Name: French Onion Pork Chops
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 4 pork chops ((approximately 5-6 ounces boneless, or 8 ounces with bone)); salt; black pepper; 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 yellow onions (thinly sliced); 1 teaspoon dried thyme ((or 2 teaspoons fresh)); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; ½ Tablespoon cornstarch ((or 1 Tablespoon flour) (or almond flour for low carb/keto)); 4 cups beef stock; 2 bay leaves; 4 slices Swiss cheese (or provolone, or mozzarella)

These Keto French Onion Pork Chops are an easy one pot meal! Using the same great flavors of French onion soup, the smothered pork chops are a delicious family skillet meal. #porkchops #keto #ketoporkrecipes

French Onion Pork Chops with the sauce in a large serving dish

These French Onion Pork Chops will be a hit for your whole family! Serve them up with vegetables, rice, or potatoes.

A spoon scooping a keto pork chop out of the dish

Why You Will Love This Recipe

These keto pork chops are easy to make and use just one pot.

Keep them keto by serving them up with your favorite vegetables (I like broccoli).

The French onion sauce is perfect to drizzle over not only your pork chops, but also the sides!

There are so many ways you can cook pork chops for a quick and easy meal. And one pot recipes make them even better!

Top view of a pork chop with potatoes and broccoli on a plate

Ingredients

These are the ingredients you need for this pork chop recipe:

Pork Chops
Vegetable Oil
Yellow Onions
Dried Thyme
Beef Stock
Bay Leaves
Swiss Cheese
Flour or Cornstarch
Salt
Black Pepper

Kim’s Tips

Your cooking time will vary slightly based on how large and thick your pork chops are, as well as whether they have a bone in them or not. Once they reach 145 degrees F, they are ready.

Make sure to use cornstarch instead of flour if you are going for keto low carb or gluten free.

French Onion Soup Inspiration

These skillet pork chops were inspired by the amazing flavors of a French onion soup.

Packed with onions and beef broth, the pork chops are seasoned with thyme and topped with melted cheese.

Traditionally, French onion soup uses Gruyere cheese which is very similar to Swiss.

Swiss is much easier to find and have on hand, and also a lower price point making it a great stand in.

You could also use any white melty cheese like Monterey Jack or mozzarella if preferred.

Serving up French Onion Pork Chops on a plate with sides

Cooking the Onions

To get a true, French onion soup impression in these keto pork chops, you want to really make sure that you cook down the onions.

When the onions start to caramelize, they become sweeter which adds to the flavor of the sauce.

I choose not to take the onions too far and leave them at a lighter brown, but the onions are still very soft.

If desired, you can cook the onions longer to a darker brown which also means they will be sweeter.

A close up of the chop in the onion sauce

Caramelized onions are also notorious for taking a long time to cook.

If your onions are cooking slowly, a trick I use is to add some moisture to the skillet like water or some stock.

This seems to help soften the onions faster.

Turning up the heat is just going to give them more of a char, which is not what we are going for.

Modifications and Substitutions

Any white melty cheese will work great such as provolone or mozzarella.