These easy to make Marinated Grilled Pork Chops are perfectly savory with just a touch of sweetness! Whether grilled, broiled, baked or pan seared, your pork chops will turn out tender and juicy with a robust, hearty flavor!
Easy marinated grilled pork chops are a terrific part of a great family dinner!
Marinated Grilled Pork Chops Recipe
It's grilling season and I'm loving all of my fantastic and flavorful meat dishes that I've been working on so far this summer! Since summertime always feels so short lived here in my cold home state of Minnesota, I figured I better enjoy it while I can!
Pork chops are one of the meats that I like to use a marinade with when grilling, as it helps the lean meat retain its juices when cooked. This is one of my favorite marinades to use on pork chops!
The combination of flavors in my marinade are just right! Some mustard, that always works well with pork, and a touch of Worcestershire sauce along with brown sugar and soy sauce to make the flavor of my grilled pork chops really 'pop'!
How To Make Marinated Grilled Pork Chops
Start out by trimming any fat in excess of about ¼ inch from your pork chops. Gather your marinade ingredients and a large ziploc plastic storage bag.
Pork Chop Marinade
Combine the marinade ingredients in the ziploc bag, including: soy sauce, brown sugar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, finely minced or crushed garlic, onion powder and pepper. Squeeze the bag to combine the ingredients.
Add the pork chops into your bag of marinade, then seal, pushing out as much air as possible from the bag. Massage the contents of the bag some more to thoroughly coat your pork chops, then place in the refrigerator for at least one hour. *A quick 15 minute marinate time can work in a pinch, but does not allow the pork chops enough time to really take on the marinade flavor.
When ready to grill the pork chops, remove the marinating pork chops from the refrigerator and allow them to come to room temperature for about 30 minutes. Heat your grill and coat with olive oil before cooking the pork chops.
Place the marinated pork chops onto your oiled and heated grill, and discard the remaining marinade. Cook the pork chops over medium heat for 4 - 5 minutes per side, or until the pork has reached your desired level of doneness.
Bone-in pork chops will typically cook a bit faster than boneless pork chops, and of course, thinner pork chops cook faster as well. The pork chops shown here are boneless pork chops that were roughly 1 - 1 ¼ inch in thickness.
Pork chops are cooked to medium rare when the internal temperature reads 145ºF ( 63ºC ) on your digital meat thermometer, and this is the minimum temperature for safely consuming pork.
The pork is cooked to medium when it has an internal temperature of 160ºF ( 71ºC ) as read by a digital meat thermometer. Remove the pork from your grill when done, and allow the grilled pork chops to rest for 3 -4 minutes before serving.
Serve your perfectly grilled pork chops with creamy garlic red skin mashed potatoes, skillet brown sugar glazed carrots, or a side salad for a terrific family meal!
Marinated Grilled Pork Chops
Ingredients
- 4 8 oz pork chops (1 to 1.25 inch thick cut pork chops)
- 1 Tbsp olive oil (extra virgin)
Pork Chop Marinade
- ¼ cup soy sauce (regular, not low-sodium or dark soy sauce)
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp olive oil (extra virgin)
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ½ Tbsp garlic (finely minced or crushed)
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp pepper
Instructions
- In a large ziploc or plastic food storage bag, combine the marinade ingredients (soy sauce, brown sugar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, onion powder, and pepper) by squeezing the bag contents.
- Place all of the pork chops into the bag of marinade and squeeze the excess air from the bag. Massage the bag of marinade to thoroughly coat the pork chops. Refrigerate for at least one hour. *A quick 15 minute marinade time can work, but the pork does not get fully flavored in this short time.
- Remove the marinated pork chops from the refrigerator and allow them to warm to room temperature for about 30 minutes. Use the olive oil to brush onto your grill once heated.
- Transfer the marinated pork chops to your oiled and heated grill, discard the remaining marinade. Cook the pork chops over medium heat for 4-5 minutes per side, or until the meat reaches your desired level of doneness. *145 degrees F (63 degrees C) for medium rare, and 160 degrees F (71 degrees C) for medium, as read by a digital meat thermometer.
- Remove from the grill when the pork chops have reached your level of doneness, then allow the pork chops to rest for 3-4 minutes before serving.
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Angela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma's kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love!
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