Need a quick and easy dinner idea? These Lemon Pepper Pork Chops can be made in under 20 minutes. Just add a side vegetable or two, rice, potatoes or a salad and your are good to go!

This easy to make recipe for Lemon Pepper Pork Chops calls for just 6 ingredients and cooks quickly. The sauce is super flavorful. Actual cook time will depend on how thick your pork chops are.

This easy skillet pork chop recipe is actually a prizewinning pork recipe, created by my friend Janet many, many years ago. She won a contest with the Pork Board with it and I have been making it a couple of times a year ever since.

If I was pressed to name my favorite protein, I am pretty sure I would go with pork. It is just so versatile. Pulled Pork, spare ribs, pork tenderloin, pork roasts, pork chops and hello... Bacon!!

Table of Contents

Ingredients

Boneless pork chops (as thick or as thin as you enjoy)
Lemon pepper seasoning
Garlic powder
Butter
Dijon Mustard (I like Grey Poupon Country Dijon best)
Worcestershire sauce

How to Make Skillet Pork Chops

Start by allowing your pork chops to sit at room temperature for 20-30 minutes to allow the chill to come off the meat.
Combine lemon pepper seasoning and garlic powder and mix together, set aside.
Pat your chops dry with paper towels. Season your chops on all sides (yes, even the sides and ends).
Melt 1.5 TBS butter in a skillet or wok. Once melted add the chops, allowing space between each chop, and sauté for a few minutes until browned.
Using tongs, brown the edges and ends of each pork chop them to the raw side.
Add an extra TBS or two of butter when necessary.
As soon as chops are just about cooked through (I remove at 130-135) remove them from pan.
Add into the pan additional butter, mustard and Worcestershire. Stir with a spatula or whisk until combines and bubbly and add chops back in for a few minutes to finish cooking. Remember the temperature of meat continues to rise after you pull it from an oven or pan. Be careful to not overcook.

I hope you enjoy this easy pork chop recipe. It is rich flavor since you are using butter, however it is a low-carb and Keto friendly pork recipe.

Pork Chops Cooking Tips

Use boneless chops (cook time will depend on thickness of chops)
Season the pork chops all-over.
Cook over med-high heat initially and then turn the heat down to medium.
When cooking the pork, use tongs to sear the edges and ends. You'll get greater flavor that way as well as render one of the fat the pork chops may have.
Remember the internal temperature of meat will continue to rise, so pull off of the heat just before they are done to your liking.
Use a digital meat thermometer to help determine doneness. No one enjoys dried out pork.
Allow meat to rest off of the heat for a couple of minutes before cutting into them.

Serving Suggestions

This boneless pork recipe pairs well with Skillet Green Beans, a small salad, roasted or mashed potatoes, crispy smashed potatoes, vegetable of choice or rice.

If you enjoy pork as much as I do, check out my Bacon Jam (which is so stinking good I eat it off a spoon AND its insane on a burger!!), Pork Belly Bites, my super-popular Asian Pork Meatballs (no filler) in a Ginger Honey Glaze or my BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza. There is just something about pulled pork, cheese, BBQ sauce and pizza dough that makes me weak in the knees. (same goes for Pulled Pork French Fries).

See all of my pork recipes here. I have a lot!! See, I wasn't kidding about my love of pork!!

Enjoy! XO Colleen

Nutritional information calculated via a WordPress Plug-in (I am not an RD or Dietitian). Post contains an affiliate link which means if you decide to purchase a recommended item, I may receive a few cents. Recipe originally published November, 2011. Updated with recipe card, photos and text March, 2021.