Quick and Crunchy Pork Chops
- 1 (5 ounce) box melba toast, broken into rough pieces
- 12 teaspoon table salt
- 12 teaspoon garlic powder
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Place Melba toast pieces, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, thyme, and sugar in heavy-duty zipper-lock freezer bag.
- Seal bag and pound with heavy blunt object (such as a rolling pin) until Melba toasts are crushed but still have some crumbs the size of small pebbles.
- Add 2 tablespoons mayonnaise to bag and work mayonnaise evenly into crumb mixture by gently squeezing outside of bag.
- Transfer Melba crumb mixture to large plate.
- Using your fingers, coat 1 chop with 1 tablespoon mayonnaise.
- Transfer to plate with Melba crumbs, sprinkle top of pork chop with some Melba mixture, and press down firmly on chop to adhere crumbs.
- Flip chop and repeat, making sure that thick layer of crumbs coats both sides and edges.
- Transfer breaded pork chop to baking rack set over rimmed baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining chops.
- Bake pork chops until juices run clear and instant-read thermometer inserted into center of chop registers 145 to 150 degrees, 16 to 22 minutes.
- Remove chops from oven and let rest on rack for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
melba, salt, garlic
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/quick-and-crunchy-pork-chops-223219 (may not work)