Country Pork Chop & Potatoes

Today, y'all, we're gonna do something that has always been my favorite, and it's pork chops

We're gonna make a white gravy. Brooke loves white gravy, and I do, too. Yes, she does. That girl knows she likes her some white pepper gravy

We're gonna take four tablespoons of butter. What do you want me to do with these potatoes, son? I know you got something going on here

If you want to, Mom, you can measure me out two and a half cups of milk. This is super easy to make your own gravy at the house

We're gonna start with the roux, so I've got four tablespoons of butter, and I'm gonna use a quarter of a cup of flour, and we're gonna cook this down

and we're going to add two and a half cups of milk to this. Okay. Okay, do you want these sliced thin like a home fry

You can cut them into a quarter, quarter inch, or you can chop your shallots, whatever you want to do. Okay

This, Mom, what is a potato casserole missing? White gravy and pork chops

So we're going to layer all of these and cook them in one container. This is a great recipe. You know what, this sounds like, son

it kind of sounds like my farmer's pork chops that y'all love so much

So I can't wait to see how you're going to put this together

Okay, my butter's done, y'all. So I've got this roux. This is going to thicken up our two and a half cups of milk

And I'm just going to keep stirring this slowly for the next few minutes until it thickens up

All right, the shallots are done. Now I'm going to start just slicing these potatoes

You say like a quarter of an inch, son? Yes, ma'am, please. About like this

That's good. And so I'm gonna season this with a little bit of nutmeg

So how's this looking, son? It's good. Salt Little salt Some salt I would put some pepper All right I like the flavor of the nutmeg Yeah I do too

Son, I can't seem to get it salty enough. You would salt, salt

Get out of my pot. We're going to season those potatoes. This is going to be fine

It's perfect now. It's perfect. All right, so what are we going to do

I've got your potatoes sliced. Okay. I've got your shallots. We're going to do a layer of potatoes

Okay. And then let's put a layer of shallots on there. And we're going to season this up layer by layer a little bit

Is this a Yukon gold? Yes, ma'am. And it's just like the white table potato, only it's gold

These just get real creamy and soft. Much better than those potatoes that you'd eat on the floor

These are table potatoes. The floor. Oh. I get it. Do you

Let's go one more thing of shallots. This is going to be really full. Okay

Okay, so we're going to... Okay. Coat our potatoes in our casserole pot here

And we don't have any cheese in this, do we? No, ma'am. Doesn't this look awesome, Mom

Wow. My mouth is watering. Okay, now... You know, I never met a potato I didn't adore

I know, this is going to be so good. Let's cover it with four. Okay, and then we'll put it on this

I could clean out this pot a little bit more, I think

Here, you want me to finish getting this out? If you think we need it, Mom

See, son, I knew there was another drop in there. Yay. Mmm

Ooh That is so good Throw some potatoes in that and some chunks of ham You have the finest pot of ham and potato soup you ever put in your mouth y

Mm-hmm. All right, so how long are we going to bake that for, son? This is going in the oven at 350 for 25 minutes

Jamie, what is your death row meal, son? It would probably be fried pork chops

I like some collard greens with cornbread dropped dumplings in them. Yes

And 17 beers. He loves his mama's pork chops. That's my favorite

So that's what we're going to do. Let's take a look at them. Mama, these are beautiful

Are they bone in or boneless? They're bone in because all the flavor's on the bone

Where did I hear that before? I don't know. Half a cup of flour

and we're going to season this with a teaspoon of paprika. Okay

And a half a teaspoon of garlic salt. And I'm working on some fresh garlic right now, son

getting that chopped. And a half a teaspoon of onion powder, Mom. And now the cayenne pepper

Now, Mom, I'm not going to put a whole bunch in here. I'm just going to go an eighth. But if y'all like it spicier

this is where you would get it from. My pie hole is a little sensitive

Mom is sensitive. The heat. and I'm going to salt and pepper these chops

So, Jamie, Jack is finishing up kindergarten. Yes, ma'am. He's going to be first grade next year

I can't believe it. I'm so proud of him. He's really learning a lot at a young age, and that makes me happy

You know, I'm having to be careful now, Jamie, because I spell something

He turns around and says, that spells Whatever Whatever Guinea has said We just gonna brown these pork chops y a few minutes on each side mom if you want to let pull out our potatoes

from the oven you can put them right here mom let's take a look y'all and see what we got

I think we could stand a little bit more on in this pan son ouch

that just came out of the oven Yes. Did I forget to tell you? I just took that out of the oven

Well, I watched you do it. Okie doke. You want these really brown

Yeah, I mean, you need to get them cooked. Yeah, these are so thick. I'm going to let them get first

Those are so thick, yeah. Here we go. Look-a-bear, Jamie. That looks great

Now, if you wanted me to, I could slice that. No, I think it would be perfect

because it's going into the oven, y'all, at 350. We're going to cook this uncovered for 35 or 40 minutes

Oh, my goodness. Whoa! Oh, my gracious. I'm going to... You can keep talking if you'd like

Be careful, Mama. I know that's hot. It is so hot. This is what my son wanted, y'all, so this is what he gets

Look at that. Whoa. Looks pretty daggum good. I'm telling you what

Let's try them. You want to? Yeah. Yum, yum, yum. Is it yummy

Oh my gosh