Pan Fried Pork Chops
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Tender and juicy, Pan Fried Pork Chops with a delicious seasoning. Serve with your favorite sides for a delicious meal.
Pan fried pork chops are a quick and easy dinner recipe that takes less than 30 minutes to prepare and cook. You can use bone-in, boneless, thick-cut, or thin-cut pork chops. The only difference will be the cooking time as thicker pork chops and those with bones in need more time, thinner needs less.
Ingredient notes
- Boneless Pork Chops – This recipe is for boneless pork chops, you’ll need to adjust the timing for different cuts.
- Spices – We use salt, pepper, garlic, onion, parsley, and celery seed. It’s our favorite seasoning for pork chops.
- Sugar – You can leave this out if you’re sugar free, it’s a minimal amount but does add a bit of sweetness.
- Avocado oil – We use oil to pan fry our pork chops and avocado oil is our go to high smoke point oil when cooking.
Step-by-step instructions
For the full ingredient amount and full instructions on how to make pan fried pork chops see the recipe card below.
- Prep the pan, heat the avocado oil in a cast-iron skillet.
- Season the pork chops, mix up the spices with sugar and then season both sides of the pork chops.
- Pan fry the pork chops, cook for about 4-5 minutes per side for a medium-rare to medium pork chop.
- Enjoy!
Recipe tips and variations
- Let the pork chops rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
- The pork chops temperature when fully cooked should be 145 degrees inserted into the center and thickest portion.
- Pork Chops should read Cast iron sears beautifully, it conducts heater better than most pans and will give your pork chops and other cuts of meat a beautiful golden color.
- Don’t move the pork chops before they are seared on each side. Resist the urge to pull them up and check before 5 minutes. If it’s not ready the meat will stick to the pain if not fully seared.
- The full cooking time for pork chops will vary depending on the cut and thickness of your pork chops.
Storage and reheating tips
- Refrigerate: Store any leftovers in an air-tight container in the refrigerator and enjoy within 3-4 days.
- Freeze: To freeze leftover pork chops you’ll want to wrap them in plastic wrap or foil and then place in a freezer safe container. Freeze for up to 2-3 months.
- Reheat: To reheat pork chops you can use your oven or air fryer at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes, oven at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or microwave for 3-4 minutes.
How to serve
We serve as a main course with a starch and vegetable. Our go-to is some mixed vegetables and pasta, rice, or potatoes.
Frequently asked questions
The pork chops are done when they reach 145° F measured in the center, this is the lowest safe point for pork chops. We go to about 155-160 for well-done pork chops.
There’s a fat layer on the outer rim of the pork chops, just scoring into that fat layer should prevent the pork chops from curling up.
When you have a nice hot pan and then add any food to the pan it automatically cools the pan down a bit. Adding too much food and overcrowding a pan can cause the food to steam and then it will not sear properly.
side dishes to serve with pork chops
Pan Fried Pork Chops
Ingredients
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated onion
- 1/2 teaspoon parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
- 2 teaspoons avocado oil
- 4 boneless pork chops about 1 inch thick
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine the spices and sugar and set it aside.
- Pour avocado oil into a cast iron pan over medium-high heat.
- Sprinkle the seasoning mix over the pork chops on both sides.
- Add the pork chops to the cast iron pan without overcrowding and reduce heat to medium.
- Cook 1 inch thick pork chops for about 4-5 minutes on each side.
- Pork Chops are finished when an internal temperature reaches a minimum of 145 degrees F for medium-rare and a maximum temperature of 160 degrees F for well done.
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