Baked Pork Chops
These Oven-Baked Pork Chops are made with simple pantry ingredients for a perfect weeknight dinner the whole family will love. For best results, purchase pork chops that are at least 1-1½ inches thick and allow your chops to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes before cooking. Pork chops should be cooked to an internal temperature of 145ºF (please use a digital meat thermometer), and let them rest for 5 minutes before serving with side dishes like mashed potatoes.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoonolive oil
- 1 teaspoonbrown sugar
- 1 teaspoonpaprika
- 1 teaspoongarlic powder
- 1 teaspoononion powder
- 1 teaspoonsalt
- ½ teaspoonblack pepper
- 4bone-in pork chops (at least 1-1½ inches thick)
- 4 tablespoonsalted butter (optional)
Directions
- 1
Approximately 20-30 minutes before baking, remove the pork chops from the refrigerator and allow them to rest at room temperature.
- 2
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and spray a 9×13-inch baking dish or rimmed baking sheet lined with foil with non-stick cooking spray (or coat lightly with olive oil).
- 3
In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
- 4
Pat the pork chops dry with paper towels, then sprinkle the dry rub evenly over both sides. Use your fingers to rub it in gently.
- 5
Transfer the seasoned pork chops to the prepared baking dish or baking sheet and drizzle the tops of the chops with the remaining olive oil.
- 6
Bake for 15-25 minutes. Cooking time will vary depending on whether you’re cooking bone-in or boneless chops and their thickness (I start checking around 10-12 minutes if my pork chops are on the thinner side). In the last 2-3 minutes, broil on high until crisp around the edges and golden on top.
- 7
Remove from the oven as soon as the internal temperature registers 145ºF as measured by a digital meat thermometer. Rest for at least 3-5 minutes before serving with mashed potatoes and any other favorite side dishes.