These delicious Fried Pork Chops in a Lemon Butter Sauce are crispy on the outside and so delicious and tender on the inside! Everyone loves these pan fried pork loins that are so flavorful and simple.
Favorite Pan Fried Pork Chops
You guys – I am so excited to share this tried and true recipe with you today. When it comes to meat, chicken is my go-to. Having said that, many of the people in my family LOVE pork chops. In fact, it’s my mom’s favorite. I’ve grown to love it over the years, but especially fell in love with today’s fried pork chops because they were so easy and delicious.
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Being in a lemon butter sauce and fried may have helped to make them so tasty, but I’m pretty much convinced that this dish could make a pork chop lover out of anybody. They were SO INCREDIBLY good and are my new favorite! These pork loins were crunchy on the outside, super tender and juicy on the inside, so flavorful, and made in a pan. You’ve got to try it for yourself!
How to Fry Pork Chops
In the past we’ve made Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Baked Pork Chops, but hadn’t tried breading and frying them. Although, I love all versions of pork, this recipe is my new favorite way to prepare pork chops. In fact, we decided they tasted like something you’d be served at a fancy restaurant! Here is what you’ll need to do to fry the pork loins.
- Season pork chops with salt and pepper.
- Add flour to a shallow dish. Add eggs and water to another shallow dish. Add bread crumbs and cheese to a third shallow dish.
- Heat oil in large skillet over med-high heat until shimmering.
- Prepare each pork chop while oil is heating up. Dredge chops in flour, then egg mixture then bread crumb/cheese mixture.
- Add pork chops to oil and cook for 5 minutes on each side (or until golden brown). Remove from pan and place on paper-towel lined plate.
From there you make the lemon butter sauce which enhances all the flavor. You can also fry the pork chops without breading them, but the breading is what helps make them so crispy and delicious.
Lemon Butter Sauce
Now that you know how to fry the chops, you just have to make the sauce to go with it. Here is what you need to do to make it.
- Clean out skillet and add ½ cup chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add lemon slices and let liquid reduce by half. Turn heat to low and add the remaining broth along with butter.
- Add chops back to the pan and coat in the sauce cooking an additional 5 minutes or until fully cooked through. Serve warm.
We served our meat over a bed of greens and drizzled some of the sauce over the whole plate. The result was amazing, and we hope you’ll agree!
We are so excited to have another great way to prepare pork chops. And even though this particular recipe may require a few more steps, they’re simple and are well worth it because they give the dish so much crunch! 😉
For more great pork recipes, check out:
- Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops
- Loaded Pulled Pork Cups
- BBQ Pork Chops
- Slow Cooker Kalua Pork
- Smothered Pork Chops
- Ranch Pork Chops
Fried Pork Chop Recipe
These delicious Fried Pork Chops in a Lemon Butter Sauce are crispy on the outside and so delicious and tender on the inside! Everyone loves these pan fried pork loins that are so flavorful and simple.
Ingredients
- 4 thinly sliced center cut pork loin chops
- Salt and pepper, to liking
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 to 2 large eggs, beaten with 1 tbsp water
- 1 cup unseasoned Panko breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
- 1-2 tbsp oil for frying
Lemon Butter Sauce
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 lemon sliced
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter room temp
Instructions
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Season pork chops with salt and pepper.
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Add flour to a shallow dish. Add eggs and water to another shallow dish. Add bread crumbs and cheese to a third shallow dish.
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Heat oil in large skillet over med-high heat until shimmering.
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Prepare each pork chop while oil is heating up. Dredge chops in flour, then egg mixture then bread crumb/cheese mixture.
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Add pork chops to oil and cook for 5 minutes on each side (or until golden brown). Remove from pan and place on paper-towel lined plate.
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Clean out skillet and add ½ cup chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add lemon slices and let liquid reduce by half. Turn heat to low and add the remaining broth along with butter.
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Add chops back to the pan and coat in the sauce cooking an additional 5 minutes or until fully cooked through. Serve warm. ENJOY!
Adapted from Renee’s Kitchen Adventures
This recipe is really good. Thanks for sharing this. I would try it out this weekend.
I’d love to know what you think 🙂 Thanks so much & I hope you like it!
This delicious. I can’t wait to try this recipe. I will try tomorrow. Thank Kristyn!
Perfect, thank you!! I’d love to know what you think 🙂
I love pork chops! I haven’t tried a recipe like this one, though! We’re having friends over for dinner this Saturday and I hadn’t decided on a menu, but now I have! This is going to be great with some mashed potatoes!
Oh, it sure would! I hope they are a hit! Good luck and thank you!
This was delicious & very easy to make. I love pork chops, my sister hates pork chops. All she can remember was the way our mother made them( it wasn’t good). Can’t wait to send her the link to this. Thanks for a great recipe.
I’d love to know what she thinks 🙂 They weren’t always my favorite, but finding good recipes help 🙂 Now, I really like them! Thank you!!
I,m looking for your pumpkin cake receipt
Do you know which one? I have a few different ones, but I am leaving a link to pumpkin cake recipes. Hope you find it! https://lilluna.com/?s=pumpkin+cake
I LOVE THIS WEBSITE, PRINTED OUT 2 PORK CHOPS RECIPES.
CANT WAIT TO GET SOME PORK CHOPS AND TRY THESE.
Awe, thank you so much! Let me know what you think of the pork chops!
I just made. I followed your recipe to the dot. It came out Amazing!!! We have them for dinner right now. The pork chops are exactly as descrbed, crispy on outside and juicy and succulent on the inside. Perfect dinner, with roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, carrots and fresh tomatoes. Delicious. Thank you!
Sounds wonderful! I am so glad you like them! Thank you so much!
Wow, Great recipe. Lovely and fabulous. I will make once and Send you some images which I will make… Otherwise If missed anything then I will tell you to teach me again…. And I will read once again…
Good luck!! I hope you like them!
These pork chops were incredible!! the panko makes them so crispy & that lemon sauce was so good. It was the perfect amount of lemon. I also loved how they don’t take long to make, which makes my family happy!
Pork chops are a favorite in our home. these cook up quick and the lemon sauce Puts these over the top!
I hope you will & hope you like it!