Baked Pork Chops with Blue Cheese Crust

A plate with a blue cheese crusted pork chop, green beans, and toasted bread.

Baked Pork Chops with Blue Cheese Crust

These Baked Pork Chops are easy, cheesy, and ready in 20 minutes - a quick weeknight dinner with bold flavor and minimal cleanup!

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Resting time 5

Total Time 20

Servings

Calories 603kcal

Author Kylee Ayotte

Ingredients

2 large pork chops
1 cup soft bread crumbs this is fresh bread, shredded into crumbs
1/2 cup blue cheese crumbled
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/4 cracked pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon parsley or green onions - finely chopped

Instructions

Get prepped

Finely chop the parsley or green onions. Crumble the blue cheese. Measure out all ingredients.

Make the topping

In a small bowl, stir together breadcrumbs, blue cheese, parsley or green onions, seasoned salt, and cracked black pepper.
1 cup soft bread crumbs, 1/2 cup blue cheese, 1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt, 1/4 cracked pepper, 1 tablespoon parsley
Add the olive oil and mix until the mixture has a stuffing-like consistency. Set aside.
1 tablespoon olive oil

Prepare the pork chops

Season both sides of the pork chops with salt and pepper.
2 large pork chops
Press the crumb mixture evenly over the top of each pork chop, gently patting it down to adhere.

Cook the pork chops

Preheat the oven to 400°F and add olive oil to an oven-safe skillet.
Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 145°F.

Optional

Switch the oven to broil and cook for a couple of minutes until the topping is golden brown and the cheese starts to melt. Watch carefully to avoid burning!
Remove from the oven and let the pork chops rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

If your pork chops are extra thick, you may need to bake them a few minutes longer.
Broil carefully – the topping can burn quickly!
Let the pork chops rest before cutting to keep them juicy.

Pork chops. Boneless pork chops that are about an inch thick cook fastest. Thicker chops, and bone-in chops will take longer to cook, and extra few minutes.

Topping. Add some grated parmesan cheese to the bread crumb topping for an extra kick of cheesy flavor.

Skillet. If you don't have an oven proof skillet, no problem. Just pan fry in a regular skillet, then transfer the chops to a baking dish or baking sheet before putting in the oven.

What temperature to cook Pork?

Pork chops should be cooked to 145 degrees F when tested with a digital thermometer in the thickest part.

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