Mara's Pork Chops

Ingredients

• (1 inch thick) pork chops
• eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup sbread crumbs
• tablespoon svegetable oil
• cup stomato juice
• cup unpacked brown sugar
• tablespoon svinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground clove s, or to taste
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Dip pork chops into eggs then into the bread crumbs, coating evenly. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Place coated pork chops in the skillet in a single layer, and cook until golden brown on each side, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Cook them in batches if skillet isn't large enough. Place the pork chops in a large baking dish in a single layer.
3. In a saucepan, bring to a boil the tomato juice, brown sugar, vinegar, cloves, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes. Pour mixture evenly over the pork chops.
4. Bake in preheated oven uncovered for one hour.