Potato Chip What? Oooh, A Poke Cake!

Potato Chip Crusted Pork Chops

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Yield:  4-5 chops
Time:  35 minutes

Wash Mixture
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp yellow mustard
1/2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp garlic powder
Pinch paprika
Salt & pepper to taste

4-5 pork chops
2 cups crushed sour cream & onion potato chips
Vegetable oil, to coat pan
1 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 425°.  Combine ingredients for wash mixture.  Dip pork chops, both sides, into wash mixture, then coat with chips.  Over medium heat, heat oil & melt butter.  Brown pork chops in pan, about 3 minutes each side.

Transfer pork chops to a cooling rack placed on a cookie sheet.

Bake 20 minutes to cook through.

Banana Pudding Poke Cake

Pinterest:  Very Yummy Dessert
Yield:  13x9 cake
Time:  45 minutes

Cake
1 box white cake mix
2 tbsp butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla

1 5.1 box instant banana cream pudding mix
3 cups cold milk (for pudding mix)
1 8 oz container whipped topping
1 box wafer cookies, crushed

Preheat oven according to cake mix directions.  Assemble cake mix according to directions, adding in butter & vanilla while it's mixing.  Bake cake.
When cake comes out, use end of wooden spoon & poke holes in cake.  Mix pudding & milk & spread over cake.  Spread whipped topping over cake & sprinkle over wafer cookie crumbs.

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Potato Chip Crusted Pork Chops

Okay, I know the wash mixture sounds strange, and I'll admit, I mixed it together completely on whim.  But when I tasted it (before I put the pork chops in it, of course), it tasted amazing.  I was genuinely surprised by the taste.  And the flavor carried through to the end of the cooking process.  It made for some absolutely delicious pork!
Now, I say 2 cups of crushed chips, but honestly, I used a third of a bag that had been sitting on top of our fridge for over a month (they weren't stale, just...old).  Nobody was eating them because the brand we got was a bit bland in flavor.
Feel free, of course, to use whatever flavor of chips you want.  Cooking is all about happy experiments!

Banana Pudding Poke Cake

I would've highly preferred a butter recipe cake mix, but what we had in the cupboard was a white cake mix.  Thus the addition of the butter and vanilla.  Also, the original recipe called for a yellow cake mix (not butter recipe, but still...).  As for what my cake mix called for, it was 3 egg whites, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, and 1 1/4 cups water.  I baked it for 30 minutes, and it was done (I don't remember what temperature, but I think it may have been 375°?).
Also, my mother and I went ahead and had a piece not five minutes after the cake was done, but it's probably best to chill it for an hour or two first.  I don't know.  It was pretty good, to me.

Overall Meal

So what to serve with the pork chops?  Well, all I served with it was green beans, but I would recommend maybe a side of mac and cheese, and maybe some peas?  Yeah, that sounds good to me.  And of course, have the cake as a dessert!  Enjoy!

UPDATED 02/13/14:

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