 1 cup spinach chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Use a sharp knife to gently cut a pocket lengthwise into each of the pork chops.
- In a large bowl, add the cream cheese, the parmesan, the spinach, the thyme, and the oregano and stir to combine.
- Evenly stuff the cream cheese mixture into the pockets of each of the pork chops, then use toothpicks to secure them.
- Evenly season each of the pork chops with the salt and the pepper.
- In a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat, add the oil.
- Evenly place the stuffed pork chops in the heated oil and cook, flipping them once, about 2 minutes per side.
- Use an oven mitt to carefully transfer the cast-iron skillet to the oven and bake the stuffed pork chops until they reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees F, about 5-7 minutes.
- Transfer the cooked pork chops to a plate and let them rest, about 5-10 minutes.
- Serve.
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