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Pork chops baked in lager with garlic and thyme

Name: Pork chops baked in lager with garlic and thyme
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 8 Pork chops; 3–4 Garlic cloves; 1 Onion; 1 tsp Dried thyme; to taste Salt and pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1.5 cups Light beer (lager)

Pork chops with garlic, onion, and thyme, baked under foil in light beer until tender, then uncovered to brown. Serves four.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35–40 min
Total time: 45 min
Temperature: 190–200 °C (375–400 °F)
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy

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Pork chops baked in light beer are a quick oven dish, with the meat becoming tender in beer with garlic, onion, and thyme. Simply season the chops with salt, pepper, and dried thyme, place them in a baking dish with halved garlic cloves and sliced onion, and add the beer. Bake covered with foil for 35–40 minutes at 190–200 °C (375–400 °F). You can use red wine or cream instead of beer. The recipe serves four.

Ingredients

4 servings

Pork chops 8
Garlic cloves 3–4
Onion 1
Dried thyme 1 tsp
Salt and pepper to taste
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Light beer (lager) 1.5 cups

1 cup = 250 ml (metric cup)

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Instructions

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Season both sides of the pork chops with salt, pepper, and thyme.
Place the chops in a baking dish greased with the oil. Add the halved garlic cloves and sliced onion. Pour in the beer, or red wine if using, and cover with aluminum foil.
Bake at 190–200 °C (375–400 °F) for 35–40 minutes, until the meat is tender. Test for tenderness with a fork.
Remove the foil and bake for another 10 minutes to brown the meat. Serve with potatoes and braised cabbage, the usual accompaniments.

Tip: Pour the beer around the edge of the baking dish rather than directly over the chops so it does not wash off the salt and thyme. Before serving, spoon the pan juices, flavored with beer, garlic, and onion, over the chops.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 630 kcal
Protein: 63 g
Carbohydrates: 7.3 g
of which sugars: 1.1 g
Fat: 34 g
of which saturates: 9.7 g
Fiber: 0.6 g
Salt: 0.9 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Bravčové kotlety na svetlom pive s cesnakom a tymianom