Pan-Fried Pork Chops

Serves 2

Ingredients:

🥩  2 pork chops, about 7oz each

🧂  sea salt 

freshly ground pepper

🫒  olive oil

🧄  2 cloves garlic, skin on, crushed

🌿  1 small bunch of thyme

🧈   butter

Directions:

Place the cleaned-out frying pan over high heat until hot and add a dash of oil. 

Add the chops, garlic, and thyme and cook for 2-3 minutes until colored. Turn and cook for another 2-3 minutes on the other side, pushing the thyme under the chops and breaking up the garlic a little.

Toward the end of cooking time, add 3 chunks of butter and baste the chops with it as they are cooking, to speed up the cooking process and keep the chops moist. (Push the fatty edge of the chops toward the back of the pan to help render the fat.) 

Squeeze the garlic out of its skin and place it with the herbs on top of the chops.

Transfer the chops to a plate, and let rest for 5-10 minutes, spooning over the basting butter now and again.