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The Best Easy Baked Pork Chops Recipe

The Best Easy Baked Pork Chops Recipe - tender, delicious, juicy baked pork chops that are loaded with flavor in under 30 minutes!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Additional Time5 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Main Dishes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: keto main dish, main dish, pork, pork chops
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 479kcal
Author: Courtney ODell

Ingredients

  • Easy Pork Chop Marinade:
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder minced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • Easy Baked Pork Chops:
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp celtic sea salt
  • 1 tsp fresh cracked pepper
  • 4 pork chops 1/2" thick boneless chops - NOT extra thick or super thin

Instructions

  • Add lemon juice, 2 tbsp olive oil, paprika, garlic powder, pork chops, salt, and pepper to a ziploc bag and marinate for at least 3 hours, and up to overnight. 
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and place cast iron pan (or other heavy oven safe pan) in oven. 
  • When oven is 375 degrees and pan is scorching hot (but not smoking), carefully swirl olive oil in pan and heat until shimmery. 
  • Season pork chops with salt and pepper. 
  • Add in pork chops, without crowding the pan.
  • Close oven and cook to browned on one side - about 6 minutes. 
  • Flip pork chops and place back in oven. 
  • After 6 minutes, check pork's temperature. If pork chops are thinner, they cook much faster - pork chops are done when they are 145 degrees internally. 
  • If pork chops are not done, keep cooking until they are (cooking time will vary widely based on the thickness of your pork chop, whether or not there is a bone, etc. - so I find it's best to go from temperature instead of time.) 
  • When pork is 145 degrees internally, remove from oven and let rest 5 minutes before serving. 

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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 479kcal | Protein: 50g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 163mg | Sodium: 695mg