I can't believe it's pork!

Ok, so I'm always looking for a good pork chop recipe. It's the meat that I have the most problems coming up with ways to cook it. So I went on a little snooping expedition to see what I could find. This is what I found, and it is PHENOMENAL! I modified it sliiiiightly, because that's how I roll.

Here is what you're going to need :

2 - 4 thick cut pork chops
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt
Pepper
12 ounces of beer, I used Kolsch
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/3 cup ketchup
1 tbsp corn starch
1/4 cup water

To start out, get that olive oil in your skillet, heat it up on medium high, and pop those pork chops in there. You're going to brown the pork chops on each side, then turn your burner down to medium low. While your pork chops are browning, mix your beer, brown sugar, and ketchup. [ Don't be alarmed when it starts to foam like crazy!] Now go ahead and add that sauce to your pork chops and let that simmer for a good 30 - 45 minutes, uncovered.

Meet my skillets transformation [thus far]

Once you've gotten those pork chops cooked, pull them out of the skillet. [ FUN PART!] Mix the water, and the corn starch. Make sure it gets blended thoroughly! Now, add it to the sauce that you still have in that skill and crank your stove up to medium. You're going to notice it thickening. Put those pork chops back in there, and give them a flip. 

Here are what mine looked like.

Now, we had ours with some homemade mashed potatoes. If you've never made them, they're easy, and you should do it! I made super simple ones, because they were not the star of this dish!

You'll need : 

Potatoes

Butter

Milk

Salt

Pepper

Fill a medium sauce pan about half way full with water. Then peel (if you don't like peels in your potatoes), and chop your potatoes. Once the water is boiling, go ahead and throw those potatoes in there! Stick your fork in them, if they're done (seriously.. how funny am I?) strain and mash them. Here is the tricky part. We like really smooth potatoes, so I used about 4 tbsp of butter, and a 1/4 of a cup of milk. If you like them chunky, use less. Play with it, and make them perfect! Season them to taste with some salt and pepper. Plop that pork chop on there, and chow down!

Seriously, it's begging you.

Enjoy!