Oven Baked Pork Chops

Although there are many different ways to cook pork chops, some methods are better than others to ensure tender and moist pork chops every time.

At the Amateur, we generally suggest oven baked pork chops over grilled pork chops, as the grilling method tends to dry out and toughen your meat. If you do prefer to use your grill over the oven, then marinating pork chops for grilling will help to tenderize the meat and deliver tasty and moist pork chops every time. And don't forget to use an instant read thermometer to reduce the risk of over or undercooking your pork chops.

Our recipe for Oven Baked Pork Chops is one of the easiest to make recipes in our collection - the combination of vinegar and apple juice works as a tenderizer for moist pork chops every time, and the mustard and brown sugar adds just the right sweet and tangy taste.

Oven Baked Pork Chops

1 tsp hot mustard
1 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
1 1/4 cups apple juice
4 centre cut pork chops, fat removed

Place pork chops in baking pan. Combine sugar, crumbs, mustard, vinegar and 1/4 cup apple juice. Spread this mixture over chops with the remaining juice. Bake covered in 325F oven for 3/4 hour. Uncover and continue to bake another 15 minutes.

Enjoy!

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