Dry Rub for Pork Chops

Best dry rub for pork chops is here! If you want an easy mix of sweet and savory seasonings for grilled, oven baked pork chops or smoked this is it. You can make it in 5 minutes or make a larger batch and save for future use.

Looking for a killer dry rub for pork chops? You’ve found it! Stop right there and read on because you will never use any other store bought rub or sauce your meat again after this. It adds tons of flavor no matter what way you cook it. Use on fresh or frozen pork this week. One of many dry rub recipes on our site. (affiliate links present)

Pork Dry Rub

It’s simple, you literally dump 6 ingredients into a bowl, break down the clumps and you’re ready to coat. Yes of course you can adjust from there if you’d like but to us and hundreds of others this is perfect. It’s not just fantastic on our air fryer pork chops but

Can you add dry rub to frozen pork?

You can even sprinkle it on Instant Pot frozen pork chops with a sprinkle of water. Want to use it on a larger hunk of meat like a pork roast?? Totally! Doesn’t matter what cut it is this takes your bites from good to OMG.

We have coated other types of meat too with it so to make it easier on me to prep I make large batches at a time and keep it in a sealed container (seen above).

Yep, and we aren’t stopping there either. We have used this as is on our dry rub air fryer wings and also tweaked it just a bit later on to make it a bit spicy.

You too can do the same with a tsp of dry Sriracha or red pepper flakes is a great option too. There is already a bit of chili powder but it still is only mild made as is below. This is what you’re going to need to make this multi purpose dry rub recipe;

Ingredients

1. Brown sugar makes a perfect balance of sweet and savory
2. Paprika or smoked paprika is fine
3. Salt, larger like Kosher is best
4. Garlic powder we like
5. Chili powder or cayenne pepper works
6. A little bit of thyme

Variations

If you wanted this to be a bit spicy that would be easy. I like red pepper flakes but for an Asian flare I would use dry Sriracha instead. Start small like 1/4 tsp the first time and adjust from there. Some like an added tang of ground mustard, I would go with 1/4 tsp for that too.

How to Store Pork Chop Seasoning

Mason jars are perfect to house this spice mixture / spice rub so you can make a big batch and then not measure going forward. Just use enough to coat the homemade pork recipe you are working on in the future as then there would be no measuring. I tsp per chop is typical. Personally I like it kinda’ thick on both sides, that’s up to you.

Here are a few questions you might have before you get going;

Can you put a rub on pork overnight?

Absolutely! If you’re having people over to enjoy grilled pork chops I would definitely do this. Make multiple batches and lay on a baking sheet with parchment paper in between the layers so they don’t stick.

Then cover the whole thing with plastic wrap and keep in the fridge until you’re ready to cook them.If it is a larger piece like a Smithfield pork loin in oven I will keep on a bit longer to permeate well.

I recommend that you allow the meat to sit on the counter for about 15 minutes before baking or making smoked pork of any kind so it doesn’t go from one extreme to the other so fast. Don’t leave it out too long so it gets warm or else bacteria may grow and cause you to become sick.

If you do want a stronger punch of flavor for your Pork Steaks in the Oven let’s say, you could keep it on before cooking for an hour or two. You’d need to put the food on a plate with the rub on top and covered with plastic wrap. Then set it into the fridge so it doesn’t get warm as the flavors get more intense.

Everything Dry Rub Pork

You can see it here on one of our other favorite recipes, Instant Pot country style ribs. The biggest difference between using a pressure cooker vs. your oven, grill, smoker or air fryer is that it won’t get crispy on the outside with the first. That is kinda’ obvious but I will say the bit of crisp with these flavors makes it out of this world!

Pork Recipes with Dry Rub

You can print recipe below but first let me tell you a few other things we have used this pork rub recipe on and guests have gone crazy over them:

• Most of the time you’re goin to use 3/4″-1″ thick but if yours are bigger this is how to cook 2 inch thick Pork Chops.
  • They’re best baked in the oven but you could throw them in as Crockpot pork chops with apples too.
• Our Instant Pot pork shoulder gets pulled fork tender in a little over an hour which is crazy to me.