Pork Chops with Onion, Jalapeno and Mushroom Gravy served with a side of Garlic Mash Potatoes and Kale

Last Wednesday, I had to really think about dinner.  All I knew was that we were going to have pork chops.  I figured it out would when I got home and started looking in the fridge.  I had some extra mushrooms, milk, jalapenos and kale so I grabbed it all out.  I looked on the counter and saw some garlic and potatoes.  Stood back and looked at all my ingredients and came up Pan Seared Pork Chops with Onion, Jalapeno and Mushroom Gravy served with a side of Garlic Mash Potatoes and Kale.

The pork chops got a quick rub of my mixture with 10 plus different spices in it that I make when I am smoking pork.  I pan seared the Pork Chops and set that aside.  With the same pan, I added some more oil and cooked the onion, jalapeno and mushrooms.  Tossed in a bit of flour and slowly added the milk to form a gravy.

For the mash potatoes, I like to cook my onion, parsley, butter and milk in a side pan and just let all the flavors fuse together.  After steaming the potatoes, I mashed it with my garlic mixture.

I started cooking the kale all at the same time.  Cooked down some onion and garlic and tossed in the kale.  Added some red wine vinegar and chicken stock and let it cook down.

I plated this differently then I normally would.  Typically I would plate everything side by side.  This time, I put a heaping spoon full of mash potatoes in the middle of the plate.  I spooned some kale right next to it.  Topped it with a pork chop and topped that with the gravy.

Now this may look like a hot mess, but it all went well together!