Creole Pork Chops & Cornbread Casserole
"From The Black Family Reunion cookbook. Leah Chase, Chef/Co-Owner of Dooky Chase Restaurant, New Orleans,La."
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons shortening, Butter Flavor Crisco, divided
- 8 pork chops, 1/2 inch thick
- 1⁄3 cup onion, chopped
- 1⁄3 cup celery, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup bell pepper, green, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 cups cornbread, crumbled
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can tomatoes, whole, drained, cut up
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 bay leaf