Baked Cranberry Pork Chops

Looking for a new way to jazz up pork chops? The sauce for these Baked Cranberry Pork Chops includes just three ingredients but packs a flavorful punch. For best results, mix together the sauce and marinate the pork chops overnight.

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We pulled this version of Baked Cranberry Pork Chops straight from our Grandma’s trusty wooden recipe box. The pork chops are cooked low and slow in the oven for a juicy, tender texture. The sauce is almost like a sweet barbecue sauce from just three ingredients.

Baked Cranberry Pork Chops

When we found this recipe, the list of ingredients for the sauce intrigued us – dry onion soup mix packet, French dressing, jellied cranberry sauce – so we had to try it! Grandma did not fix this recipe for us when we were growing up but we knew it had to be good if she kept it in her collection of hand-written recipes.

It didn’t disappoint!

Cranberry sauce is a great pantry staple to use in baked pork recipes.  It’s delish in our Instant Pot Cranberry Ham Recipe.

Barbara’s family only eats two pork chops at a time, so she put the extra pork chops and sauce in freezer bags (uncooked), and threw them in the freezer for a second or third meal.  You could even change up the protein for a delicious chicken dish.

Serve these Baked Cranberry Pork Chops over rice, noodles or all by themselves. This meal is screaming to be eaten with a salad such as our Old Fashioned Pea Salad or our Ranch Cauliflower Salad.

Want more pork chop recipes? We also love our Fancy Baked Pork Chops and Pork Chop Potato Bake.

How to Make Baked Cranberry Pork Chops

Full recipe for oven baked pork chops is at the end of this post.

Instructions:

1. Combine cranberry sauce, French dressing and onion soup mix.
2. Add pork chops to the sauce and refrigerate overnight.
3. In a greased baking dish, bake pork chops uncovered at 325 degrees F for 75 to 80 minutes. Be sure to completely cover the pork chops with the sauce and then baste occasionally if desired.

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Notes About Oven Baked Cranberry Pork Chop Recipe:

• This is a 4 ingredient recipe—pork chops, cranberry jelly, onion soup mix, and French dressing.
• To get a more flavorful baked pork chop, marinate overnight.
• We recommend basting occasionally. To baste means to cover the pork chops with the cooking liquids. This will keep the pork chops moist.
• Looking for more pork chop recipes? Try Mom’s Pork Chop and Potatoes and Crock Pot French Onion Pork Chops.

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Baked Cranberry Pork Chops

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

1 hr 30 mins

Total Time

1 hr 35 mins

 

Looking for a new way to jazz up pork chops? The sauce for these Baked Cranberry Pork Chops includes just three ingredients but packs a flavorful punch. For best results, mix together the sauce and marinate the pork chops overnight.

Course: Entree

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked pork chops, cranberry pork chops, oven baked cranberry pork chops, pork chops with cranberry

Servings: 6

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

• 6 pork chops, 3/4 inch thick
• 16 oz. jellied cranberry sauce
• 15 oz. French dressing
• dry onion soup mix packet

Instructions

1. Mix together cranberry sauce, French dressing and onion soup mix. 

2. Add the pork chops to the sauce, and refrigerate overnight. 

3. Bake uncovered in a greased baking dish for 75 to 80 minutes at 325 degrees F.  Pork chops should be cooked to an internal temperature of 145 degrees F to 160 degrees F.

4. Be sure the chops are completely covered with the sauce. Baste occasionally if desired. 

5. Serve over rice.  

Recipe Notes

• This is a 4 ingredient recipe---pork chops, cranberry jelly, onion soup mix, and French dressing.
• To get a more flavorful baked pork chop, marinate overnight. 
• We recommend basting occasionally. To baste means to cover the pork chops with the cooking liquids. This will keep the pork chops moist. 
• Looking for more pork chop recipes? Try Crock Pot French Onion Pork Chops, Pork Chop Potato Bake and Fancy Baked Pork Chops.