{"id":4890,"date":"2018-04-26T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2018-04-30T00:56:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T00:56:01","slug":"honey-bbq-pork-chops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/honey-bbq-pork-chops\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey BBQ Pork Chops."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quick weeknight dinner, anyone? I got yer honey bbq pork chops right here! These guys cook up lovely and brown in the pan and then get smothered in a super-quick, sweet and tangy bbq sauce. They have a ton of flavor and stay super juicy inside, and look how shiny and glossy they are! \ud83d\ude0d\u00a0Don’t be intimidated by pan-searing – resign yourself to wiping off the stove afterwards (or, you know, noticing 2 days later that the cleaning fairies have been neglecting their duties, darn them) and try it. I love a crockpot meal now and then, but for speed and flavor, a hot skillet is your friend!<\/p>\n

So: mix up the honey bbq sauce. You want equal parts ketchup and apple cider vinegar, a couple big squeezes of honey, a dollop of molasses for some smoky depth, and a little Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, and smoked paprika (this is the secret ingredient that makes it taste like bbq). If you don’t have molasses, you can sub in brown sugar or more honey (but you’re missing out on my fave Christmas cookie<\/a> and this amazing gingerbread cake<\/a> that I kinda want to make rightthissecond, so I recommend that you make it a pantry staple.) You could also add some hot sauce or cayenne for heat if you like it like dat (my kids Don’t).<\/p>\n

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The pork chops cook pretty quickly in a hot skillet on the stove. I like to turn my pan on low so it starts heating up while I mix up the sauce, and then crank it up to medium-high and add the oil for a minute or two before adding the pork chops. They brown for a couple of minutes on each side – something about the flatness of pork chops helps them get a really nice crust, and that crust = great flavor.<\/p>\n

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Turn the heat down and pour on the sauce. The pork chops will need a few more minutes to cook all the way through, so let the sauce bubble around them. You can spoon sauce over them as they cook, but they don’t really need babysitting if you’re barely preventing your toddler from eating a large pawful of butter off the table #truestory<\/del>\u00a0getting other parts of the meal ready! Just set a timer so you remember to check them after a few minutes.<\/p>\n

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I love cooking pork chops for dinner – they’re fast and economical (I bought a whole pork loin on sale for $1.50 a pound and we sliced it into nice thick chops!), and they’re not chicken (although this sauce would be killer on pan-seared chicken<\/a>, too). I think they’re kinda begging for a side of\u00a0squash casserole<\/a>…and maybe some kind of cornbread<\/a> situation?? But your average baked potato and steam-in-the-bag green beans gets the job done, too.<\/p>\n

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I ended up drizzling the honey bbq sauce over everything on my plate! Gosh, it’s good.<\/p>\nPrint<\/a>

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