This collection of recipes with pork chops showcases different pork chop recipes to try out. These are oven pork chop recipes, bone-in pork chop recipes, and slower cooker recipes. The first two are essentially anytime recipes be it weekday or weekend. However, slow cooker recipes usually take an average of 6 hours and are thus best suited for weekends where the cooking is not rushed.
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Gear for Cooking Pork Chops
- Tongs – for safely and hygienically handling pork chops when cooking.
- Skillet – for stovetop searing of pork chops.
- Oven-proof Skillet – for cooking one-pot pork chop meals in the oven.
- Non-stick frying pan – for stovetop frying of pork chops.
- Knife – for slicing/cutting pork chops.
- Cast-Iron Pot – for cooking pork chops on stovetop or in the oven
- Sheet Pan – for oven roasting pork chops and vegetables together.
- Meat Thermometer – for checking if the interior of pork chops is cooked.
- Slow Cooker – for slow cooker pork chops recipes.
Best Way to Cook Pork Chops
The best way to cook pork chops first of all depends on the type of pork chop cut used. Each pork chop cut type has its own best way to cook it. The following are some of the foremost ways of cooking pork chops according to cut.
- Porterhouse chops are best for grilling, baking, or broiling because they tend to easily contain a lot of flavors and also hold shape well when cooked because of the T-bone.
- Sirloin chops or pork steaks are best for slow-cooking recipes. They are a cheaper cut and thus considered budget. They require slow cooking at lower temperatures because they typically have tough muscles and bones. You would not get the same results as Porterhouse chops if you baked them or grilled them, for example.
- Shoulder Chops are also known as blade steaks or pork steaks. This cut has more fat and tissue. The best way to cook this pork chop cut is by braising or barbecuing which breaks down connective tissue and the fat.
- New York or Center-cut pork chops also known as loin chop or center loin chop are boneless with a fat cap on top. This pork chop cut is best cooked by frying or baking. The center-cut is also excellent for stuffed recipes as it is usually cut very thick and can be sliced in the middle to create a pocket for stuffing. If you want to do stuffed pork recipes this is the best pork chop cut to cook.
- Rib Chops are tender center-cut chops. The best way to cook Rib pork chops is by quick searing, broiling, or pan-frying. This cut is typically suitable for weeknight dinners because it cooks fast and is thus ideal for putting a meal together quickly.
Unless you cook the right cut the right way, you would end up with dry, uninteresting, and frankly boring pork chops. One of the best ways of cooking pork chops of a suitable cut such as Rib chops is to make sure there are double chops in thickness of no less than an inch.
Thicker chops hold more flavor and remain juicy inside when cooked. On the other hand, thin pork chops easily become dry and tough when cooked, especially using the wrong method.
The key to unlocking perfectly cooked pork chops is watching the internal temperature of the chops. Using a meat thermometer, the pork chop’s internal temperature should be 145° or 62.8°C.
Furthermore, recipes with pork chops generally taste better when marinated. Instead of frying the chops plain, for example, you can marinate them for a short while using very simple marinades.
An example of a simple, easy-to-make marinade would be a crushed mixture of sage, rosemary, garlic, and black pepper combined with a wet ingredient such as olive oil. You can rub this marinade onto the chops on both sides before proceeding to sear or pan fry the chops for a quick weeknight dish.
Another consideration is to avoid overcrowding the pan or skillet with the pork chops while cooking. Furthermore, each side of the pork chop should be cooked for just a few minutes, usually 3 to 4 minutes, before it is flipped over. This gives it enough time to fully cook and caramelize in an inviting manner.
Oven Pork Chop Recipes
Simple Oven Baked Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready in: 50 minutes
- Cooking time: 40 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 7
- Calories: 252kcal per serving
- Carbs: 1g per serving
We kick off this collection of recipes with pork chops with these 1-inch thick boneless oven-baked chops. If you use thinner pork chops reduce the cooking time. The pork chops come out juicy and tender because of their thickness.
They are super simple to make using a handful of familiar seasonings namely black pepper, paprika, garlic powder, and onion powder. This pork dish is suitable for busy weeknights too as it takes only 50 minutes to make. Being a one-pot dish, cleanup is also easy to do in the aftermath of the cooking.
Oven Baked Bacon Swiss Recipe with Pork Chops
- Ready In: 20 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 6
- Calories: 242kcal per serving
- Carbs: 1g per serving
Could you combine pork chops with cheese and bacon and oven cook it? This is what you get with this oven pork chop recipe which produces scrumptious pork chops that are juicy and flavorful. The pork chops are topped up with bacon and cheese which melts on the bacon and pork once put in the oven.
The final dish is low carb and keto. However, it can be served with mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, steamed vegetables such as broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower. In order to maintain the dish as low carb or keto, you can replace the mashed potatoes with more suitable vegetables.
Smothered Oven Pork Chop Casserole Recipe
- Ready In: 60 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 13
- Calories: 680kcal per serving
- Carbs: 37g per serving
This scrumptious dish is one of our most favored among this collection of recipes with pork chops. It is a one-pot dish that produces a family-friendly complete meal that serves 4. The main ingredients that make this recipe filling are mashed potatoes and boneless pork loin chops.
The cooking time of the mashed potatoes is not included in this recipe but the mash would need to be ready first. The mashed potatoes will be the base of the casserole topped by the tender pork. The final topping of the dish will be some sliced onions before it is oven-baked for up to 25 minutes.
Other ingredients going into this recipe include cream cheese, Italian parsley, thyme, pepper, mushrooms, and Worcestershire sauce. If you love chicken and enjoy casseroles at the same time, we suggest this collection of Casseroles with Chicken.
Oven Baked Pork Chop Potato Casserole
- Ready In: 1hr. 30 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop, Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 5
- Calories: 680kcal per serving
- Carbs: 37g per serving
This is another potato oven pork chop recipe in the form of a casserole. While the forgoing one had a base of mashed potatoes, this recipe has a base of raw sliced potatoes. The peeled potato slices are topped with the pork chops and cream of mushroom soup before the casserole is shoved into the oven for baking.
This recipe creates a complete starch and protein meal. For increased nutritional value, the potatoes can be washed, sliced, and used with their skin on. Five simple ingredients go into this super simple recipe to make. Serve the final dish as is or accompanied with a green salad side dish with lettuce and fresh garden tomatoes.
Oven Cranberry Sweet Italian Sausage Recipe with Pork Chops
- Ready In: 35 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop, Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 9
Quite a few recipes with pork chops rope in sausage into the same dish. Well, this recipe makes an unusual yet tasty weeknight suitable meal combining pork chops and sweet Italian sausage. The pork chops and Italian sausage are first cooked separately, the sausage on the stovetop and the pork chops in the oven.
The two main ingredients are only combined at the serving stage when the sausage, out of its casing, is sprinkled over the pork chops. The cranberries are earlier added to the recipe when the sausage is being sautéed together with other ingredients that go into this dish.
This recipe is refreshingly unique, tastes good, and looks good on the plate with the red color from the cranberries. If you enjoy Italian sausage in whatever context, we suggest this collection of Recipes with Italian Sausage.
Oven Roasted Pork In Garlic Tomato Sauce
- Ready In: 1hr. 20 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American, Romania Inspired
- Method: Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 8
- Calories: 209kcal per serving
- Carbs: 2g per serving
If you are looking for an oven pork chops recipe that is befitting any holiday this is it. This is a Romanian-inspired oven-roasted dish served immersed in crushed tomatoes or tomato puree.
The final dish is traditionally served with French fries and pickles or mashed potatoes. For best results, the pork tenderloin chops should be 1 inch thick. The chops are seasoned with salt and pepper and placed in a sizable roasting pan before the tomato crush is poured in and the dish is shoved in the oven.
Other ingredients going into this recipe are dried thyme, bay leaves, and garlic. The final dish out of this recipe has tender pork chops which are juicy thanks to the thickness and very aromatic as promised in the recipe.
Oven Roasted Pork Chops with Green Beans and Potatoes
- Ready In: 35 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 10
Among recipes with pork chops in this collection, this is yet another simple one-pot full meal dish that is suitable for busy weeknights. This recipe is so easy and straightforward to make it is likely to end up in a weekly rotation.
Apart from the pork chops, the other main feature of this recipe is the green beans. The pork chops are first coated in a seasoning that includes lemon juice, paprika, thyme, and garlic. The chops are laid in a baking pan and then surrounded by green beans, peppers, and potato wedges.
The dish is then roasted in the oven. On the other side of the pan’s time in the oven is a flavorful and filling dish which is served hot. Yum! If you wish to explore many other possibilities with green beans, we suggest this collection of Recipes with Green Beans.
Bone-in Pork Chops Recipes
Baked Bone-In Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready In: 22 minutes
- Serves: 3
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 8
- Calories: 357kcal per serving
- Carbs: 3g per serving
This delicious recipe feeds 3 and requires 3 bone-in pork chops. The chops are started on the stovetop in a skillet for a brief moment before transferring in the same skillet to the oven.
What you get in the end is a busy weeknight suitable main dish that is ready in 30 minutes. Serve with roast potatoes, roast sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, rice, and bread, the options are rather unlimited. As an aside, bone-in pork chop recipes have a general advantage in that the bone prevents the chops from overcooking.
This also applies to this recipe although care must be taken to avoid overcooking. Ingredients going into this recipe include black pepper, cumin powder, ground paprika, brown sugar, and canola oil among others.
Juicy Brown Sugar Bone-in Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready In: 35 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 6
- Calories: 339kcal per serving
- Carbs: 32g per serving
This recipe presents another delicious and fast way to utilize bone-in pork chops. It is a flavorful recipe that produces chops that are covered in some tasty sauce. You count on this recipe for weeknight meals. The recipe has two parts, the sauce, and the pork chops.
The sauce is prepared first which has soy sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, minced garlic, ketchup, and brown sugar. It is poured over the bone-in pork chops before they are placed in the oven and baked for about 25 minutes. Serve the chops over rice with the sauce and a salad on the side if you prefer.
Sheet Pan Bone-in Pork Chops and Broccoli Recipe
- Ready In: 30 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 6
- Calories: 425kcal per serving
- Carbs: 16g per serving
This recipe combines bone-in pork chops with broccoli in a single sheet pan. The vegetables are only seasoned with salt and pepper while the pork chops are brushed with mustard and sprinkled with bread crumbs mixed with Parmesan cheese.
The oven bake will cause the cheese to melt on the meat and the broccoli to soften and become so tender. The end result of this recipe is a scrumptious flavorful meat and veggie dish that can be served with fries, mashed potatoes, pasta and rice among other starch options. This is a budget-friendly family-friendly recipe perfectly suitable for busy weeknights. The list of ingredients is light and extremely familiar.
Grilled Hawaiian Bone-in Pork Chops
- Ready In: 30 minutes
- Serves: 5
- Cuisine: American, Hawaiian inspired
- Method: Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 12
Although not an authentic Hawaiian dish, this recipe is inspired by Hawaiian cuisine. It produces a delicious sweet and sour dish good for weeknight dinner and any other time of the week for that matter.
Taking only 30 minutes to make, this recipe can be made using bone-in or boneless pork chops. Some of the ingredients required to reproduce the recipe include sesame oil, ground ginger, red pepper flakes, ketchup, and corn flakes. The pork chops are marinated for at least 10 minutes but can be left for longer for the best results. The final dish will be garnished with some chopped scallions.
Italian Bone-in Pork Chop Vesuvio Recipe
- Serves: 2
- Cuisine: Italian, American
- Method: Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 14
This recipe is a successful and scrumptious imitation of the popular Chicago chicken Vesuvio dish. Instead of using chicken, this recipe uses bone-in pork chops. Furthermore, this one-pot dish also comes with some potato wedges, lemon wedges, and peas.
The four main components of the dish including the pork chops are simmered in the oven in an ovenproof skillet. When it’s all said and done the meat and the potatoes will have an inviting golden finishing. Garnish the final dish with parsley and serve as is accompanied by a green salad side.
Flavorful Mexican Bone-in Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready In: 4hrs 8 minutes
- Cook time: 8 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: Mexican, American
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 9
- Calories: 254kcal per serving
- Carbs: 1g per serving
This is a wonderfully tasty bone-in pork chop recipe that produces spicy yet juicy pork chops that can be served with a variety of starch options including salads and vegetables.
The real game-changer here is the Mexican marinade in which the chops are soaked and marinated for at least 4 hours. Much of the time in making this simple dish goes into the marinating of the pork. Once ready, the chops are cooked on the stovetop in a skillet.
Some of the ingredients that form the marinade include sliced onion, cumin, oregano, coriander, and chili powder. You could prepare this recipe as a weeknight dinner by marinating the chops ahead of time and freezing them.
Pineapple Bone-in Pork Chops
- Ready In: 6hr. 35 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Grilling
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 21
- Calories: 477kcal per serving
- Carbs: 34g per serving
Among the recipes with pork chops thus far considered in this collection, this will be the first one using the grilling method. Grilling produces amazing results here because of the pineapple marinade in which the bone-in pork chops are marinated.
It is made up of soy sauce, rum, and pineapple juice. This juice will be part of the great flavors once the pork chops are grilled. Nonetheless, the pork chops should not be marinated for over 12 hours for best results. This recipe produces a perfect weeknight dish. Marinate the meat ahead of time so you only have to deal with the 20 minutes of cooking time during a busy weeknight.
Slow Cooker Pork Chop Recipes
Slow-Cooker Honey Garlic Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready In: 6hr. 25 minutes
- Cook time: 6hrs 15 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 12
- Calories: 291kcal per serving
- Carbs: 20g per serving
Of all slow cooker recipes with pork chops in this collection, this is our most favored. This recipe produces delicious very tender chops that almost melt in your mouth. The dish is simple, quick, and easy to make, calling for only 10 minutes of your time to prepare it.
The bulk of the time is spent in the slow cooker releasing your precious time to do other things. This recipe goes with bone-in or boneless pork chops alike. However, it is best recommended that you use thick chops as opposed to thin ones.
Serve the final dish with mashed potatoes, rice, or even pasta. Ingredients that go into this recipe include garlic powder, honey, rice wine vinegar, cornstarch, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce.
Smothered Crock Pot Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready In: 2hr. 20 minutes
- Cook time: 2hr minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 12
- Calories: 341kcal per serving
- Carbs: 14g per serving
If you enjoy mushrooms you will enjoy this slow-cooked combination with pork chops. Thick cuts of bone-in or boneless pork chops will do for this recipe. The pork chops are first rubbed on both sides with a mix of seasonings and browned in a skillet on the stovetop.
In the same skillet, the mushroom gravy is also prepared. Both the pork chops and the gravy will be added to the waiting slow cooker. The dish will then be cooked at the lowest setting on the slow cooker. The result is very tasty, moist, and tender chops that can be served with pasta, rice, or bread.
Tomato Slow-braised Sicilian Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready In: 2hr. 45 minutes
- Cook time: 2hr 25 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: Italian, American
- Method: Oven Slow-Braised
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 7
- Calories: 407kcal per serving
- Carbs: 33g per serving
This slow-cooked recipe with pork chops produces delectable comfort food immersed in tasty crushed tomato sauce. The pork chops will come out so tender as to easily break up using a fork.
Unlike the other recipes which use a slow cooker, this recipe will slow cook the dish in the oven in an ovenproof skillet covered with foil paper. The dish will sit in the oven for 2 hours 15 minutes before it is ready. Serve the scrumptious result with pasta, potatoes, or rice. Other ingredients going into the recipe include diced garlic, onions, black pepper, and chopped basil.
Slow-Cooker Pizza Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready In: 4hr. 10 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 8
- Calories: 510kcal per serving
- Carbs: 46g per serving
This recipe derives its name from the toppings added to the pork chops which resemble how pizza is made. It is a complete meal slow cooker recipe with pork chops where the pork loin chops are placed in the slow cooker, sprinkled with some chopped onion, and pasta sauce added on top.
Also included in this recipe is pre-cooked orzo pasta which is the starch component of the dish. On serving, the orzo is first served on a platter and topped with the pork chops and sauce, and sprinkled with shredded Mozzarella cheese.
Slow-Cooker Rosemary Pork Chops
- Ready In: 4hr. 15 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 8
- Calories: 330kcal per serving
- Carbs: 24g per serving
This rosemary pork chops slow-cooker recipe boasts only a handful of familiar ingredients but delivers amazing flavor. The dominant flavor comes from 2 tsp of dried rosemary that is sprinkled directly onto the pork chops in the slow cooker alongside other seasonings.
15 minutes is all that is needed to put everything in the slow cooker with the rest dedicated to the dish slow cooking. Other ingredients of note going into the cooker are red baby potatoes which will deliver on the starch component of the dish. This is a family-friendly dish that is perhaps best suited for a relaxed weekend meal for the whole family.
Slow-cooked Paprika Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready In: 6 hr.
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: Western
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 9
This dish derives its flavor from the smoked paprika that is part of the ingredients making up this recipe. What you get as the final result is a very rich mixture of vegetables which includes beans, carrots, broccoli, and spinach.
The pork chop cut used in this recipe is shoulder chops although loin chops would also work. The pork chops are placed on a bed of sautéed onion and garlic on the base of the slow cooker and topped with tomato paste and tomatoes. An hour before the finalization of the dish in the slow cooker a mixture of frozen vegetables is added.
Alpine Slow-Cooker Pork Chops Recipe
- Ready In: 6 hr.
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 8
- Calories: 695kcal per serving
- Carbs: 30g per serving
This recipe produces a complete comfort meal that may only need a side of green salad. Not only is it tasty and peculiar in that it involves almonds, but it is also fun to make.
Ingredients are layered in the slow cooker one after the other beginning with the pork chops which can be boneless or bone-in chops. Other ingredients going into the recipe include swiss cheese, milk, pepper, and stovetop stuffing (example) among a few others. Once all the ingredients are in the slow cooker, the dish will cook on low for the next 6 hours non-stop without opening. Serve the dish as is with nice lettuce, tomato, and cucumber salad, for example.
Conclusion
The foregoing collection of recipes with pork chops illustrates the many available ways to cook and enjoy pork chops based on the type of pork chop cut. Of the different methods of cooking the pork chops, the slower cooker method produces one of the best results with tender chops that are well infused with flavor due to the lengthy but slow cooking time involved.
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