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Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
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Take roughly half a loaf of cornbread, and crumble it finely into a bowl.
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Youll need roughly 2-2 1/2 cups worth.
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Dice your celery, onion, chipotle peppers in adobo and apple.
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De-sprig your thyme leaves (you can also use dried if preferred).
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In a large skillet over medium heat, add 1 Tablespoon of olive oil.
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Once oil is hot, add your celery, onion, apple and thyme.
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Saute until everything is soft.
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Add the chipotle peppers and cornbread crumbles.
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Stir until well melded.
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Add 2 1/2 Tablespoons of adobo sauce and stir.
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Add chicken broth a little at a time until you have the stuffing consistency that you like.
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You want to be somewhere between too crumbly and too wet.
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You want it to be able to mold together well without being too wet.
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Stir until all the stuffing is well mixed.
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Remove from heat.
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Rinse and pat dry your 4 pork chops.
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Trim off any excess fat around the sides.
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With a sharp knife, slice a small pocket into the side of the pork chops.
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Keep your slice from penetrating any other border of the pork chop.
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Take your 1st pork chop and fill the pocket with stuffing.
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You want to really cram as much stuffing in as you can, and even let it mound out from the pocket.
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(the bacon will keep it in).
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Take 1 slice of baconstarting at the very tip of the pork chop, start wrapping the bacon completely around.
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Take a 2nd piece of bacon, and begin wrapping where the 1st one ended.
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Take a 3rd piece of bacon and start wrapping where the 2cnd piece ended.
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(Each pork chop will take 3 slices of bacon).
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You now have your stuffed pork chop mummified in bacon.
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Repeat this process with the other 3 chops.
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Lightly oil a large skillet and place on high heat.
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Place the 4 chops in the pan and cook for 6 minutes.
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Flip them over and cook for an additional 6 minutes.
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Place foil on a cookie sheet and lightly grease it.
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(If your cookie sheet does not have sides, fold foil upwards along the borders so no fat will drip in your oven.
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Place the chops on your prepared cookie sheet and bake for 25 minutes at 400 degrees F. When the chops are done cooking, let them rest for about 5 minutes and serve!
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Yummmy!
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Enjoy!