Oven Baked Honey Barbecue Pork Chops | Made with a homemade honey barbecue sauce

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade barbecue sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + vinegar + spices

Homemade sauce can be lower in sugar and preservatives.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index.

Clean the pork chops by rinsing them off with cold water in a strainer.

Place the pork chops onto flexible chopping boards.

Season one side of the pork chops with 1/8 teaspoon of salt, black pepper, Tony Sacher's creole seasoning, Chef Paul Padome's portrait magic, granulated onion, and granulated garlic.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of hickory liquid smoke and 1/2 teaspoon of mosquite liquid smoke to the seasoned side.

Rub the seasonings and liquid smoke into the pork chops with fingers.

Flip the pork chops over and repeat the seasoning process on the opposite side.

Place the seasoned pork chops into a large or medium-sized bowl and cover with a lid.

Let the pork chops marinate for 4 hours or overnight.

In a medium-sized glass bowl, prepare the honey barbecue sauce by combining 6 oz of tomato paste, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, 1/2 tablespoon of mosquite liquid smoke, 1/2 tablespoon of hickory liquid smoke, 2 tablespoons of molasses, 3 tablespoons of honey, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of Tony Sacher's creole seasoning.

Whisk the ingredients together until combined, starting slow and increasing speed as it comes together.

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Add the marinated pork chops into an 11x17 inch baking pan, ensuring enough room for all chops.

Add 2 tablespoons of cubed salted butter underneath and around the pork chops in the baking pan.

Bake the pork chops in the preheated 350°F oven on the bottom rack for 40 minutes.

After 40 minutes, remove the pork chops from the oven and let them cool for 5 minutes.

Line an 11x7 inch baking pan with aluminum foil.

Transfer the cooked pork chops to the lined baking pan.

Set the oven broiler to high.

Brush or dab the honey barbecue sauce onto one side of the pork chops using a pastry brush.

Flip the pork chops over and brush or dab the barbecue sauce onto the opposite side.

Place the pork chops into the broiler for 1 to 2 minutes.

Remove the pork chops from the broiler and flip them over again, brushing or dabbing more barbecue sauce onto each pork chop.

Return the pork chops to the broiler for another 1 to 2 minutes.

Remove the pork chops from the broiler and let them cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

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