Just like with all meat dishes, there are a variety of ways to cook up pork chops. You can grill them, bake them, pan-sear them, or even pop them in an instant pot or slow cooker, depending on how soon you want to eat. It doesn’t matter how you prepare the dish to make sure it’s a delicious meal, but one thing that always matters is ensuring that the pork chops are flavorful with the best pork chop seasoning.
With all of the options for seasonings out there, it can be a little tricky to determine what actually tastes the best with the chops. When you do find a flavor you like, how much should you put on? What’s the best way to season the meat?
Sometimes you can go with your gut, or you can always turn to expert sources, like these professional chefs who dish on their favorite pork chop seasoning recipes. For more meat cooking tips, check out 9 Secrets for Cooking the Best Steak.
Brown sugar, paprika, and sage
Sometimes when you’re picking the best possible seasoning for a dish, you can’t just choose one. Instead, Tony Sudak, a professional chef at Walden Local Meat, recommends combining brown sugar, paprika, and sage to season pork chops, along with some salt and pepper.
“The brown sugar in the rub will cut that richness of the fat, and the sage complements the pork with its seasonal flavors,” Sudak says. “You don’t need a rub with 15 ingredients to make something taste good, because ingredients that are intentionally used to highlight the protein are going to elevate the flavor of the protein instead of masking it.”
