Easy Honey Garlic Pork Chops Recipe
Easy Honey Garlic Pork Chops made simple, with the most amazing and addictive 4-ingredient honey garlic sauce that is so good you’ll want it on everything! Quick and easy to make, your new family favourite pork recipe is here!
Prep: 10min
Total: 22min
Yield: 4
Serving Size: 1 serving
Nutrition Facts: calories 332 kcal, Carbohydrate 15 g, Protein 29 g, Fat 12 g, Saturated Fat 5 g, Cholesterol 104 mg, Sodium 68 mg, Sugar 14 g, servingSize 1 serving
Ingredients:
- 4 pork chops (bone in or out)
- Salt and pepper, (to season)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 6 cloves garlic, (minced)
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup water ((or chicken broth))
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar ((or apple cider vinegar, or any white vinegar))
Instruction:
- Preheat oven broiler (or grill) on medium-high heat. Season chops with salt, pepper and garlic powder just before cooking.
- Heat oil in a pan or skillet over medium high heat until hot. Sear chops on both sides until golden and cooked through (about 4-5 minutes each side). Transfer to a plate; set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium. Melt butter in the same pan, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Sauté garlic until fragrant (about 30 seconds). Add the honey, water and vinegar. Increase heat to medium-high and continue to cook until the sauce reduces down and thickens slightly (about 3-4 minutes), while stirring occasionally.
- Add pork back into the pan, baste generously with the sauce and broil/grill for 1-2 minutes, or until edges are slightly charred.
- Garnish with parsley and serve over vegetables, rice, pasta or with a salad.
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FAQ
How do you make pork soft and tender?
Direct heat, where food is placed directly over the heat source, is ideal for small cuts like kabobs, tenderloin, burgers and chops. Indirect heat, where food is placed on the grill rack away from the coals or gas burners, is good for large cuts like loin roasts, ribs, shoulder and fresh ham.
What is best for cooking pork?
Milk is more effective in tenderizing meat than other marinades. The milk enzymes break the proteins, softening the fibers and making the meat more tender. And the milk-tenderized pork chops will remain juicier, and the risk of them drying out during cooking will reduce.
What tenderizes pork the best?
Salt and pepper is always a go-to option, but try one of the options below too.
- Chinese five spice. Pork and Chinese five spice were made for each other. …
- Cinnamon. Cinnamon – perhaps one of the most-used spices in the world – is an amazing tool to enhance other flavours. …
- Cumin. …
- Chilli. …
- Garlic.
