Oven Baked Pork Chops with Carrots & Cheese Crust

5 from 7 votes

Oven Baked Pork Chops with Carrots & Cheese Crust

Oven Baked Pork Chops with Carrots & Cheese Crust is a perfect family meal that is easy to prepare, pop in the oven & forget! It gets thumbs up every time!

Course Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine American, British, International

Keyword oven baked pork chops

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 15

Total Time 1 30

Servings servings

Calories 436kcal

Author Jo Allison

Equipment

Ingredients

4 pork loin chops or boneless pork chops any visible fat trimmed
4 carrots peeled and thinly sliced
1 onion peeled and thinly sliced
2 teaspoon (heaped) sweet paprika powder
1 teaspoon (heaped) mixed herbs
4 tablespoon (heaped) mayonnaise
100 g grated cheese mature cheddar works well here
Spring onions to garnish
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon rapeseed or olive oil for the baking dish

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Prepare ovenproof baking dish (roughly 33x23cm/ 13x9inch) by lightly oiling it.
Spread sliced carrots evenly at the bottom of the dish.
Follow by layer of thinly sliced onions.
Sprinkle the veg with paprika and mixed herbs.
Trim the fat of pork loin chops if you wish and give every slice a good bash with rolling pin or meat tenderiser to make it nice and thin. Season each slice with salt and pepper.
Place seasoned steaks over the vegetables.
Spread mayonnaise over the meat in thick and even layer.
Sprinkle grated cheese.
Cover with aluminium foil (or the lid if your baking dish comes with one) and bake at 180°C/350F/Gas Mark 4 for about 1 hour after which take the foil/lid off and bake for another 15 min for the cheese to create nice, brown crust.
Sprinkle with spring onions and serve with your choice of sides.

Notes

Nutritional information is approximate, per serving and should be treated as a guideline only.
Freezer friendly. Freeze baked and cooled dish in freezer safe container. Defrost in the fridge overnight and reheat in the oven (using oven safe dish) or microwave until piping hot.

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