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My Easy Baked Ranch Pork Chops are perfectly tender and skillet baked pork with a tangy zippy ranch flavor the whole family will love with just five ingredients! This baked pork chops recipe is naturally low carb, and works in a keto or paleo diet. Be sure to check your ranch seasoning if sticking to a keto diet, or if you are avoiding gluten.
These easy baked ranch pork chops are loaded with flavor – and use just five ingredients. If you love delicious tender, juicy pork and tons of ranch flavor, this recipe is going to be a huge hit! We’re using simple techniques and equipment – no advanced skills or cooking experience needed.
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This post is sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. All opinions are my own.
How To Bake Ranch Pork Chops
This recipe is so easy, even beginner cooks can master a delicious pork chop dinner!
I was able to tour a pork farm in Iowa last fall and learn more about Iowa Pork’s dedication to safety and health for consumers and animals and I was really impressed – to hear more about my trip, please check out this post featuring Iowa Pork and Iowa Corn Growers – I learned so much about their impact on America’s economy and dinner tables.
Bake Pork Chops Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 packet ranch seasoning, I use Hidden Valley ranch packets, you can use 2 tbsp homemade ranch seasoning, too!
- 1 tsp fresh cracked pepper
- 4 1-2 ” thick pork chops, bone-out
- 2 tbsp diced chives, optional, to garnish
Assemble Ingredients
For this recipe, I am recommending 1/2-1” thick pork chops – too thick chops need to cook longer to be sure the middle has reached a high enough temperature in the middle. Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with a heavy ovenproof skillet or cast iron pan in the oven to preheat.
Marinate
Mix ranch packet with oil and lemon juice to create a marinade/sauce. Add pork chops to a plastic bag and add half of the marinade. Reserve other half in a bag or small jar until cook time. Marinate at least 30 minutes, up to overnight.
Sear
Remove the cast iron skillet from the oven. Remove pork from marinade and add to scorching hot pan flip when brown on one side. After the first four minutes, flip pork. Carefully spoon reserved ranch sauce on top of pork chops.
Bake and Enjoy
Place the heavy pan back in the oven. Check the internal temperature of your pork chops after 8 minutes – if your chops are very thin, they should be done. Enjoy!
Tips and Tricks to Perfect Ranch Pork Chops
For more information on cooking pork chops, please visit my guide to pork chops, or visit the Iowa Pork site.
Always Brown. Normally, I pre-sear pork chops on the stove before baking. Pork is a very tender, delicious meat – but can dry out easily when overcooked. By browning while baking, we’re letting the pork bake to a safe temperature while getting that delicious sear on the pork chops, so that we can keep pork from drying out.
How To Tell When Pork Chops Are Done. Rely on thermometer – NOT time – to tell when pork has been cooked fully. If you don’t have a quick-read digital meat thermometer, it is one of the best investments you can make for perfectly cooked pork, every time.
Sides to Enjoy with Pork Chops
For a deliciously easy pork chop that isn’t ranch flavored, be sure to try my Easy Baked Pork Chops recipe – and be sure to save my slow cooker pork steaks recipe for a knockout set and forget meal that always gets rave reviews from even the pickiest eaters.
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Easy Baked Ranch Pork Chops Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 packet ranch seasoning, I use Hidden Valley ranch packets, you can use 2 tbsp homemade ranch seasoning, too!
- 1 tsp fresh cracked pepper
- 4 1-2 ” thick pork chops, bone-out
- 2 tbsp diced chives, optional, to garnish
Instructions
- Remove pork from packaging and pat dry.
- Add to bag or bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine ranch seasoning, lemon juice, olive oil, and pepper, mix.
- Cover pork chops in 1/2 marinade mix. Set 1/2 aside for cooking.
- Marinate at least 30 minutes, up to overnight. Refrigerate in airtight container if marinating longer than 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Add heavy, ovenproof skillet to oven. I use cast iron – be sure pan is specifically designed to be safe in oven and that you have a good thick potholder.
- If refrigerated overnight, remove pork from fridge and let come to room temperature while oven and pan preheat.
- When oven has reached 400 degrees and pan is scorching hot, carefully add pork chops to skillet. I use long handled tongs to reduce risk of burning my hands or arms in the super hot pan and oven!
- Bake for four minutes.
- Flip pork chops and spoon the reserved ranch sauce on both sides of pork chops.
- Bake another four minutes.
- Check your pork’s internal temperature. When pork reaches 145 (about 8 minutes, but remember, pork cooking times can vary wildly based on oven, thickness of pork, altitude, etc.) it is ready to come out of oven.
- Rest pork for at least 3 minutes after baking before cutting and serving.
- Garnish with fresh diced chives if desired.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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