These Air Fryer Boneless Pork Chops are nice and crispy with tons of Asian flavor. Have fun with the seasonings to create your own flavor combo or just follow the recipe as stated below.
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Our Air Fryer is our go to when we are craving fried foods. Traditional frying has become a thing of the past (except when making things with loose batter). The internet has let me know that you all love your Air Fryers too which is awesome. I’ll keep the Air Fryer recipes coming 🙂
I find that the Air Fryer is perfect for cooking all kinds of meat, especially pork. If you haven’t tried my Air Fried Jamaican Jerk Pork Recipe, you should, it’s amazing! These air fried pork chops are just as amazing and about as easy to make in your air fryer.
I made this recipe with a traditional Japanese pork tonkatsu recipe in mind. Japanese Tonkatsu is thinly sliced pork (cutlet or chops) that is breaded in flour, egg, and panko and fried to perfection.
It’s generally served with a side of finely shredded cabbage and tonkatsu sauce. I usually skip the tonkatsu sauce and serve it with sweet chilli sauce.
You can adapt this recipe and use any flavor breadcrumbs you like but I highly suggest using panko. I use seasoned Japanese panko breadcrumbs.
HOW TO MAKE AIR FRYER BONELESS PORK CHOPS?
You’ll want to get a working station set up with flour, beaten eggs, and flavored panko breadcrumbs. Make sure your pork chops are dry and coat both sides in the flour, then the egg, and the panko breadcrumbs. Place in your Air Fryer to cook.
WHAT IS THE BEST TEMPERATURE TO COOK MY AIR FRYER BONELESS PORK CHOPS?
For the best results, I recommend air frying the pork chops at 360 degrees Fahrenheit, rather than a higher heat. Cooking the pork chops at 360 allows the pork chops to get nice and crisp on the outside without drying out the meat.
OIL OR NO OIL, THAT IS THE QUESTION?
For this recipe, when using thinly sliced pork chops, I don’t spray the chops. I do spray the basket to avoid sticking as I don’t want to lose any breading when I flip.
You may wonder what determines if meat needs to be sprayed or not. For the most part, it will depend on the type of breading, how long you cook, your Air fryer brand, and the amount of natural oils the food releases. I mention this briefly in my 10 Tips Every Air Fryer Owner Should Know post.
And that's it. These pork chops are so easy and so flavorful and healthy since they are made in the air fryer. As always, enjoy 🙂
Looking for more Air Fryer Recipes? Try these out:
Perfect Air Fryer Steak with Garlic Herb Butter
Korean Air Fried Chicken Wings
Air Fryer Pork Chops
Air Fryer Boneless Pork Chops (Japanese Tonkatsu Style)
Ingredients
- 6 thin boneless pork chops
- ¼ cup flour
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1 ½ cup seasoned panko breadcrumbs
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- tonkatsu sauce optional
- sweet chili sauce optional
Instructions
- Place flour, eggs, and panko breadcrumbs in separate shallow bowls. Set aside.
- Wash and pat pork chops dry.
- Sprinkle both sides of pork chops with salt and black pepper.
- Take each pork chop and coat it in the flour, then the eggs, and then the panko.
- Place pork chops in Air Fryer basket, making sure there is no overlap.
- Set Air Fryer to 360 degrees Fahrenheit and cook for 8 minutes. Once 8 minutes is up, flip pork chops over and continue cooking for 5 more minutes.
- Remove and repeat for remaining pork chops.
- Serve pork chops with tonkatsu sauce or sweet chili sauce on the side.
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Notes
Notes on Air Fryer Boneless Pork Chops (Japanese Tonkatsu)
- Feel free to change up the panko breading seasoning to suit your taste.
- This recipe was made in my Phillips Avance XL Air Fryer. Other brands may require a little longer of a cook time.
Nutrition
Step by Step Photos of Air Fryer Boneless Pork Chops (Japanese Tonkatsu Style)
Place pork in flour. Then place in egg. And then panko. Place pork in Air fryer. Cook at 360 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 minutes on one side. Flip and cook for 5 minutes more. All done.
Gene says
I browned my panel first in a pan, then coated the pork chops
Seemed to give it an extra crunch and the Color was darker too
Made great Tonkatsu Sando’s
Maurine Louie Seto says
Yikes! Wanted to make this tonight. Chops are 1 inch thick. Too thick? Adjust cooking time? Help!
Tanya says
Hi Maurine, thicker chops are fine. Just increase the time. 12-14 minutes should work, you would just need to check the temp.
mary says
my fryer has a solid bottom, and comes with a rack-are all foods cooked on the rack, or some cooked on bottom? cooked a pork loin and it was soooo ngood. thanks for all receipes. mary
Steve says
Very easy recipe and they turned out great! I love the crunch.
Tanya says
Thank you Steve! So glad you liked the recipe 🙂
Sharon says
Hi Tanya, I just saw your recipe when I'm looking for cutlet recipe using air fryer, my cutlet after cooked with the air fryer, cool down and cut, but the breaded of the panko will fall off, what should I do so that the panko will not fall off?
Tanya says
Hi Sharon, breading it in flour first, then egg, then panko works for me. It may be the kind of panko you're using? I use a coarse panko, like the Kikkoman brand.
Judi says
No matter how I cook boneless pork chops in the air fryer, they are just too dry. I’ve tried several different ways. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. I love my air fryer, but not having much luck with meat/poultry. It’s like the air just sucks the juice right out of them. So disappointed.
Tanya says
Hi Judi, which brand of air fryer do you have? Are you breading the pork first?
Susan Proctor says
I have not seen you talking about perforated parchment sheets rounds sheets to use in the air fryer. Do you use them? I find that they help with the cleanup.
Tanya says
Hi Susan, I love the parchment sheets. I use them in some recipes (my air fryer fried chicken and my crabcakes) and some others I don't. It generally depends on if it's a recipe that is likely to stick or not.
Linda Mash says
When you say thin boneless pork chops....how thin are you talking about? Usually the boneless ones I see for sale are about 1/2-3/4” thick. Are these too thick? I just got my air fryer 3 months ago and I love it! It is a Gourmia 5+ qt size and glad I got a larger one for the two of us. Would recommend that size for just 2-3 people. Thanks for your great recipes.
Tanya says
Hi Linda, no that's not too thick. Mine were more closer to the 1/2 inch thick.
Maria Erekson says
Saw the boiled egg method on FB and it works a charm! Thought I could only do breaded etc. but have found so many other uses. Should have tried my pork steak last night but surely will next time.
Have wanted an air fryer for ages and when I found a small one on sale last summer I caved in. And I really mean on sale...$29.99 at Target! (got a baby Keurig for my daughter also...such a bargain hunter!).
Thanks for all these other ideas...meatloaf! who would a thunk? The only failure I had was chicken gizzards. I think I cooked them too hot for too long...totally my fault, not the fryer method.
Tanya says
I'm so glad you like your Air Fryer. The possibilities are almost endless with this machine. I've never thought of chicken gizzard in the Air Fryer. I use them for my stuffing...so good.
Sandra | A Dash of Sanity says
That looks really good! I think I need to get an air fryer ASAP!!
jessica | novice chef says
I haven't done pork chops in the air fryer yet! I can't wait to try this!
Tanya says
My new favorite way to cook pork chops ?
Des says
I have been dying to purchase an air fryer! These pork chops sound fantastic!
Toni | Boulder Locavore says
I will definitely try this with my air fryer!
Katerina @ diethood .com says
I love how easy, healthy and delicious this is!!
Abeer says
OMG! This is such a great idea for a weeknight dinner! I love how healthy this sounds!