Marinated Pork Chops (Grilled or Baked)

Marinated Pork Chops are juicy and tender with robust flavors like soy sauce, brown sugar, and bourbon. This is sure to be your new favorite marinade recipe - so stinkin' good! Use on any protein including chicken, fish, and beef.

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• You'll ❤️ This Pork Chop Marinade
• 🥘 What You'll Need
• 🔪 How To Make
• 🥗 How To Serve
• 📖 Variations
• 💭 Top Tips
• ❓FAQs
• ✔️ More Pork Recipes
• 📋 Recipe

You'll ❤️ This Pork Chop Marinade

"Whether baking or grilling pork chops, they are easy to dry out. Marinating them adds extra flavor and tenderness. This is my go-to marinade!"

Easy Marinade

Marinated pork chops are super easy! Just throw all the ingredients together into a sealable container along with your protein, and let it marinate for 2 to 24 hours. Grill or bake from there.

Healthy

This marinade is gluten-free, low calorie, lower carb, vegetarian, and adjustments can be made to make it vegan. Check out the how-to-serve section below for some meal ideas!

🥘 What You'll Need

Here are the ingredients you will need to make Marinated pork chops:

Olive Oil

Apple Cider Vinegar

Brown Sugar - use a brown sugar substitute if preferred.

Soy Sauce - you could also use a gluten-free tamari or coconut aminos.

Liquid Smoke - this will give your marinade a great smoky flavor. If you don't have it on hand, you can omit it.

Bourbon - if looking to replace, use additional soy sauce.

Fresh Chives

Garlic

Kosher salt

Ground black pepper

Bone in pork chops - approximately 1 inch thick.

🔪 How To Make

Here are the step-by-step instructions for making Marinated Pork Chops:

Marinade

Add the first 10 ingredients to a small bowl and whisk together. (Set aside 1 tsp salt and half a teaspoon pepper).

Place your pork chops in a shallow dish or a plastic bag. Pour marinade over the top and seal, then refrigerate. Marinate pork chops for a minimum of 2 hours.

Cook

Grill

Remove your pork chops from the refrigerator for about 30 minutes before cooking them on the grill.

Preheat your bbq to medium-high heat (350 to 400 degrees F).

Sprinkle the remaining salt and pepper onto the pork chops.

Cook for about 4 to 5 minutes per side until the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees F.

Bake

You don't have to grill! Here's how to bake pork chops:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place pork chops on a baking sheet coated with nonstick spray. Bake for about 15-20 minutes, or until chops reach 145 degrees F.

Finish

Remove the pork chops from the grill and cover with foil. Let sit for 3 to 5 minutes.

Serve and enjoy!

🥗 How To Serve

Here are a few ways to serve marinated pork chops:

• Meal Idea! Serve pork chops with Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce, and side of Herb Marinated BBQ Vegetables, or a fresh side salad.
• Adjust salt and pepper to your taste preferences.
• Pork goes great with a sweeter BBQ sauce such as Blueberry BBQ Sauce and Peach BBQ Sauce.

📖 Variations

Here are a few ways you can vary or make substitutions to this recipe:

• Add any of your favorite fresh herbs or spices to your marinade as you'd like! I recommend thyme and rosemary.
• If you want more seasoning than just salt and pepper, sprinkle with a little Pork Dry Rub before grilling.
• If you want, you could substitute Worcestershire sauce for the soy sauce if preferred.
• Add spice with some red pepper flakes.
• Replace the bourbon with a different spirit, such as whiskey and rum.
• Use this marinade with any protein - chicken, other cuts of pork, steak, and even fish! If you're vegetarian, you could use it with tofu.

💭 Top Tips

❓FAQs

How To Store

Store your leftovers in the fridge in an air-tight container for up to 3 days.

How To Reheat

From the fridge: reheat your pork chops in the microwave until heated through or in your air fryer until your desired temperature is met.

From the freezer: thaw your pork chops from the freezer in your refrigerator overnight before reheating. Reheat in the microwave or air fryer until heated through, and enjoy!

How To Freeze

Freeze in an airtight container in your freezer for up to 3 months. Remember to date your container to keep track of how long it is in the freezer for the best freshness.

✔️ More Pork Recipes

Pork lovers unite! Here are some more delicious pork dishes to try:

• The Best Baby Back Ribs Recipe - perfect fall-off-the-bone ribs.
• Pork Dry Rub - use this to season any cut of pork! It's also great sprinkled on the baby back ribs above or the slow cooker pulled pork below.
• Ground Pork Stir Fry
• Pork Rind Nachos. The BEST Keto Nachos
• Cordon Bleu Stuffed Pork Loin
• Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork - you can also make this in your Instant Pot!

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