Stuffed Pork Chops

Wednesday was a pretty interesting day for the Maple household. I was elected April's employee of the month at the hospital that we work at and they were having a celebration with all of the big wigs, my co workers and my family. Things did not turn out how they were planed however. Some time Wednesday mid-morning the McAfee virus software on all of the hospitals computers updated and made all of the computers crash in all 5 of the Lifespan hospitals. Apparently McAfee had a corrupted file that said a vital part of windows was a virus... Yes the virus software people created their own virus. To make a long story short the celebration was rushed along with plans to reschedule for sometime next week. And my husband was stuck up in the Lab "putting out fires" and running around like a chicken with his head cut off. He ended up putting in a 15 hour day and I knew he would be really hungry when he got home. I had defrosted some nice thick cut pork chops and wanted to try something new so I went to my tried and true allrecipes and decided on this:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Stuffed-Pork-Chops-III/Detail.aspx
Here are the modifications I made:
2 thick cut pork chops
1/4 cup seasoned panko bread crumbs
1/2 of a small onion diced
approximately 1 tsp of melted butter
garlic powder, salt and pepper
I had not planned on blogging this, once I saw how delicious the chops looked I knew I had to though, so I don't have any pictures of the stuffing process but it was not hard. Just make a slit in the center of the chop big enough to stuff but not all the way through, stuff with about 1/8 of a cup of the filling and close with a few tooth picks. I did not sear the chops in butter like the recipe called for I used evoo. Brown the chops on both sides and then add in the beef broth. I used 1 tsp of "better than bouillon" with 1 1/2 cups of water.
(This is a great product to have around, I buy mine at Shaws. You can read about it here:
http://www.superiortouch.com/retail/products/better-than-bouillon/premium-bases/30/beef-base )

I simmered the chops in the broth on low heat for about 15 minutes per side. While they were simmering I made some roasted sweet potatoes and onions that I seasoned with a dash of cinnamon and a sprinkling of sea salt.

For something so simple to throw together these pork chops were so tasty, juicy and delicious!
The most important part is John really enjoyed coming home to this meal after a long day of work. I will definitely be making these pork chops again soon!