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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What did you serve as a side? Looking for ideas as I think this will be a regular in our home!
Please search my blog for side dishes.
I’ve made this twice in less than 2 weeks. I doubled the recipe the second time to make sure I had leftovers. It’s perfect. Thank-you so much for a delicious recipe.
Just made this recipe and my son, who is not a big fan of pork, absolutely loved it. So did the rest of us. This is definitely going to made often.
you are amazing and a true inspiration. I on the other hand am a disaster. I caramelized the onions in bacon grease successfully, then I realized that I had a pork roast that I needed to cook and maybe I would just put the onions on the pork roast. It is cooked and separated and the onion flavor in the pork roast is a bit strong. ok really strong. Any suggestions for how to rescue this.
I am unclear on this… you put the onions on before you cooked the pork roast?
I cooked the onions and put them in the crock pot with the roast
Made this tonight….AMAZING! Slightly overlooked the pork chops, just wasn’t paying attention, but with the delicious sauce it didn’t matter. My husband said that I should put the sauce on everything ;). Also made your pumpkin spice mug cake today. Quadrupled the recipe and put it in a pie pan and baked it for my type 2 diabetic grandpa. I did it once before and it’s turned out great. Thank you for all of the wonderful recipes.
Thanks so much!
Wow! These were fantastic!! My hubby is a chop snob, and he finished every bite. Will definitely make these again 🙂
Wonderful!
These were unbelievably good! I added mushrooms and topped the pork chops with crumbled blue cheese. Thank you for an amazing recipe!
It’s one of our favorite recipes.
Delicious! I added a bit of Dijon mustard to the sauce but your recipe is perfect as written.
Hands down the best pork chops I’ve ever had much less made! I didn’t deviate from the recipe at all and they were cooked all the way through, tender (Not tough or chewy) and great flavor. Big hit in my house.
So glad you like them. They are one of my favourites!
This turned out amazing. I used Jalepeno bacon and it gave it a little heat.
This recipe is Definately a keeper.
This is such an OMG moment. My husband couldn’t believe this was a Keto friendly meal. This has been starred for so many categories, pork, comfort food, easy, bacon,
So glad you liked it!
Ran across this today. Sent it to my girlfriend to execute. This meal was awesome. Thank you so much.
You’re welcome!
This needs to be added to our weeknight dinner rotation!
Yum! These look so flavorful!
Did you say bacon and caramelized onions?? I’M IN!!!
These look amazing!