Best Baked Pork Chops
Description
These flavorful pork chops are baked in the oven with a sweet and savory sauce of spicy mustard, maple syrup, garlic, chili powder, and red pepper.
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon vegetable oil
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1 small onion, coarsely chopped
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4 pork chops
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3 tablespoons maple syrup
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3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
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4 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
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1 teaspoon red pepper
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1 teaspoon chili powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with oil.
2
Scatter onion evenly into the prepared baking dish; arrange pork chops on top of onion.
3
Stir maple syrup, mustard, garlic, red pepper, chili powder, and salt together in a small bowl; pour evenly over pork chops. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until chops are no longer pink in the center and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), 25 to 30 minutes.