Never Fail Baked Pork Chops Recipes

BAKED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• To brine your pork chops, fill a large bowl with 1 quart of warm (not hot) water and 1/4 cup kosher salt. Stir to combine until most of the salt is absorbed. Add the pork chops and let them sit in the mixture to brine for 15 minutes. Or you can also also cover the bowl and refrigerate for up to 6 hours. Remove the pork chops from the brine, rinse with cold water, then pat them dry with some paper towels.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Brush the pork chops on both sides with olive oil
• In a separate small bowl, whisk together the salt, pepper, and garlic powder until combined. Sprinkle the mixture evenly on both sides of the pork.
• Meanwhile, heat a cast iron skillet (or oven-safe sauté pan) on the stove over high heat for 5 minutes. Once the pan is super-hot, add the pork chops and use a spatula to press them evenly into the pan, so that the entire bottom surface of the pork chops makes contact with the pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes, or until the under-sides of the pork chops are golden brown. Carefully use tongs to flip the pork chops. Then use an oven mitt to carefully transfer the skillet to the oven. Continue baking for 3 minutes. Then flip the pork chops once more, and continue baking for 3-5 minutes more, or until the pork reaches an internal temperature of 145°F (62°C).
• Once the pork is ready to go, immediately remove the pan from the oven, and transfer the pork to a clean plate. Brush any of the pan juices onto the pork chops. Then loosely tent the plate with aluminum foil and and let the pork rest for at least 3 minutes.
• Serve warm. Or, refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 3 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.

JUICY BAKED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Turn your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a small bowl, mix together the paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and oregano.
• Drizzle the 1 tablespoon of olive oil over both sides of the pork chops. Sprinkle the spice mix evenly over both sides of the pork chops and place them in a baking dish. (see notes) Drizzle them with the remaining tablespoon of olive oil.
• Bake the pork chops uncovered for 18 minutes, or until they reach an internal temperature of 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Once you remove them from the oven, let them rest in the pan for 5 minutes before serving.

COUNTRY STYLE BAKED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Season each pork chop with salt and pepper.
• in a bowl, combine brown sugar and ketchup and stir it up real well.
• Place pork chops in a large baking dish and cover with them with the mixture. Add onion slices to the top of each pork chop.
• Place pork chops in a large baking dish and cover with them with the mixture. Add onion slices to the top of each pork chop.
• Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 375 degrees F for 35-50 minutes.
• Baste pork chops halfway through cooking. Cook for remaining time uncovered.

BISTRO'S NO-FAIL WOOZY PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place 6 breakfast pork chops in a 9'x13" glass baking dish. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE PORK CHOPS LARGER THAN "THIN" or "BREAKFAST", this will result in plain undercooked chops and you don't want that.
• Dash Worcestershire sauce all over the chops until they are nearly submerged.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake 25 minutes.
• Remove the chops and set aside.
• Pour all of the sauce from the pan into dipping cups.
• Serve with your favorite sides.

TENDER OVEN BAKED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Take pork chops and season both sides generously with Lawry's Seasoning Salt and Paula Deen's House Seasoning.
• If you do not have Paula Deen's Seasoning you can make your own by mixing 1 cup of salt with 1/4 cup of pepper and 1/4 cup of garlic powder. You can put it in a shaker bottle and use for up to 6 months.
• Melt 1/4 cup of the margarine in a large frying pan. On medium to medium high heat, brown the chops on both sides. So they have a pretty brown color to them. About 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
• Spray a roaster pan with cooking spray.
• Slice up a medium size onion and layer the bottom of the roaster pan.
• Layer the browned up chops over the onion. DO NOT let the chops overlap. It is important that they are in a single layer.
• In a separate mixing bowl, mix together the water, dry gravy mix, gravy darkener and the cream of mushroom soup. Season this to taste with the Lawry's Seasoning Salt and Paula Deen House Seasoning.
• Pour this mixture over the pork chops.
• Melt the last 1/4 cup of butter in the frying pan, and saute the thinly sliced fresh mushrooms. I season them with salt and pepper and a splash of Italian dressing.
• Put a pile of the mushrooms on the top of each of the pork chops. Or you can also just mix the sauteed mushrooms in with the gravy. I have done it both ways.
• Bake COVERED at 300°F for two and a half hours. Do not remove the cover at all while baking.
• The gravy thickens up on its own. Just serve pork chops on a platter accompanied with homemade mashed potatoes, vegetable and salad.

CRISPY BREADED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly coat a wire rack with cooking spray and set in a rimmed baking sheet.
• Whisk eggs and water together in a shallow dish. Place bread crumbs in a second shallow dish.
• Season pork chops evenly with salt and pepper. Dip and coat chops in egg, allow excess to drip off, then dip in bread crumbs until well coated.
• Heat 1/2 of the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place 2 chops in the skillet and cook until golden and crisp, about 2 minutes. Flip and cook until crisp on the other side, 1 to 2 minutes more. Transfer to the prepared rack. Heat remaining oil in the skillet and repeat to sear remaining chops.
• Bake pork chops in preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 10 to 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 155 degrees F (68 degrees C).

NO-FUSS PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Mix first 4 ingredients. In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat; brown pork chops on both sides. Remove from pan., In same pan, saute onions in remaining oil over medium heat until tender. Add juice mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Add pork chops; cook, covered, until a thermometer inserted in pork reads 145°, 2-3 minutes. Let stand, covered, 5 minutes before serving. If desired, serve over noodles and top with green onions.

NEVER-FAIL BAKED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Spray 9x13" pan with cooking spray. Mix together the bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese.
• Dip each pork chop into melted butter.
• Then coat with crumb mixture.
• Place into pan with chops not touching if possible. Drizzle remaining butter (if any) over top of chops.
• Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes until chops are nicely browned.