Pork Chops and Dirty Rice

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons cooking oil 
• 1 ounce onion soup mix dry
• 24 ounce pork chops 
• 3 cups water 
• 1 cup rice white uncooked

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• casserole dish
• kitchen thermometer

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat; brown the pork chops on both sides.
3. Remove the pork chops from the skillet, reserving the drippings in the skillet; add the onion soup mix and the water to the drippings; cook and stir until hot.
4. Spread the rice evenly into the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish.
5. Lay the pork chops atop the rice.
6. Pour the mixture from the skillet over the pork chops and rice; cover.
7. Place covered dish in preheated oven and bake 45 minutes.
8. Remove cover and bake until the pork is no longer pink in the center, another 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).