This recipe for the Best Damn Air Fryer Pork Chops is so juicy, tender and delicious, it’s sure to quickly become a favorite air fryer recipe. With a few simple ingredients, and only 12 minutes cook time, these air fryer pork chops are perfect for a tasty dinner any day of the week.
Let me start my saying how much i’m loving my air fryer. I’ve owned a lot of kitchen gadgets over the years and my two favorites are my air fryer and my Instant Pot. And honestly, not far behind is my George Foreman Grill – but that’s a discussion for another day. The thing about an air fryer, is that, well, you’re not really frying in the traditional sense. It’s honestly more like a rapid cook oven/broiler. And there’s plenty of times I don’t want to heat up the house by turning on the regular oven. Besides, for this pork chop recipe I get the best results in the air fryer anyways!
What are the best pork chops for the air fryer?
I’ve found that the very best pork chops for the air fryer are thick, center cut, bone-in chops. I try to get them as thick as possible – somewhere between 1 ½ inches to 2 inches thick. The reason I like the thick chops the best is that with the cooking time required, it’s gives the pork chops a beautiful char on all sides. Thin pork chops will cook too quickly and never get that nice char on them. Thick pork chops require a cooking time of about 12 minutes. And with our rub from this recipe, we get that beautiful char on them that’s delicious!
Make a rub for air fryer pork chops
For this recipe for air fryer pork chops, we will not be breading the pork chops. Rather, we will be making a rub seasoning mix which we are going to very liberally apply to the meat. The rub is very simple too. We’ll use brown sugar, paprika, ground mustard, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. We mix it together and rub it all in to pork chops that have been rinsed, dried, and coated with a little olive oil. Rinsing the pork chops and patting them dry with a paper towel is important so don’t skip that step.
Preheat your air fryer
Preheating your air fryer is an important step! You’ll want to preheat at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Then when it’s ready, cook the pork chops in the air fryer for 12 minutes, flipping them over after 6 minutes.
When the pork chops are done, remove them from the air fryer and place them on a plate and let them rest for a couple of minutes. Then you’re ready to serve and enjoy! There will be a nice juice that will form from the seasonings and the natural juices of the pork. Slice the pork chops in thin slices, and get some of the seasoned juice on each bite. You’re gonna love it!
Best Damn Air Fryer Pork Chops
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 2
Description
Juicy, tender and delicious air fryer pork chops.
Ingredients
- 2 center-cut, bone-in pork chops, 1 ½ – 2 inches thick
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1–2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees for 5 minutes
- Rinse pork chops with cool water and pat dry completely with a paper towel.
- In a small bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients.
- Coat the pork chops with olive oil and rub in the mix. Rub it in well and liberally. Use almost all of the rub mix for the 2 pork chops.
- Cook pork chops in air fryer at 400 degrees for 12 minutes, flipping pork chops over after 6 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 12 min
- Category: Pork chops
- Method: air fryer
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: air fryer, pork chops
Tara Guardado
Excellent! Best pork chops I’ve made! Great recipe!
★★★★★
Carol Eagle
We love the pork chops cooked this wa
Y. I won’t fix them any other way.
★★★★★
Robin
I looked at my husband tonight and said, “I know I promised never to make pork chops again and here we are with pork chops on the menu!” Tried this recipe and we were delighted. Chops were juicy and tasty. I recommend this recipe!
★★★★★
Leslie
These pork chops are FANTASTIC! Thanks!
★★★★★
Terry
Thank You for the Recipe, the Pork chops I made using it were so Good!! Surprisingly tender for a thick pork chop. Usually I cook them in a frying Pan or in my Convection/Toaster oven which takes longer and they turn out dry and tough. These came out perfect and the flavour from the rub was fantastic.
★★★★★
andie coffey
these were the best porkchops. There were no leftovers. I have never left a review on anything on the internet. Thank-you for a great recipe
★★★★★
Nancy
My family raved about these pork chops. The meat was so tender!!
★★★★★
Linda Jackson
These pork chops were SO good! First time I had really used the Air Fryer for cooking other than bacon, pizza, toady, and warm ups, just had not tried cooking. So glad I used this recipe…a keeper for sure.
Wayne Hunsucker
I cooked 2 of these beauties for dinner this evening. Never have I eaten a more tender chop! And, the rub: ohh the rub!!
Excellent!
★★★★★
Claudia
Best Pork Chops I’ve ever made and I’ve been making them for a long time. It’s easy, quick and easy clean up. I’m going to try the pork tenderloin next. Thanks so much for a GREAT recipe
★★★★★
Pam
These are really good! Quick and easy and uses ingredients that are usually on hand. Turned out juicy and tender.
★★★★★