Bbq Baked Pork Chops

Using pantry staples and minimal ingredients, our oven baked pork chops come to you loaded with flavour. If you love our Sticky BBQ Ribs recipe, you will lose your mind over these juicy baked pork chops. This recipe works for both bone-in and boneless pork chops.

BAKED PORK CHOPS

Helloooo EASY pork dinner! Is there anything better than a good cut of pork smothered in a rich barbecue sauce? Especially when said sauce is packed with flavour. One of the best things about this recipe is the excess sauce which you can drizzle all over your sides, like our Creamy Mashed Potatoes or our Buttery Mashed Cauliflower. SO MUCH SAUCE… but not just any sauce. This sauce:

HOW TO BAKE PORK CHOPS

With no brining or marinating needed, you’ll be licking your plates clean after devouring these baked pork chops. First thing’s first: move the oven shelf to about 8-inches/20cm from the top heat element before preheating. This prepares you for broiling later. Then, you’re going to mix up your BBQ marinade. We use Masterfoods BBQ sauce, but you can use Hunt’s Original or Sweet Baby Ray’s. Season your chops with seasoning salt, cracked black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika. If you don’t have any of those, substitute with regular salt or sea salt and regular pepper.

Slather two-thirds of the sauce over your chops, including the sides. This will leave you with plenty of marinade to baste with later. Bake for 15 minutes in your hot, preheated oven. Then flip your chops and baste with the remaining marinade. Broil/grill for just over 7 minutes to start the caramelisation process. Flip once more, baste with those delicious pan juices and broil/grill for a couple more minutes until chops are cooked through and deliciously caramelised all over. This is an important step if you want golden baked pork chops.

SHOULD YOU COVER PORK WHEN BAKING?

There’s no need to cover them with this recipe, as your marinade acts as a barrier. That’s what makes baked pork chops so easy!

HOW LONG TO BAKE PORK CHOPS

All up, this baked pork chops recipe requires approximately 25 minutes of cooking time depending on your oven. Check them occasionally when they are under the broiler to ensure they don’t burn. I do know some ovens run hot, so please, be careful and exercise caution.

HOW TO COOK PORK CHOPS WITHOUT DRYING THEM OUT

The sauce alone ensures juicy, tender chops. Baking pork chops for the first 15 minutes, then broiling for a further 10 minutes all together creates a crispy outer layer which helps to keep those juices recirculating back into the meat while baking. Flipping the chops a couple of times while baking also ensures the meat cooks evenly and retains the juices, while preventing the edges from burning.