20 Minute Pork Chop Rice One Pot Recipe is an economical and healthy meal; tasty pork chops and rice are bathed in a rich sauce your family will love.
Friends often make the assumption that because I like to cook that I want to cook and have time to cook every meal. In reality, I’m just like you, I struggle with juggling work and family activities. Granted, I can throw a dessert together in minutes. However, satisfying my sweet tooth is much easier than satisfying three food critic boys!
So how do I put a home-cooked meal on the table during busy weeknights? The trick is short cut products like Success® Rice. Success® Rice is the original boil-in-bag rice that cooks perfectly every time and is ready in 10 minutes. The Brown Rice I used is 100% whole grain and gluten-free. There are 3 other varieties available: White Rice, Thai Jasmine, and Basmati.
20 Minute Pork Chop Rice One Pot Recipe
The secret to my 20-minute meal is I cook everything in one pot. Quick-cooking and quick clean-up. I actually take the rice out of the bag, it’s all good, it’s still conveniently premeasured cutting down on prep time for me.
Did you know when your heating a pan, you first need to heat the pan without fat in it? The process is to heat the pan, then add the fat, in this case, oil, then allow the oil to heat and ripple before adding your protein. This reduces the chances of burning the oil.
If you have 20 minutes and pork chops in the fridge, you can have this dinner ready to serve your family.
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20 Minute Pork Chop Rice One Pot Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 thin cut pork chops about 1 and 1/2 pounds total
- ½ teaspoon salt divided
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 10.5 -ounce french onion soup
- 6 -ounce mushroom steak sauce I used this. Or, substitute if needed > French onion soup or canned au jus gravy
- 1 and ½ cup water
- 1 pouch Boil in the bag Minute rice regular or whole grain, I used this
Instructions
- Heat pan to medium high
- Season both sides of pork chops with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
- When pan is hot, add oil
- When oil is hot, add pork chops
- Cook 3 to 4 minutes, depending on thickness, on each side.
- Remove pork chops from pan. (You will add them back in a few minutes.)
- Remove the uncooked rice from bag and toast in the pan in drippings for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add french onion soup, mushroom steak sauce and water to pan with rice.
- Stir and remove and rice that may have stuck to the bottom of the pan.
- Bring to a low boil.
- Cook uncovered 16 to 18 minutes or until rice is done.
- Add pork chops back into pan and heat through.
- Taste and add 1/4 teaspoon salt if necessary.
Notes
Nutrition
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Daryl Byers says
Paula, how many cups of regular rice would this use? We don’t particularly like Success rice.
Paula says
1 cup of regular rice equals 1 boil in bag.
Linda says
I don’t have the mushrooms sauce, suggestion?
Paula says
You can use a can of french onion soup or condensed mushroom soup
D.J. says
You don’t list the rice in the ingredients. How many bags do you use? What size?
shawntel says
What is mushroom steak sauce? Is there a brand? Or do you mean mushroom gravy?
Paula says
I would probably work with mushroom gravy, which is what I meant to pick up. The link to exactly brand is in the comments above, Shawntel.
Carol Bishop says
How many bags of rice did you use.
Paula says
Hi Carol, I just used one bag. It made enough to feed my family of four.
Linda Brant says
Dumb question but do I cook the rice first and then add to drippings?
Thanks
Paula says
No and I just realized my instructions are unclear on that. Add the uncooked rice and you’ll kind of toast it slightly then the rice will cook in the french onion soup, mushroom steak sauce and water.
Claire @ A Little Claireification says
LOVE pork chops and I especially love one pot meals. This looks delicious!
Alyssa says
This meal looks great and I love that it can be made in one pot.
Lisa @ Cooking with Curls says
I grew up using Success Rice, but had no idea they were still around…silly me! 😉 I have got to check this meal out Paula, it looks delicious!!
Paula says
Lisa, my parents were old school, we only had ‘real’ rice, I didn’t even know about Success rice until I was in college. My husband was right the opposite, he thought all rice cooks in 5 minutes 🙂
Andi @ The Weary Chef says
I love that you always have a glass of wine in your dinner photos. You’re a girl after my heart for sure! This looks delicious, Paula!
Paula says
hahaha, I mean it goes with everything ‘cept maybe cereal 🙂
Julie | This Gal Cooks says
Not usually a pork chop fan but I think you won me over with this, Paula!
Paula says
Thanks, Julie!
Teresa Watts says
I can’t wait to try this, but what is mushroom steak sauce? What brand should I be looking for, and where in the grocery store will I find it?
Paula says
Hi Teresa. I know, I actually meant to pick up mushrooms, but got the mushroom steak sauce instead and wanted to write the recipe exactly as I made it. I don’t remember the brand but it was right beside the mushrooms in a little 4 oz jar. I will look tomorrow when I go and get the name for you.
Paula says
Teresa, I decided to look on Walmart’s website and I found exactly what I used. It’s 6 oz not 4 though. This link will take you to the product so you can see http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dawn-Fresh-By-Giorgio-Mushroom-Steak-Sauce-6-Oz/10308570
Kelly says
One pot and only 20 minutes? Sign me up, I could definitely use more quick and easy meals 🙂 Looks fabulous Paula!
Paula says
Seriously, Kelly, me too!
Carrie @Frugal Foodie Mama says
I am loving this one, Paula! LOVE how easy it is to make and one pot? Yes, please! I am always for less clean-up. 😉 And I am loving these Success boil-in-bag rices! I can’t believe how crazy easy they are to make and it comes out perfectly cooked every time.
Paula says
I’m so bad with rice too Carrie, love this Success Rice
Beth @ The First Year says
Are there any leftovers? I’ll come eat them!
Paula says
Girl yes, and I just put bread in the oven!
amanda @ fake ginger says
I loooove the Success Boil in a Bag Jasmine rice. I suck at cooking rice so it’s perfect for me! This looks delicious. My kids love simple chicken and rice dishes so I gotta try pork chops on them!
Paula says
Girl, I can NEVER cook regular rice right. Mine should be used in sushi it’s so sticky!
Ramona says
Just found you recently, am saw you are a MS blogger. We are from Crystal Springs.
Always in need of a easy, quick and delicious meal cause we have 7 horses and umpteen other critters on our property of 27 1/2 acres. Always working, building and taking care of new and old projects and hair brain schemes.
Looks delicious.
Ramona from MS
Paula says
I’m so glad you let me know you visited my site. Is Crystal Springs south of Jackson? Sounds like you have a cool farm! Girl, my kids are getting the best of me with all their activities! 🙂
Jordan @ Smile Sandwich says
I’ve recently discovered my LOVE of pork chops on the grill – definitely trying this when it gets too cold to grill. Looks amazing 🙂
Paula says
Thank you Jordan!