Skinny Baked BBQ Pork Chops

These incredible little pieces of pork will have people thinking you cooked all day, but you can have this dinner wrapped up in a half-hour!

• Ready In: 26 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 4 chops

Ingredients

• 16  ounces  pork chops, trimmed of fat (approx. 12oz)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 3  teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1  medium onion, diced
• 1  tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1⁄3 cup  reduced-sugar  orange juice
• 1⁄2 cup  reduced-sugar barbecue sauce

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Season pork chops lightly with salt and pepper.
3. Heat 2 tsp of oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the pork chops to pan.
4. Cook until they are lightly brown (1 to 2 minutes per side). Transfer to a plate (or anywhere but your frying pan).
5. Add the remaining 1 tsp oil to the pan (same one the pork was in - toss it right in, don't clean the pan). Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until softened (3 to 4 minutes).
6. Add orange juice and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated (about 1 minute). Stir in barbecue sauce.
7. Return the pork chops to the pan, turning several times to coat with the sauce. I just used a fork and rubbed the pork chop around, flipped, and repeat.
8. If you have an oven proof pan - just leave all of the chops in that to bake with the extra sauce. I do not own one of those gems, so I transferred my chops to a baking dish and poured the extra sauce on top.
9. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the pork chops are not pink in the middle.