These pork chops are thick, juicy slathered with a delightfully spicy flavor.
These are perfect every time and the best because they start out in a brine.
That seals in the natural juices and keeps them tender and also for those who prefer nonalcohol substitute apple juice, it's a perfect combination for pork.
Pork chops lovers, beware, these are scrumptious and addicting in flavor and if you're not a huge fan of pork, use chicken.
If you love fried pork chops then you may also like to try our Best Boston Butt Pork in the Slow Cooker and our Best Ever Juicy Fried Pork Chops.
Scroll down and print the recipe, give this one a try, this recipe makes the tastiest pork you will ever eat!
Easy Steps to Making These Perfect Chops
- Brine for 15 minutes
- Mix together barbecue sauce with bourbon
- Season chops
- Pick a cooking method
- Add half the sauce
- Cook to an internal temperature of 145 degrees
- Add remaining sauce after cooking
Cooking Methods
- Air Fried: Set the Air Fried on 400 degrees. Spray the basket baste the top with bourbon barbecue sauce and air fry for 6 minutes then flip add the barbecue sauce on the pork chops and air fry for 6 more minutes. Pork internal temperature should be 145 degrees continue cooking if not done in 2-minute increments
- Pan Fried: Saute the pork on medium heat in a cast-iron skillet add 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Baste the chops with the sauce on top, flip after 7 to 8 minutes and baste the other side. Cook pork to the internal temperature of 145 degrees using a meat thermometer
- Slow Cooker: add the pork with the sauce seasoning and slow cook them 4 to 6 hours on high.
- Grilled: Heat the grill to medium heat sear on both sides for around 2 minutes then lower the heat and finish cooking until the internal temperature is 145 degrees. Add some sauce to the chops around 2 minutes before they are completed cooking. Add remaining sauce
Side Dishes We Love With Bourbon Pork Chops
Ingredients You Will Need
- 4 - thick bone-in pork chops or use chicken or any meat you prefer
- Bourbon any kind
- hot sauce
- your favorite Barbecue Sauce or our Homemade Jack Daniels Sauce
- salt, pepper, granulated garlic powder, and Optional: cayenne pepper for more heat
- water, fresh lemon, and kosher salt
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If you have a pork chop lover in your home this is a versatile recipe you can adapt easily.
Change the ingredients easily to non-heat lovers and just omit the hot sauce and cayenne pepper and for the bourbon substitute apple juice.
Either way, the pork will be a super juicy and tender, wonderfully delicious addition to your pork recipes.
Yield: 5
Baked Spicy Bourbon Pork Chops
Here is a spicy pork chop for those who love a little heat and with some added bourbon the flavors are outstanding with 4 cooking methods!
Prep time: 30 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 1 Hour
Ingredients
- 5 or 6 Pork Chops ( around 1 -1/2 inch thick bone-in or out doesn't matter) or use chicken
- Brine
- 1-quart warm water
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 lemon sliced and seeds removed
- Glaze for Chops
- 1/3 cup your favorite Bourbon
- 3/4 cup your favorite Barbecue Sauce or use our
- Jack Daniels Homemade Barbecue Sauce
- 4 tablespoons hot sauce of any kind
- 1/4 teaspoon each salt, oregano, granulated garlic powder
- cayenne pepper is optional to taste
Instructions
- Brine Instructions:
- Place the chops in a zip lock bag with the mixture of water, salt, and lemon for around 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix the glaze together.
- Choose your cooking method see below at the end.
- Drain the brine.
- Place the chops on a parchment-lined baking pan
- Season with salt, oregano granulated garlic evenly on each one.
- Using just 1/2 cup of the mixture of glaze, add to each chop.
- Bake for around 30 minutes or until the internal temperature is 145 degrees inside.
- Air Fried: Set the Air Fried on 400 degrees. Spray the basket baste the top with bourbon barbecue sauce and air fry for 6 minutes then flip add the barbecue sauce on the pork chops and air fry for 6 more minutes. Pork internal temperature should be 145 degrees continue cooking if not done in 2-minute increments
- Pan Fried: Saute the pork on medium heat in a cast-iron skillet with 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Baste the chops with the sauce on top, flip after 7 to 8 minutes and baste the other side. Cook pork to the internal temperature of 145 degrees using a meat thermometer
- Slow Cooker: add the pork with the sauce seasoning and slow cook them 4 to 6 hours on high.
- Grilled: Heat the grill to medium heat sear on both sides for around 2 minutes then lower the heat and finish cooking until the internal temperature is 145 degrees. Add some sauce to the chops around 2 minutes before they are completed cooking. Add remaining sauce on the side.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
560.16Fat (grams)
21.38Sat. Fat (grams)
6.71Carbs (grams)
28.47Fiber (grams)
1.24Net carbs
27.23Sugar (grams)
22.52Protein (grams)
49.18Sodium (milligrams)
1482.14Cholesterol (grams)
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