The brown sugar and spices rubbed on these brown sugar glazed pork chops recipe turns into a delicious, sweet glaze that is bound to knock your socks off. This is an affordable, easy meal that is perfect for any night of the week.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our brown sugar glazed pork chops, you need the following ingredients:
- 5 boneless pork chops
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Our Brown Sugar Glazed Pork Chops Recipe
- In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper. Rub your sugar/spice mix on both sides of each pork chop, using all of the spice mix.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium/high heat. After the oil is hot, cook the pork chops for about 5 minutes on each side until browned and cooked through.
Serving Suggestions
We recommend serving this recipe with our Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes, Oven Baked Green Beans, or our Mom’s Sweet Potatoes. You can find more classic American recipes here.
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Brown Sugar Glazed Pork Chops Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 boneless pork chops
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 2 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper. Rub your sugar/spice mix on both sides of each pork chop, using all of the spice mix.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium/high heat. After the oil is hot, cook the pork chops for about 5 minutes on each side until browned and cooked through.
Notes
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Looks yummy! I need a few pork chop recipes in my box!
These are super good! I let my pork chops marinate in the fridge all day while I was at work. Then I came home and grilled them!
They were so moist and my daughter asked for a second helping which is rare.
I make this recipe all the time! I love how as long as you have pork chops, you’re good to go because you probably already have the rest of the ingredients in your pantry. =] This is definitely one of my go to meals.
o dear this looks so good!!!
I’m always looking for new pork recipes. Thanks ladies.
This was so easy and yummy! Thanks for sharing the goodness.
Just made this for dinner. PERFECT! Awesome combo of sweet & savory. I used it to season pork shoulder.
Made this for dinner last night and it was so YUMMY!!! My hubby and son loved it too! Thank you for sharing it!
Made this tonight for dinner. Apparently Med/High is too hot on my stove. Just about the time I went to turn my pork chops, I began to smell burning sugar. Turned down the heat to cook the other side. They weren’t ruined, but I’m not sure I got the best flavor. Luckily, the juices from the cooling pork chops thinned the carmelized sugar mixture a bit, so it was easy enough to get them out of the pan and clean up. Might try again with lower heat and thinner chops, so the cooking time will be less.
Would Regular Brown Sugar Work In This Recipe? I Dont Have Light Brown On Hand.
Regular brown sugar will work great!
Made this recipe yesterday. It was a hit! My kids & husband LOVED it!
Well, as a 27 year old divorcee, I ashamed to say that I’m a terrible cook. My mother tried, but this girl here just was not into the cooking when I was a kid. Now that I’m on my own, I have to feed myself since McDonald’s is just too hard on the guts and budget. Lol
This recipe came out wonderful for me. Easy to follow for someone uncomfortable at a stove. I also had the stove a little too high so the sugar started to burn just as I was finishing the chops, but the glaze the sugar made on them was delicious. Sweet, but not too much with the paprika and pepper.
Thank you for sharing this. I’ll be coming back here for more easy to make and learn recipes. New start, new adventure I say!
I am making tonight. Can’t wait!
Yes, you do need to preheat. The original recipe calls for browning the pork chops for 5 minutes each side in a skillet and then baking in an oven at 350° for 15 minutes in the skillet if it’s oven safe or in a baking pan if not. If your skillet is Teflon coated and\or has a plastic handle it isn’t oven safe.
Made these tonight and loved them!! Will definitely keep this recipe as a favorite.
Made these tonight and they were a hit. Very delicious and moist. I let mines marinate for about 6 hours. Will definitely make again.
I didn’t have any paprika, so I used Cayenne Pepper; it was wonderful.
Does it have a lot of flavor?
The rub is a nice sweet glaze when cooked.
I am currently in the process of making the yummy looking pork chops. I can’t stop eating the sugar mixture :,D It’s sooo good! I think next time I will add a little less pepper but I am pretty sure the pepper will cook out a little during the making of the pork chops. So excited for them to be done! 5/5 I will come back and add another comment seeing if my picky little sister like them??!!
So glad you loved the sugar mixture! 🙂 And we hope the family loved the pork chops!
Can you use this recipe with crock pot recipe ??
Can you use bone in pork chops?
Yes, but remember that Bone-in pork chops typically cook a bit faster than boneless chops.
I love this recipe, but didn’t it used to be an oven/sheet pan meal? I’d love those instructions back too! Or even for air fryer/instant pot/slow cooker!
We have similar recipes – and the cook time is probably similar if you want to make it in a sheet pan! Check out our Sheet Pan Italian Pork Chops or Sheet Pan Pork Chops and Potatoes.