Easy Baked Pork Chops

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.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 350 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 4 pork chops
• 1 small onion, coarsely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
• 1 teaspoon red pepper
• 3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
• 0.5 teaspoon salt

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with oil.

Step 2

Scatter onion evenly into the prepared baking dish. Place pork chops on top of onion.

Step 3

Stir together maple syrup, mustard, garlic, red pepper, chili powder, and salt in a small bowl. Pour evenly over pork chops. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.

Step 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 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), 1 to 1 1/2 hours.