Description
Sizzling garlic butter beef chops melt perfectly alongside a creamy cheesy potato bake, creating a comfort classic that promises pure satisfaction. Hearty flavors dance across your plate, inviting pure culinary bliss with each savory, rich bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Protein:
- 4 bone-in beef chops, about 1 inch thick (1.02 kilograms)
Fats and Aromatics:
- 3 tablespoons (45 milliliters) olive oil
- 4 tablespoons (56 grams) butter, divided
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
Seasonings and Garnish:
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- Fresh parsley, chopped, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Activate the oven to a toasty 375°F (190°C), preparing a 9×13-inch baking vessel with a light butter coating or non-stick spray.
- Melt butter in a spacious skillet, introducing sliced onions and allowing them to transform into golden, translucent jewels over medium warmth.
- Infuse the onions with garlic powder, salt, and pepper, creating a fragrant base for the potato canvas.
- Construct layered potato terrain in the greased dish: first, a potato slice foundation, then a scattered onion landscape, crowned with a generous snowfall of cheddar cheese.
- Repeat the stratification, ensuring each potato slice finds companionship with caramelized onions and melty cheese.
- Gently marry milk and sour cream in a saucepan, warming the mixture until harmonious and smooth.
- Cascade the creamy elixir evenly across the potato landscape, enveloping the entire creation with aluminum armor.
- Dispatch the potato ensemble into the heated oven, allowing it to transform for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, lavish beef chops with robust salt and pepper seasoning.
- Ignite olive oil in a skillet, creating a searing stage for the beef chops. Bronze each side for 3-4 minutes, then temporarily retire them.
- In the same skillet, dissolve remaining butter and introduce minced garlic and thyme sprigs, releasing their aromatic symphony.
- Reunite the beef chops with the fragrant butter sauce, ensuring complete flavor immersion.
- Liberate the potato dish from its foil cocoon, artfully positioning the beef chops atop the cheesy terrain.
- Drizzle the garlic butter sauce across the entire landscape, promising a flavor expedition.
- Return the creation to the oven’s embrace for an additional 30 minutes, awaiting the potatoes’ tender surrender and beef chops reaching a perfect 145°F.
- Grant the dish a brief reprieve, allowing flavors to intermingle and settle.
- Optional: Sprinkle chopped parsley as a verdant flourish before presenting this sumptuous feast.
Notes
- Slice potatoes uniformly to ensure even cooking and consistent texture throughout the dish.
- Use room temperature milk and sour cream to prevent sauce from breaking or becoming lumpy when heated.
- Select well-marbled beef chops for maximum flavor and tenderness, preferably at least 1-inch thick to prevent overcooking.
- Customize the cheese blend by mixing cheddar with gruyère or adding parmesan for extra depth and complexity in the potato bake.
- Adjust cooking time for beef chops based on thickness and desired doneness, using a meat thermometer for precise results.
- Swap dairy components with plant-based alternatives for lactose-intolerant or vegan dietary needs, such as coconut milk and nutritional yeast.
- Pat beef chops dry before seasoning to achieve better browning and develop a delicious golden crust during searing.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 18g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 0g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 40g
- Cholesterol: 100mg