Heart Healthy Pork Chops Parmesan

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 388.4
  • Total Fat: 17.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 93.7 mg
  • Sodium: 298.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 17.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
  • Protein: 37.8 g

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Introduction

This is a great recipe for pork chops. I do not like to eat a lot of pork but my in-laws really enjoy it and we all really enjoy this recipe and it is good for you at the same time. This is a great recipe for pork chops. I do not like to eat a lot of pork but my in-laws really enjoy it and we all really enjoy this recipe and it is good for you at the same time.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    Vegetable Oil Spray
    2 Tablespoons all purpose flour
    Egg Substitute Equivalent to 1 egg, or 1 large egg, lightly beaten
    2 Slices of whole-wheat bread
    1/4 Cup Snipped fresh parsley or 1 Tablespoon dried, crumbled
    1/4 cup shredded or grated Parmesan cheese
    10 medium to large basil leaves or 1 teaspoon dried, crumbled
    2 teaspoons fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried, crumbled
    2 teaspoons fresh oregano leaves or 1/2 teaspoon dried, crumbled
    1 teaspoon garlic powder
    1 teaspoon olive oil
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
    4 boneless center-cut pork chops (about 4 ounces each), all visible fat discarded

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly spray an 8-inch square baking pan with vegetable oil spray.

Put the flour and egg substitute in separate shallow bowls.

In a food processor, process the remaining ingredients except the pork chops until the bread is chopped in to crumbs and the herbs are coarsely chopped. Put the mixture into a third shallow bowl.

Set the bowls with the flour, egg substitute, and bread-crumb mixture and the baking pan in a row., assembly-line fashion. Coat a pork chop with the flour, shaking off hte access. Coat it with the egg substitute, then with the bread crumb mixture. Place in the baking pan. Repeat with the remaining pork chops.

Bake for 45 minutes or until the pork is no longer pink in the center.

****The nutritional information shown is a bit higher then the actual numbers IT should read: Calories: 251, Total Fat: 9g, Cholesterol:75mg, Sodium:267mg, Carbohydrates: 11g, Fiber 1g, Sugar 1g, Protein: 21g.

This is for 1 pork chop per serving. Enjoy!



Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user REDMEL.