Southern Fried Pork Chops

Southern Fried Pork Chops are right up there with fried chicken when it comes to my favorite fried foods to eat. They are so simple, but so delicious. Serve them for lunch or for dinner with lots of sides for a real feast.

Only salt and pepper are used to season them, but you won’t believe how much flavor they have. The trick is to make sure you use plenty of salt and pepper. I like to use Seasoned Saltfor a little extra flavor, but regular salt could be used instead.

I fell in love with Southern food as a child and the first things I wanted to learn how to cook were fried foods. As soon as I was allowed to use the stove (I was probably much to young), I would cook up large batches of fried squash and fried okra. It wasn’t long before I was frying up pretty much anything that could be fried, including candy.

Now that I am in my 50s, I try to eat much less fried food, but fried pork chops for supper is something that I will never give up. They are so delicious!

Type Of Pork Chops

I like to use thin pork chops with the bone in. I think the bone adds extra flavor, plus I sometimes like to pick fried pork chops up with my fingers to eat and the bone gives me something to hold on to. 🙂

Coat and Then Refrigerate

The pork chops are first dipped in buttermilk and then coated in flour. Refrigerating them for 30 minutes once coated helps the flour stay on the chops once they are put in the oil.

I like to use White Lily Self Rising Flour when frying, but you can you just an all-purpose flour instead.

How To Make Southern Fried Pork Chops

(More detailed instructions in recipe card below.)

1. Season pork chops with salt and pepper.
   
2. Pour buttermilk into a shallow bowl and place flour in a pie plate.
   
3. Dip pork chops in buttermilk and then coat both sides in flour.
   
4. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
5. Heat oil in a pan.
   
6. Fry pork chops for about 4 minutes per side.
   

   Great Sides To Serve With This Recipe

   • Southern-Style Green Beans
   • Super Creamy Mac and Cheese
   • Southern Potato Salad
   • Easy Macaroni Salad
   • Country-Fried Skillet Corn

   

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   Originally posted July 24, 2015.

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