These easy air fryer pork chops have a perfectly crispy exterior, tender inside, and are cooked so quickly. Pair them with your favorite side dish and you have a wonderful 20 minute meal for any weeknight
We often enjoy these pork chops with roasted broccoli or a baked potato.
If you are looking for more Air Fryer recipes for dinner, you have to try our {Hoisin Glazed} Air Fryer Salmon – so delicious!
When trying to decide what to make for dinner, chicken and beef always seem to be front runners, but we love pork chop recipes, too. They don’t get the attention they deserve, probably because more often then not they come out overdone, dry, tough, and flavorless. Not the case with this air fryer breaded pork chops recipe!
Ingredients for Air Fryer Pork Chops
This breaded pork chop recipe is truly a weeknight lifesaver, using only a handful of basic pantry ingredients.
- Pork Chops – this recipe calls for boneless pork chops that are 1/2-inch thick.
- Seasoning – kosher salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder come together for a simple, but delicious seasoning mixture.
- Breading – eggs, water, flour, Parmesan cheese, and Italian breadcrumbs make up the outer crust.
How to Cook Pork Chops in an Air Fryer
Cooking pork chops in an air fryer is incredibly easy. Here’s a quick summary. (Scroll below for the complete printable recipe.)
- Season your chops and dredge them in the egg mixture and breading, shaking off any excess.
- Place pork chops in the air fryer; spray the basket.
- If your air fryer requires preheating, set it to 400°F for 5 minutes.
- Spray the basket with nonstick cooking spray and place the pork chops in the basket, making sure they don’t touch. Spray the tops.
- Cook for 8 minutes, flipping and spraying the tops halfway through, until cooked though.
- Repeat with the remaining chops.
The great thing about an air fryer, is that you’re not really frying, but the food comes out all crispy and amazing, as if you were. It’s like an oven on steroids where the food cooks super fast without drying out, and bonus – you can avoid heating up your entire house, which is so nice in the summer months.
How Long to Cook Pork Chops in an Air Fryer
Depending on the thickness of your pork chops, if they are bone-in or boneless, and the temperature setting, they can take anywhere from 8-20 minutes to cook in an air fryer. This particular recipe calls for boneless chops that are a 1/2-inch thick, cooked at 400° F for 8 minutes, flipping once.
NOTE: These chops were made and tested in this Phillips model Air Fryer with a basket and requires preheating. If you own a different model air fryer, I would suggest doing a test run with one pork chop and then adjust the time/temp, if necessary. Air fryers are all similar, but just like ovens, cooking times can vary. My air fryer is also small. If yours is bigger than 3 quart, you can cook more than 2 pork chops at a time, as long as they’re not touching at all.
Recipe Variations
- You can swap out the seasoning I used for your favorite.
- This same air fryer method can be used with bone-in chops. As long as they are the same thickness, cooking time should stay the same. If not, cook through until an internal temperature reaches at least 145 degrees F.
- If you don’t have an air fryer, you can bake these in a 400 degree F preheated oven for about 7 minutes, or until pork chops reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees F. Bone-in chops or pork chops that are thicker than 1/2-inch will take longer.
What to Serve with Breaded Pork Chops
Breaded pork chops are so versatile and pair well with a ton of different side dishes. Here are a few of our favorites:
Other Air Fryer Recipes to Try
Perfectly cooked porks chops that come out moist, with a crispy crust are only minutes away!
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{Crispy Breaded} Air Fryer Pork Chops
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless pork chops , 1/2-inch thick
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder , divided
- 1 teaspoon onion powder , divided
- 2 large eggs
- splash of water
- 1/3 cup seasoned Italian breadcrumbs
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese , plus more for garnish
- fresh chopped parsley , for garnish
Instructions
- Season pork chops on both sides with the salt and pepper, set aside.
- Set up your breading station with 3 shallow bowls:Bowl 1: whisk together the flour, 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of the onion powder.Bowl 2: thoroughly whisk together the eggs, splash of water, 1/2 teaspoon of the garlic powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of the onion powder.Bowl 3: mix together the breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese.
- Place the pork chops one by one into the flour mixture and evenly coat. Shake off any excess flour and immediately place into the egg mixture, evenly coat. Let any excess egg drip off the pork chop and immediately place it into the breadcrumb mixture and evenly coat, shake off any excess. Repeat with the remaining pork chops.
- If your air fryer requires preheating, set it to 400°F for 5 minutes.
- Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray; place two pork chops in the basket or as many as you can fit without them touching. Spray the tops of the pork chops with cooking spray.
- Air fry for 4 minutes, turn them over, spray the top with more cooking spray and air fry an additional 4 minutes or until an internal temperature reaches 145°F.
- Serve with a garnish of parsley and more grated parmesan, if desired.
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So easy and the pork was cooked perfectly
This was great! My husband and I loved them.
Really like this recipe. The chops come out juicy and well seasoned.
My go to recipe for thin pork chops. Easy and delicious!
I have never liked pork chops but this has become my new favorite recipe, and it was so easy to make!! An absolute a 10/10, will be making this again!!!
I used pork cutlets and they turned out great. I did cook them a few minutes longer than recipe called for.
This recipe is the best by-far! My adult daughter has not liked pork chops in years, but this recipe does what’s promised, crispy on the outside, moist & delicious on the inside. The seasonings are great too. Thank you for sharing.
Great taste and cooked perfectly!
This recipe so good. I used fresh sourdough bread ? crumbs from bread I made. It added Italian seasonings to the crumbs also a bit of sweet paprika. Yum ? I’ll be making it again.
This recipe is awesome. I used tenderized pork chops, but it would still be great with any pork chop. Smaller chops work best.
I made these when it was 90° out – the house stayed cool and dinner was delicious! So easy!
Just got an air fryer and this was the first recipe I tried. Easy and delicious – whole family loved it.
Had some pork chops in the freezer and didn’t wanna do the same old thing with them. They came out SO good!!! I followed the recipe, just added a few other spices. Glad I clicked on this recipe it’s added to our go to meals now lol, thank you!
This is a simple yet real winner in my book. The chops came out crispy and moist / juicy. Delicious > Works with chicken as well.
I made this tonight omg so good I will be making this again come out so crispy
2nd time making these tonight. No need to change anything. Perfect. Yummy
I love my air fryer and delicious recipe thank you so much for sharing this recipe
This recipe was really good, very flavorful and moist. Made with my new air fryer that my family got me for Christmas.
My son and daughter-in-law gave me an air fryer for Christmas and I made this for dinner tonight and it was the best pork chop I have had in my life!! Thank you so much for this. The pork chops were so moist on the inside and crispy on the outside with great flavor! I’ll be eating pork chops more often now. No more dried out ones!
Made this tonight. Will make again! Love. Love. Love it!
Just finished eating the air fryer pork chops. They were really really delicious and seasoning recommended was excellent. It’s a keeper. Thank you.
I made these last night and am only sorry I didn’t make two per person! So good, fast, and easy.
These were perfect! Just got an air fryer so I’ve been trying all kinds of recipes. My husband and I loved this one and will make again. Thank you!
Totally Awesome!! Now I’m thinking about using this same recipe for fried mushroom appetizers…….
This was perfect in flavor and doneness. Great recipe.
Great!
Added a couple of spices and it was a winner!!!!
Delicious!!! And so easy! Thanks!!
Made these for dinner tonight served with a side salad. We loved it. The flavor is great and the pork was perfect. Thanks!
These chops turned out to be amazing! I loved them, and my family couldn’t stop raving about them! YUM! Thank you!
Very nice. Thank you.
Made this for dinner last night – big hit with everyone! Will make again.
My husband and I love this recipe. It is a keeper for sure!