Baked Pork Chops (Recipe 143 of 125)

Tonight I made pork chops in the air fryer. The recipe calls for them to be baked, but I had the air fryer out so why not?

These turned out delicious. I marinated them for about 2 hours and then stuck them in a preheated air fryer. The outsides got crispy and the inside stayed nice and moist. 

I served them along side of some asparagus with lemon pepper and a side salad. A nice overall meal. 

Baked Pork Chops
Recipe from SweetC Designs

Serves 4

Easy Pork Chop Marinade:

• 1 T garlic powder, minced
• 2 T olive oil
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 T lemon juice

Easy Baked Pork Chops:

• 2 T olive oil
• 1 tsp celtic sea salt
• 1 tsp fresh cracked pepper
• 4 pork chops, 1/2" thick boneless chops - NOT extra thick or super thin

Add lemon juice, 2 tbsp olive oil, paprika, garlic powder, pork chops, salt, and pepper to a ziploc bag and marinate for at least 3 hours, and up to overnight.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and place cast iron pan (or other heavy oven safe pan) in oven.

When oven is 375 degrees and pan is scorching hot (but not smoking), carefully swirl olive oil in pan and heat until shimmery.

Season pork chops with salt and pepper.

Add in pork chops, without crowding the pan.

Close oven and cook to browned on one side - about 6 minutes.

Flip pork chops and place back in oven.

After 6 minutes, check pork's temperature. If pork chops are thinner, they cook much faster - pork chops are done when they are 145 degrees internally.

If pork chops are not done, keep cooking until they are (cooking time will vary widely based on the thickness of your pork chop, whether or not there is a bone, etc. - so I find it's best to go from temperature instead of time.)

When pork is 145 degrees internally, remove from oven and let rest 5 minutes before serving.

Air Fryer:

Heat air fryer to 400F. Drop in the pork chops, cook about 6 minutes. Flip and cook another 6. Check the temperature to make sure it's 145F or higher.