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The Best Skillet Pork Chops Recipe
I love all kinds of pork chops such as baked pork chops and Instant Pot pork chops.
This garlic butter pork chops recipe cooks on a skillet, with simple ingredients of garlic butter sauce, thyme, salt and pepper.
It’s so easy, quick and takes less than 20 minutes from start to finish, and the end result is juicy, tender and absolutely delicious!
This main dish is a great dinner entrée for busy weeknights and best with side dishes.
I used bone in pork chops for this garlic butter pork chops recipe. You can also use boneless but the bone adds so much extra flavors.
This recipe calls for only a few simple ingredients and it’s important to buy good quality pork chops for tender, juicy, moist and flavorful results.
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Ingredients for This Recipe
- Unsalted butter.
- Minced garlic.
- Herb such as thyme or rosemary.
- Salt and ground black pepper.
- Lemon wedges.
Bone-in or Boneless?
I love bone-in pork rib chops or center cut as the fat and bone marrow infuse the dish with extra flavors, making the chops juicier. It’s also cheaper in price.
You may use boneless chops if you want leaner meat as the fat has been removed. The end result will be drier and less juicy.
how to Cook Pork Chops?
To make pan fried pork chops, you can use a skillet and cook on the stove.
It’s an easy dinner that takes 15 minutes to make!
Start out by adding cooking oil and butter to a skillet and then pan-sear the pork until each side turns golden brown. Add the garlic, thyme, salt and black pepper for seasoning and dinner is done.
What Tastes Good with Pork Chop Recipes?
Side dishes goes well with pork, for examples:
- Roasted carrots
- Mashed potatoes
- Roasted potatoes
- Sauteed asparagus
- Sauteed mushrooms
- Roasted cauliflowers
Pork Chop Calories per Serving
This pork chop recipe is low in calories and healthy; it’s 663 calories per serving.
What to Serve with This Recipe?
Serve this dish with pasta or rice. For a healthy meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
For a healthy meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
How to Make Pork Chops?
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Garlic Butter Pork Chops (The Best!)
Ingredients
- 1 lb. bone-in pork chops
- Coarse salt
- ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted)
- 3 sprigs thyme
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 pinch salt
- Lemon wedges
Instructions
- Season both sides of the pork chops with salt and ground black pepper.
- Heat up a skillet on medium-high heat. Add the cooking oil, melted butter and thyme. Pan sear and cook the pork chops for about 3 minutes on each side, or until the surface turns light golden brown.
- Add the garlic to the skillet. Continue to flip the pork chops around and saute the garlic until light brown. Add a pinch of salt. Remove the pork chops from heat and serve immediately with lemon wedges.
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Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
This was delicious. I served it with cauliflower rice and grilled zucchini. A wonderful, flavorful meal.
Awesome!
Thanks for all your wonderful recipes! Trying this one this weekend!
How to make the pork chop tender?
Just follow my recipe.
Very, very good! I was looking for a different recipe and came across this. We had boneless pork chops, and as good as these were, I really want to try the bone-in chops now because the boneless were slightly dry, albeit very flavorful. However, my 12 yr old daughter thought of something that I never would have. She took one bite, got some honey, and drizzled it over the pork chop. It gave the pork an extra level of flavor and was even more delicious!
Hi Raquel, that’s awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience. You should try this recipe if you guys like honey: https://rasamalaysia.com/honey-garlic-pork-chops/
Thank you! We will try this soon. It looks delicious
Awesome!
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This recipe is so good! I replaced thyme with rosemary and its good. Received praises for this dish. White pepper works well too.
Thanks for this recipe!
Hi Sue-Ann, yes, all my recipes are good. Awesome that you loved it, please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Just made this and I got to say this is the bomb. Quick and so tasty.
Hi James, thanks for your comment. Please try more recipes on my site, they are all quick and delicious! https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Fresh thyme is not available in the Philippines. Whats a good substitute? Can we use dried thyme?
You can use rosemary, Italian parsley or parsley. Dry is fine, too.
Pork chop is usually dry without braising
This recipe is not dry. Please try.
Bee we have normally cooked pork chops with or without a ring of pineapple in an oven bag.
Believe me, this method takes the cake!… Soooo yummy
Hi Duncan, thanks for your sweet comment. I am so happy to hear that but pineapple sounds very good though. :) Anyway, please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Would the taste change if thyme leaves are substitued with bay leaves
Yes, it will have the taste of bay leaves instead of thyme.