Pork Bites with Lemon Butter Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 pork chops ~1 lb
Egg Wash
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp milk
Crumb Coating
- ½ c bread crumbs
- ½ c grated parmesan
- 1 tsp italian seasoning
- 1 tsp parsley
- 1 tsp basil
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp garlic powder
Lemon Butter Sauce
- 1 Tbsp minced shallots
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 2 Tbsp cream
- ¼ c chicken broth
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ c butter cubed
Instructions
- If your pork chops have bones in them, cut around the bone and then cut the bone free pieces into cubes.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the egg and milk together.
- In a separate medium bowl, mix all of the crumb coating ingredients together.
- Coat the pork chops with the egg mixture then transfer to the crumb coating bowl.
- Shake the bowl to coat the cubes.
- Place about a half inch of oil into a skillet and heat the oil to 350℉.
- Put the pieces into the oil and cook on each side until golden brown and the internal temperature of the pieces reach 145℉.
- As the pork chop cubes are cooking, start making your lemon butter sauce.
- Put your shallots, garlic, cream, broth, and lemon juice together in a small pan on the stove. Simmer for about 5 minutes or until the mixture has reduced by 50%.
- Add the cubes of butter to the pan and continue cooking until the butter has melted then remove from heat.
- Organize pork chop cubes on a plate and drizzle sauce on top. Enjoy!