Pork Chops in the Oven

Imagine a rainy day and you're on a day off from work. If you like cooking, here's what you can do. Bake pork chops in the oven with corn or mushrooms to top them and serve them steaming with bread or rice. You can enjoy pork chops for absolutely any meal in the day. There are a number of recipes for pork chop appetizers as well as lunch and dinner. You can have pork chops in salads as well. The smell of roasted pork chops with tomatoes and garlic is very intoxicating for many foodies like me. If you've never tried to cook these amazingly juicy pork chops in the oven, here's a chance to do so, with these mouth-watering recipes for pork chops.

Variant Recipes for Cooking Pork Chops in the Oven

The reason pork chops in the oven are so easy to cook is because of the time needed for them to cook. Pork being a type of red meat, it is a common understanding that it takes time to cook well and you need to heat it for a long time to do so. On the contrary, pork chops in the oven cooking time is not more than 40 to 45 minutes and hence the oven is preferred to cook them. You can enjoy many recipes for making pork chops in the oven as they are healthy and tasty. Given below are some such tempting recipes which you will want to try, so take a look.

Pork Chops on the Grill
Ingredients

• 8 pork chops
• 1 small chopped onion
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• ½ cup water
• 1 cup chili sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons vinegar
• ¼ teaspoon dry mustard
• 3 drops hot pepper sauce
• Salt and Pepper

Directions
To start with grilling pork chops on the grill, take a large skillet and keep it over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and then the pork chops to brown them on both the sides equally. In a mixing bowl, add the chopped onions, water, vegetable oil, vinegar, chili sauce, mustard, brown sugar, hot pepper sauce and vegetable oil and mix it thoroughly. Then pour this along with salt and pepper onto the pork chops kept in a casserole and cover it and roast it in a preheated oven at 350º F for about 40 minutes. Then uncover it and do the same for another 10 minutes. Serve them with some coriander leaves and mushrooms.

Oven-fried Pork Chops
Ingredients

• 8 pork chops
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 beaten egg
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup dry bread crumbs or stuffing mix
• Salt and Pepper

Directions
Preheat your oven to about 425º F and pour the melted butter into the baking pan. In another sauce pan, add the egg, milk, bread stuffing and salt and pepper to mix it well. Dip the pork chops into this mix and place them in the baking dish. Fry the pork chops in the oven for 10 minutes and then turn them over to fry them again for 10 minutes. Do this till you see the juices run clearly through the chops and then serve them hot and crispy either with a dip or just ketchup. More on boneless pork chop recipes.

Roasted Pork Chops
Ingredients

• 8 pork chops
• 7 large potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 3 chopped ripe tomatoes
• 2 green bell peppers, chopped
• 5 cloves garlic chopped
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 cup water
• Salt and pepper

Directions
Preheat the oven to 480º F while you prepare the topping for the pork chops. In a large sauce pan, place the pork chops and the potatoes and sprinkle it with salt and pepper. Add the tomatoes, bell pepper and garlic to this layer and then pour the olive oil over the pork chops. Then add the water to make the liquid layer about 1 inch higher. Roast the pork chops in the oven till the water comes down to boiling and then reduce the heat of the oven. Cook these chops till the potatoes become slightly brown and soft. Turn the chops over and cook them for another 20 minutes till they are well tender and juicy. Serve them just as they are, steaming and delicious.

With these lip smacking recipes for pork chops in the oven I am sure you want to start cooking right away, so go along and serve these finger licking pork chops in the best ways that you can.