These easy smothered pork chops are topped with a rich and creamy bacon onion gravy. They are hands down the best keto pork chops you will ever eat and so simple to make. I stand by that statement!
Okay, people. Run, run, do not walk, run to your kitchen and make these low carb smothered pork chops for dinner.
Run as fast as you can. Stop only at your local grocery store to get any necessary ingredients. Although, if you are a good low carber, chances are you already have all of these in your fridge already.
The Perfect Smothered Pork Chops Recipe
For this smothered pork chops recipe, you will need:
- 12 inch skillet, preferably cast iron
- 4 bone-in pork chops, about 1 inch thick
- Onions
- Bacon
- Chicken broth
- Heavy cream
Hurry home and whip out a good cast iron skillet, chop your bacon, slice your onions and get ready to rock and roll. All you pork lovers out there, these smothered pork chops are a pork party in your mouth. You will be in hog heaven, you will want to go hog wild, and you will be living high off the hog.
You will be bringing home the bacon (literally) and pigs will fly before you will let anyone share your dinner tonight. And now I can’t come up with any more porcine play on words, so just believe me. You need this keto pork chop recipe in your life.
Some people might think that pork-on-pork recipes are over the top. I say the haters gonna hate. Bacon makes everything more delicious and what pairs better with pig than more pig?
Smothered Pork Chops Recipe Inspiration
This lovely dream of a low carb, high fat recipe came to me when I was staring into my freezer, looking at the 30 pounds of pasture-raised pork I bought recently. Much of it came as pork chops and I do have a longstanding love affair with pork chops.
And if you’ve ever had pasture-raised pork chops, you’ll know what I mean when I say I fell even more in love. The meat is more tender and the fat is melt-in-your-mouth delicious. It tastes like butter, I swear. Like good, grassfed butter. I know grassfed and pasture-raised can be expensive but if you can get a little of it here and there, it’s worth it!
And caramelizing the onions in the bacon grease? Inspired, if I do say so myself. The onions become so tender and smooth, and the sauce becomes almost velvety.
Velvety onion goodness studded with bacon. On top of juicy seared pork chops. Do you believe me yet? Do I really need to sell you more on this meal? I loved it so much, I skipped dessert so I could have more. That, my friends, is an epic meal.
So what are you still doing here? Run. Run, I say. Run to your kitchen and make these crazy good keto smothered pork chops. Go on, scram! You can thank me later. And be sure to check out my Pork Chops with Roasted Poblano Sauce too!
Looking for more delicious low carb pork recipes?
- Easy Keto Carnitas Recipe
- Air Fryer Pork Chops
- Keto Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops
- How to make chicharrones (pork rinds)
- Instant Pot Sugar Free Pulled Pork
Caramelized Onion & Bacon Smothered Pork Chops
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon, chopped
- 2 small onions, thinly sliced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 pepper
- 4 bone-in pork chops, 1 inch thick
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- In a large saute pan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Use a slotted spoon to remove to a bowl, reserving bacon grease.
- Add onions to bacon grease and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, for 15 to 20 minutes, until onions are soft and golden brown. Add onions to bacon in the bowl.
- Increase heat to medium high and sprinkle pork chops with salt and pepper. Add chops to pan and brown on the first side 3 minutes. Then turn chops over and reduce heat to medium, cooking on the second side until internal temperature reaches 135F, about 7 to 10 more minutes. Remove to a platter and tent with foil.
- Add broth to pan and scrape up any browned bits. Add cream and simmer until mixture is thickened, 2 or 3 minutes. Return onions and bacon to pan and stir to combine.
- Top pork chops with onion and bacon mixture and serve.
Notes
Saturated fatty acids: 8.43g
Total fat: 18.23g
Calories from fat: 164
Cholesterol: 107mg
Carbohydrate: 6.30g
Total dietary fiber: 1.02g
Protein: 36.98g
Sodium: 725mg
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.
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Holy smokes! This is *really* great! Hello lovely pork chops, welcome to the weekly meal plan. 🙂
Is this an S meal on THM or a cross over? Still learning and this sounds delicious!
I think it’s a straight up S, given the low carbs and high fat content.
Thank you! I will definitely try this 🙂
These pork chops look absolutely delicious, much more tasty than simply broiled pork chops!
I went grocery shopping with my mother this week and tossed both pork chops and bacon into my cart. “I think pig goes well with pig,” I admitted somewhat sheepishly when I saw her watching me.
Now I know why I bought those items! I can’t WAIT to make this tomorrow!
This was delicious!
Happy Monday! Just letting you know that I featured this recipe in my Deliciously Healthy Low-Carb Recipes Round-Up for last month. Hope a lot of my readers will click over here and try it!
Thanks, Kalyn!
I made this for dinner last night. Wow!!! It was a big hit. I’m new at this, so I don’t know if I cheated or not. I had some fresh mushrooms in the fridge and sauted them with the onions. Otherwise, I followed your recipe to the “T.” The chops were so tender and moist, and the topping was scrumptious. Thank you!
hey, mushrooms in the mix are always welcome!
Just finding this after looking for a good low carb pork chop recipe. I have extra mushrooms left over from another recipe, which I will add. Sounds delish!
Carolyn, I’ve never been disappointed by any of your recipes and this one was a home run!! My husband was in heaven he couldn’t stop saying how delicious this was. Thank you for all you do!!
I have pork chops in my fridge waiting for this recipe-but…what could I sub for the cream to make it dairy free?
Thanks!
I used my rice milk I had on hand for my daughter with a sprinkle of corn starch and it came out perfect!!
For Keto, please use xanthan gum, cornstarch has 7 carbs per Tbsp., xanthan has 0 net carbs.
Just made this…We really liked it a lot! I will definitely be making this again.
Thank you
Just made this…We really liked it a lot! I will definitely be making this again.
Thank you
Isn’t it delicious???
Yes indeed, they sound amazing.
What wonderful timing! I have sitting in my fridge right now two lovely already brined loin chops, several slices of half fried bacon and half of an onion. Was this meant to be or what?! 🙂
Totally meant to be! 🙂
You amaze me with all of your recipies! I cannot wait to try these this weekend!!
Can you believe I JUST cooked bacon for the FIRST TIME this week?! I always thought “turkey bacon tasted better.” Which is a lie.
So these pork chops? THEY ARE HAPPENING. WITH the bacon grease onions. I die. Pinned!
Taylor, my friend, you will NOT regret it!
miss Carolyn this is over the top and I will make it soon… thank you so much… I do love my pork also..