4-Ingredient Oven Baked Pork Chops

Print Pin

4.91 from 20 votes

4-Ingredient Oven Baked Pork Chops

You only need 4 ingredients and about 5 minutes to prepare these flavorful, juicy, and tender baked pork chops.

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword 4 ingredient oven baked pork chops, Baked Pork Chops, easy pork chop recipes with few ingredients

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Resting Time 5

Total Time 25

Servings people

Calories 213.7kcal

Author Blair Lonergan

Ingredients

4 thick-cut boneless pork chops (about 1-inch thick and 6 ounces each)
1 cup Italian salad dressing (I use Ken’s Steak House Lite Northern Italian with Basil and Romano)
½ cup packed light brown sugar
½ cup Dijon mustard
Kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste
Optional garnish: chopped fresh parsley or other herbs

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray a large baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. Pat pork chops dry with a paper towel. Season the pork on both sides with salt and pepper. Place pork chops in prepared baking dish.
In a large measuring cup or bowl, whisk together salad dressing, brown sugar, and Dijon mustard.
Pour the sauce over the pork chops.
Bake uncovered until the pork is slightly pink inside, reaching an internal temperature of at least 145°F – about 20 minutes (use a meat thermometer to make it really easy!). I like to put the pork under the broiler for the final 3-4 minutes so that it gets a bit crispy on the top, but that step is totally optional. Keep a close eye on the pork when it's under the broiler so that it doesn't burn.
Loosely cover the pork with foil and allow it to rest for at least 5-10 minutes. Spoon some of the extra pan sauce over the pork just before serving. Garnish with fresh parsley or other herbs if desired.

Notes

Tip: This is a great freezer meal! Just place the raw pork chops in a large plastic freezer bag, pour the sauce into the bag, and freeze until ready to bake. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight, transfer pork and sauce to a baking dish, and cook according to instructions above.

Cooking Just for Two? Cut the ingredients in half (using just 2 pork chops and half of the sauce), and bake the pork in an 8-inch square dish. The rest of the cooking instructions remain the same.

Nutrition