These Greek Baked Pork Chops with Potatoes are a comforting, unfussy oven dish that's a staple in a Greek home. It features beautifully roasted pork chops baked over mellowly soft potato wedges. A delicious dinner loaded with Mediterranean flavors of lemon, garlic, marjoram, and thyme!
Types of dishes like these, Baked Pork Chops and Potatoes, are Greeks' favorites. A few great and very flavorful examples include: Baked Greek Chicken and Potatoes, Baked Pork Belly Slices with Potatoes, and Baked Greek Burgers (beef patties) and Potatoes.
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The base of this dish is a generous layer of potato wedges, spread snugly in the pan. They're drizzled with white wine, olive oil, and sprinkled with marjoram, thyme, and bits of garlic.
On top go the bone-in pork chops, which have been marinated for about 20 minutes at room temperature. The pork chops are marinated with a simple mix of marjoram, thyme, coarse sea salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
Baking Pork Chops with Potatoes
Baking pork chops and potatoes in one pan saves time and effort. Plus, the potatoes become even more delicious as they absorb all the meat juices.
A good amount of olive oil is always added as well to turn the potatoes really soft and mellow. Just like in the classic Greek Lemon Potatoes recipe.
How Long To Bake?
How long to bake pork chops in the oven depends on their thickness and whether they're bone-in. See the tables below for cooking times according to thickness.
| Bone-In Pork Chops | Baking Time at 200°C / 392°F: |
| 2½ cm (1-inch) thick | 30 minutes |
| 3-4 cm (1¼-1½ inches) thick | 35-40 minutes |
| Boneless Pork Chops | Baking Time at 200°C / 392°F: |
| 2½ cm (1-inch) thick | 25 minutes |
| 3-4 cm (1¼-1½ inches) thick | 25-30 minutes |
Tips For Juicy Baked Pork Chops
- For juicy pork chops, first don't overcook them. You can use an instant-read thermometer and take them out of the oven when they reach 63°C (145°F).
- You can give the potatoes a head start by cooking them for 15-20 minutes before adding the pork chops.
- Another great way to make juicy baked pork chops is to brine them first. Make a brine with 100 grams of sea salt and 1 liter of water. Soak the pork chops for 1 hour or up to 12 hours in the fridge. Skip adding salt to the marinade afterward.
- Always let meat (any type) come to room temperature before cooking. So let pork chops marinate at room temperature for at least 20 minutes and up to 1 hour.
Serve these delicious baked pork chops with a refreshing Greek Salad, or a Cleansing Green Salad (what we usually serve with meat in Greece). Or a traditional Greek Dip like Tzatziki, Whipped Feta Dip (Tirokafteri), or even this Easy Eggplant Dip.
Recipe
Baked Pork Chops And Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 bone-in pork chops 2½ cm (1-inch) thick
- 800 (1.7 pounds) potatoes peeled
- 6 large garlic cloves
- 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons dried marjoram or dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 60 ml (¼ cup) white wine
- coarse sea salt
- ground pepper
Instructions
- Prepare the pork chops. Season the pork chops with coarse sea salt, ground pepper, 1 tablespoon dried marjoram, 1 teaspoon of thyme, and the garlic powder.
- Marinate the pork chops at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C / 390°F.
- Cut the potatoes into thin wedges and add them to a baking dish or baking pan that fits them in a single layer.
- Pour in the wine and season with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon of marjoram and 1 teaspoon of thyme.
- Cut the garlic cloves in half and toss them in the pan here and there.
- Add the pork chops on top of the potatoes.
- Drizzle with fresh lemon juice all over on top.
- Cover the pan with parchment paper and aluminum foil.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes. (Please see the baking time tables in the post above.)
- Uncover the pan and drizzle the pork chops with olive oil.
- Broil the pork chops for 10-15 minutes, flipping them once halfway through (you can also baste them when you flip them to keep them nice and juicy). Alternatively, if your oven doesn't have a broil function, raise the temperature to 230°C (445°F), and cook on the top rack of the oven until the pork chops are nicely roasted.
- Rest for 10 minutes, and you're ready to serve! Note: You can remove the pork chops and let them rest covered while giving the potatoes a final roast for 10 minutes.
- Serve with a Greek salad, a Whipped Feta Dip, or some Tzatziki as a side dish.
Wow, 800, 1.7 pound potatoes is a lot! 😂 This was delicious, and will be making it again today. Thank you for all of the details, the chart for cooking times for bone in vs boneless, and thickness!
They looked like lamb chops not pork chops
VERY, VERY GOOD!
Your teaching of "HOWTO'S makes it understandable and fun!
Thank You !