Spicy Baked Pork Chops

I receive weekly recipes from prevention.com and this is one that I received about 2 weeks ago and have been wanting to try. I love simple dinner recipes, especially during the work week. This particular recipe is very easy to make and it tastes so incredibly yummy.  You can marinate it the night before and throw it in the refrigerator so that it is ready for the oven when you get home. You can pair baked pork chops with just about any side dish you prefer. We served these pork chops with mashed maple sweet potatoes and roasted cauliflower.

Original Recipe: http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/spicy-baked-pork-chops.aspx?cm_mmc=Recipe-of-the-Day-_-05182011-_-Recipes-_-Baked-Pork-Chops

Spicy Baked Pork Chops
Serves 4

Ingredients:
1 cup orange juice (we use Trop50 by Tropicana, which has 1/2 the sugar and 1/2 the calories of normal orange juice)
3 cloves of minced garlic
2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce (we use kikkoman)
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 boneless pork loin chops - trim off any fat
1 cup breadcrumbs (we use whole wheat breadcrumbs but you can use whatever you prefer)
2 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoons paprika
1/2 teaspoon red cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions:
-In a 13x9 baking pan or larger baking dish, combine orange juice, garlic, soy sauce, and olive oil and mix well.
-Add pork chops and make sure they get coated very well with the mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hr to 24 hours.
-Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
-In a bowl, combine breadcrumbs, thyme, paprika, cayenne pepper, and black pepper.
-Coat a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
-Take the marinated pork chops and bread them with the breadcrumb mixture and place each on the cookie sheet.
-Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked completely

*modifications
-You can use chicken or turkey for this recipe if you don't want to use pork chops. The cooking times may just vary a little.

Enjoy! :)
Enjoy! :)