This hearty and filling casserole of pork chops and scalloped potatoes with onions is a whole meal in one dish.

When you’re in the mood for comfort food, pork chops and scalloped potatoes are a dinner combination that everyone will love. But when they’re baked together, with layers of tender sliced potatoes and onions bubbling in an simple gravy, they turn into a pork chop and potato casserole that really is one of the easiest pork dinner recipes ever.

Ingredients

4 boneless pork loin chops (1/2 inch thick)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 box (4.7 oz) scalloped potatoes
2 cups boiling water
2/3 cup half-and-half
3/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (3 oz)
1/3 cup sliced green onions
2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
5 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled

Instructions

Step

1

Heat oven to 400°F. Heat 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle pork chops with pepper; brown 3 minutes on each side.
Step

2

Spray 2 1/2-quart casserole with cooking spray. Stir sauce mix (from potato box), boiling water and half-and-half with whisk in casserole. Stir in cheese, potatoes (from potato box), green onions and thyme. Stir in 3 slices crumbled bacon.
Step

3

Place pork chops on potatoes in casserole.
Step

4

Cover; bake 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 5 to 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender, pork is no longer pink in center, and meat thermometer inserted in center of pork reads 145°F. Sprinkle with remaining bacon and, if desired, additional sliced green onions.