Cola Pork Chops and Roasted Potatoes

I made this for dinner tonight and it was yummy! Pork chops have a tendency to be quite dry but these were nice and moist. Add some steamed fresh green beans and you've got a fabulous dinner! Lacey

Cola Pork Chops:
1 cup ketchup (I used 1/2 c. ketchup, 1/2 c. BBQ sauce)
1 cup Coke (or some other lame cola-flavored carbonated beverage)
2 Tb. brown sugar
8 pork chops
flour
garlic powder
onion powder
pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together ketchup (and BBQ sauce), Coke and brown sugar.

Season pork chops with garlic powder, onion powder and pepper. Roll in flour and brown in saucepan before baking. Place pork chops in baking pan and pour cola mixture over, coating well. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Bake uncovered for about an hour depending on the thickness of the pork chops.

*After baking, I used a little corn starch to thicken up the sauce.

Roasted Potatoes:
3 medium potatoes cut into chunks
2 Tb. olive oil or butter, melted
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp paprika

Place potatoes in greased 9x9x2 baking pan. Combine oil and seasonings. Drizzle over potatoes, tossing to coat. Bake covered, in a 325 degree oven for 45 minutes. Stir potatoes. Bake uncovered, 10-20 minutes more or till potatoes are tender and brown on edges.

*To speed it up, roast potatoes, uncovered in a 450 degree oven for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
** I stuck the potatoes in the same time I stuck my pork chops in (at 350 degrees) and they turned out great!