Pork is the best option for a meal to serve your family. The pork recipes are usually easy and can be cooked within no time. The recipes tend to become tastier when the meat is tender.

Various pork steak recipes are found on the recipe card or even online. Some of the dishes are explained here for your convenience.

1. Some of the Pork Steak Recipes

How to cook pork steaks is a common question asked by many people. Here are some of the ways.

1.1. Slow Cooker BBQ Pork Steaks

The pork steaks are slowly cooked in a homemade barbeque sauce in this recipe. You can get the exact taste of BBQ pork without even grilling it.

1.1.1. Ingredients Required

The ingredients that will be required are:

• Pork steaks
• Oil (one tablespoon)
• Butter
• Salt
• Pepper (according to taste)
• Ketchup (one cup)
• Large onions (two)
• Vinegar (half cup)
• Worcestershire sauce (half cup)
• Chilly powder
• Water (one cup)

1.1.2. Process

The pork steaks will have to be coated with oil initially. Then, the pork steaks need to be placed in the bottom of the crockpot, where you must sprinkle pepper, salt and paprika.

Thinly sliced onions need to be placed on top of the steaks. Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, vinegar and chilli powder and pour the mixture on the pork steaks.

Cover and cook for 8-9 hours, or wait until you get tender pork steaks. 

1.2. Baked Pork Steaks and Rice

Oven-baked pork is one of the easiest ways of cooking it. It can be served with steaming hot rice as a side dish.

1.2.1. Ingredient Required

• Pork shoulder steaks (six pieces)
• Oil (two tablespoons), salt (one and a half tablespoons)
• Butter
• Black pepper (one-fourth tablespoon)
• White rice uncooked (one cup)
• Chicken stock or chicken broth (three and a half tablespoons)
• Poultry seasoning (half tablespoon)
• Diced green onions (half cup)

1.2.2. Process

Preheat a skillet with oil over a medium-high flame. Put the pork steaks into the skillet and cook pork shoulder steaks till they turn brown on both sides.

It is now time to remove the pork from the skillet; after removing the pork, season the oil with pepper and salt. Keep the skillet warm and remove the excess fat.

Add the uncooked rice and cook it until it gets slightly toasted. Pour the stock or the broth, the onions, and the poultry seasoning into the skillet and keep stirring.

Pour the rice mixture into a baking dish and place the pork steaks above the mix. Cover the dish with foil and put it into the oven. Set the prep time for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Take it out after the rice and the meat tenderize, and serve it hot.

1.3. Cast Iron Skillet Pork Steaks

It is a great recipe for pork and is one of the tastiest.

1.3.1. Ingredients Required

• Pork chops or pork steaks (two pieces)
• Salt, pepper
• Cajun seasoning
• Oil (two tablespoons)
• Chopped onion (one)
• Sweet potatoes (one, medium, sliced)
• Carrots (two, sliced)
• Small potatoes (two)
• Large mushrooms (two cuts)
• Chicken broth (one cup)
• White wine (half cup)

1.3.2. Process

Preheating the oven is the most crucial step. Place a hot iron skillet over the flame and heat it with oil. After the skillet is heated, put the steaks into it and wait until they turn brown. The pork steaks must be seasoned with Cajun seasoning, salt and pepper.

Take out the steaks from the skillet and add vegetables to the oil. Cook the vegetables till it turns brown and wilted.

Remember to scrape the skillet’s bottom to remove the remaining brown particles. Now add wine to the skillet and simmer for three minutes. Then, put the steaks back into the pan. For more liquid, add the chicken broth to the dish.

You can now remove the pan and cover it with foil paper. Place the mixture into the oven for about 40 minutes at 350 degrees. When the juice turns clear while cutting the pork steak, serve it hot.

1.4. Honey Garlic Pork Chops

It is a simple recipe that home cooks highly prefer. It is one of the most family-loved pork chop dishes. It is also a 5-star grilled pork chop recipe.

1.4.1. Ingredients Required

• Cloves of garlic (two)
• Garlic powder
• Honey (one tablespoon)
• Onion (finely chopped, two)
• Soy sauce (two tablespoons)
• Pork blade steaks (two and a half pounds)
• Lemon juice (two tablespoons).

1.4.2. Process

You can use boneless or bone-in chops in the honey garlic pork chops recipe.

Everyone should remember the most crucial part: you will have to season the pork chops before cooking. Cook nicely on both sides until the pork chops turn brown.

Cook it well and make the pork chops soft and tender. King the pork chops in the hot skillet to ensure that the juice of the pork is released into the pan. When this juice is mixed with the sauce, more flavour gets added to the recipe.

For delicious honey garlic pork chops, you’ll have to melt butter in the same skillet so the juice can mix with the sauce and all the other ingredients. Put the pork pieces into the pan and cook them for 1-2 minutes. Add the sauce and keep cooking until the sauce reduces and thickens. 

Remember not to cook the sauce for too long. Dry the honey up. To avoid drying up, add enough honey to the mixture. And your delicious honey garlic pork chops recipe is ready to be served.

Enjoy hot with fried rice or any other recipe of your choice.

1.5. Smothered Pork Steak

One of the best pork chops recipes is served in a creamy sauce along with onions and mushrooms. In this recipe, juicy pork shoulder steaks are used. But one can also use pork chops.

1.5.1. Ingredients Required

• White wine vinegar
• Pork steaks
• Garlic
• Fresh parsley
• Salt
• Pepper
• Tomato puree
• Stock
• Oil
• Onion
• Flour
• Cream
• Mushrooms.

1.5.2. Process

You’ll have to season the pork before throwing it into the pan. Put oil into a pan and fry the pork pieces until golden. Take the pork from the pan and fry the onion, mushrooms and garlic in the same pan.

Sprinkle some flour on the onion and stir it to coat them well. It is now time to pour in the stock. Keep stirring the complete mixture until you gain a smooth sauce. Then add the tomato puree, cream and white vinegar to the pan.

Mix all the ingredients well, and then put back the pork steaks. It will have the perfect balance of flavours. Simmer for 10 minutes, and your delicious, perfectly cooked, smothered pork steaks will be ready.

2. Tips For Cooking Soft, Juicy and Tender Pork Chops

Sometimes, the pork chops turn out to be tight and tasteless. Here are some tips that will be useful. 

2.1. Do Not Cook Pork Steaks Cold

After taking them out of the refrigerator, cooking pork chops is a big no. It would help to take out the pork chops thirty minutes before cooking. In this way, you will get a perfectly tender pork chop.

It helps in bringing the pork meat back to room temperature. The same technique should be followed when cooking pork loin or pork steaks.

2.2. Season the Pork Pieces Before Cooking

Seasoning the pork with salt and pepper before cooking. Then, add more flavours when cooked, making the recipe delicious. It makes them soft and tender.

2.3. Keep It at Rest

It is one of the most critical steps, which most people ignore. The Cooked Pork Chops at Rest. After cooking, keep the pork steaks or pork chops at rest. Transfer the cooked meal to a clean plate and cover it with foil paper.

It will allow the flavours to be equally distributed between the pork and the sauce.

Some of the side dishes that go very well with all the pork recipes are mashed potatoes, mashed cauliflower, lemon garlic cabbage, colourful coleslaw, roasted asparagus, steamed rice, cranberry pecan salad, homemade apple sauce in apple cider vinegar, and roasted vegetables.

You will get amazing recipes if you bake the pork steaks or cook them in a piping hot pan. These side dishes add delicious flavours to the recipe, making it mouth-watering. The nutrition calories present in pork are about 200 calories.

Conclusion

Pork steak recipes are handy when looking for the best dinner for your family. You can also serve pork chops to the guests when they come over.

You can always experiment with pork meat and invent a new recipe. Experiments with this meat can never go wrong! A little effort is required to achieve the desired recipe, and it is going to be loved by everyone. 

Last Updated on December 14, 2023 by Marfua Mehnaz