For chili powder based seasoning, we love using a combination of ancho or our Homemade Chili Powder, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, and black pepper.This is what we’ve done in our photos, and the recipe shared below. Keep it simple and use salt, pepper, a fresh herb like thyme, and lemon wedges scattered around the pan.Similar to chicken breast, pork is mild in flavor, so you have lots of options for adding flavor. Another option is to continue to cook them on the stove. However, if you don’t have an oven-safe skillet, you can sear the pork chops in a regular skillet (the heavier, the better) and then transfer the seared chops to a baking dish or sheet pan to finish them in the oven.

Since we hate unnecessary dirty pans/dishes around here, we love to use our cast iron skillet to sear and bake the chops in.

Instead, by taking an extra five minutes to preheat a skillet and sear one side of the pork before baking, the chops take on a beautiful golden-brown color, have a better texture (thanks to the seared crust), and are more interesting to eat. We’d love to tell you that lining raw pork chops on a baking sheet and sliding them into the oven to bake will make for a tasty chop, but after years of cooking proteins like pork and steak in our kitchen, we just haven’t had success with that method. We use this method when making this Apple Stuffed Baked Pork Chops Recipe. The tips above are all important, but here’s our best advice for baking pork in the oven: Sear the chops briefly in a hot skillet before baking in the oven. After 5 minutes, all the juices inside the chops will have distributed around the meat. The moment they reach temperature, transfer them to a clean plate and loosely cover with foil. Let the baked chops rest. Pork is done when an internal thermometer reads 145° Fahrenheit. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, so the oven is hot before you slide in the chops. You can think of this step as a more straightforward way to brine the pork (instead of a wet brine, the salt acts as a dry brine). Pork chops are pretty lean, so seasoning with salt before cooking is essential for making the most flavorful chops. Season the pork chops with salt 30 minutes before cooking. This way, the salt has a chance to improve the flavor and texture of the meat. Use this trick for other cuts of meat like pork tenderloin or steak. The time out of the fridge lets you bring the meat up to room temperature, which helps the pork cook more evenly throughout. Whether you use our flavor combination or not, for the best baked pork chops, keep these simple tips in mind:ĭon’t cook chops straight from the refrigerator. Thirty minutes before you plan to cook, take the pork chops out of the fridge. We love the lemon and herb combination shared in the recipe below, but you can use your favorite spices instead. Let’s do this!Īs you read through the recipe, keep in mind that you can customize the seasonings for these chops.

We are happy to help! Here is our no-fail method for the the best baked pork chops. So many of you loved the recipe, that you asked us to share a recipe for cooking pork chops in the oven. We’ve already shared our favorite method for cooking the Juiciest Skillet Pork Chops.

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