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Easy Salt & Pepper Pork Chops Recipe for Dinner

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This Salt & Pepper Pork Cutlets Pork might be my favorite pork recipe ever, and that’s saying a lot! This meal is so simple and delicious that you’ll want to put it on your menu every week.

Easy Salt & Pepper Pork Chops Recipe for Dinner

Prep Time: 8 Hours, marinade
Cook Time:
10 Minutes
Total Time:
8 Hours, 10 Minutes
Servings:
4 – 6 servings

Like many small families, we eat a lot of chicken and pork. I am always having to come up with new and different ways to cook. I do like to be creative in the kitchen. This recipe should not be confused with the Salt and pepper Pork dinner that you find at most Asian restaurants.

This recipe is much different. I just couldn’t come up with a common name for it. So it became known in our household as Salt and pepper Pork Tenderloin. Often I purchase a whole pork tenderloin because it is on sale and much cheaper than the in-store cut versions.

What you can get with a whole tenderloin. You can carve out many meals for your family. I typically come home from shopping and start dividing my tenderloin. I usually get two roasts, 4 center-cut pork chop meals & 1 pork cutlet meal. That is a lot for one family of four. Buying bulk helps with simple weeknight dinner solutions.

I know that this simple dish will become an instant hit with your family, friends, and all the wonderful people you do dinner with. For this working mom, it is a great recipe to make quickly. The trick to delicious Salt and Pepper Pork Chops is the brine.  Here is another comfort food recipe to try – Crock Pot Smothered Pork Chops.

Pork Cutlets Marinated in Soy Sauce

Soy Sauces are not all brewed the same. My husband and I shop frequently at our local Asian food market. I honestly feel they offer a better product when it comes to soy sauce.

For this recipe, I used just that. I wish I could tell you the brand. The only thing I know is by the bottle (all written in Chinese). I don’t purchase in-store big-brand soy sauces. They seem to lack flavor and contain a lot more (I mean a ton more) salt than I want.

No one likes to drink cup after cup of water after dinner, let alone having swollen fingers and toes.

Side note: If you test out this recipe using brand-name soy sauce, please be aware that this may taste saltier than my version. 

Ingredients needed for pork chops

Please note that I list a full list of ingredients as well as a printable version of this recipe below. Just scroll down. Guaranteed you will have most of these ingredients on hand and will not have to run out to the grocery store.

  • Pork Tenderloin, cut into cutlets 1 – 2 lbs –or you can use boneless pork chops
  • 1 cup Soy Sauce
  • 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar – can be substituted with brown sugar
  • 1 tsp Onion Powder
  • 1 tsp Basil
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1/2 tsp Coriander
  • 1 tsp Kosher Salt

Simple Brine for Pork Chops

STEP ONE: You will need a one-gallon size sealable bag. Add soy sauce, sugar, water, onion powder, and basil. 

STEP TWO: Seal the bag and mix your brine until the sugar is dissolved. 

STEP THREE: After you add your pork cutlets to your bag, refrigerate and brine for 6 to 8 hours. Now it should be noted that if you brine too long, your pork will be too strong of a taste and too short the opposite. 

STEP FOUR: Once the marinating is complete, prepare the grill. Then in a small bowl mix together your seasonings. Take cutlets out and sprinkle both sides with the kosher salt mixture. Between the brine and the spices, you will have created the perfect balance of flavors.

Don’t forget to sprinkle and say BAMM, like Emeril Lagasse. 

Cook on the grill until the meat is cooked.

Salt & Pepper Pork Cutlets Recipe

If youโ€™re looking for a family pleaser, look no further as this dish is so quick and easy to make and will have your kids asking for more! It’s a perfect meal win for the whole family. Serve alongside with fresh green beans.

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Yield: 4 - 6 servings

Salt & Pepper Pork Tenderloin Cutlets

Pork Cutlets in glass dish

Looking for a great pork dinner recipe idea? This Salt & Pepper Pork Tenderloin Cutlets recipes is easy and delicious.

Prep Time 8 hours 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 8 hours 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • FOR BRINE
  • Pork Cutlets (1 - 2 lbs)
  • 1 cup Soy Sauce
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 tsp Onion Powder
  • 1 tsp Basil
  • SEPARATE BOWL
  • 1 tsp Kosher Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Coriander

Instructions

  1. Cut pork tenderloin into 1-inch cutlets. Mix all ingredients for the brine in a one-gallon sealable bag. Mix together until the sugar is completely dissolved.
  2. Next place cutlets in brine.
  3. You can now refrigerate and brine for 6 to 8 hours. Now it should be noted that if you brine too long your pork will be too strong of a taste and too short the opposite. 
  4. Once marinating is complete, prepare the grill.
  5. Take cutlets out and sprinkle both sides with kosher salt mixture. Cook on grill until meat is cooked.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 433Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 186mgSodium: 2958mgCarbohydrates: 38gFiber: 1gSugar: 18gProtein: 44g

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Eating out is easy, and it usually tastes delicious, but itโ€™s expensive. Making this meal at home will save you money. Add this recipe to your weekly meal plan.

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3 Comments

  1. This recipe sounds really good and Iโ€™m excited about making it for my family, but I work a 9 hour work day plus some time for the commute so I wouldnโ€™t be able to do the marinade time correctly. I see you say itโ€™s too salty if itโ€™s brined too long, but is there a minimum amount of time you could bring it and have it still come out good? Or can I bring it overnight and then remove from brine and store in the fridge until I get home from work?
    Also, are you able to post a picture of the soy sauce brand you use? We a couple blocks from our local Asian grocery and I often buy our soy sauce there because itโ€™s definitely better than a major western chain grocery, store. Plus thereโ€™s a variety of types of soy sauces.

    1. Hi Julian,
      I think that is a great idea to brine overnight and remove it in the morning. Sometimes you just have to improvise. I would say the minium amount of time would be six hours. I have tried doing it for a few hours and it was good, but the flavoring was not as strong. The soy sauce we use has a yellow label and the brand is KIM VE WONG with no preservatives. That is fantastic that you live so close to an Asian supermarket we have to drive 30 minutes to get to ours.

      Please let me know how it turns out for you. Can’t wait to hear.

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