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!
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 16ounces pork chops, trimmed of fat (approx. 12oz)
- 1⁄4teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 3teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
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- 1⁄3cup reduced-sugar orange juice
- 1⁄2cup reduced-sugar barbecue sauce
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DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Season pork chops lightly with salt and pepper.
- Heat 2 tsp of oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the pork chops to pan.
- Cook until they are lightly brown (1 to 2 minutes per side). Transfer to a plate (or anywhere but your frying pan).
- 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).
- Add orange juice and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated (about 1 minute). Stir in barbecue sauce.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the pork chops are not pink in the middle.
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