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My Crock Pot Smothered Pork Chops recipe is the supper you'll tell all your friends about! With a super easy creamy gravy and tender, juicy pork chops, this flavorful and comforting meal is just beginning to be a regular on the menu. Best of all, it only takes 10 minutes of prep!
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Crock Pot Smothered Pork Chops
There's nothing like pork chops for easy, budget-friendly meals! I grew up eating pork chops for dinner, and I learned early that there's no end to the fantastic ways the simple pork chop can be cooked, from baked, to grilled, pan-seared, sous vide, air fried, and even pressure cooker pork chops. One of my favorite methods? Crock pot smothered pork chops!
There's only one way to improve on the indulgent coziness of this classic recipe: by making it easier than ever. That's why this recipe is for smothered pork chops slow cooker style! Just give the meat a quick sear, pop it into the crock pot with some soup, and that's it.
I love making smothered pork chops, but there is nothing like a pork chops recipe to start during lunch and have ready just in time for dinner. Here it is! Slow cooker smothered pork chops take only minutes of prep for a dinner nobody will forget.
Ingredients for Slow Cooker Smothered Pork Chops
- Thick-cut pork chops: You can use boneless pork chops or bone-in pork chops, but I recommend bone-in. Just make absolute sure they're nice and thick, at least 1". Thin pork chops will be tough and dry.
- Cream of mushroom soup: You'll want the condensed cans. I highly recommend using cream of mushroom!
- Cream of chicken soup: Once again, you want a condensed can, not ready to eat soup. If you want, you can swap the cream of chicken out for more cream of mushroom or cream of celery.
- Chicken broth low sodium: It's important to use low sodium chicken broth! The canned soups are already very salty, so adding even more salt with full-sodium broth can make the entire dish too salty.
- Mushrooms: You can use fresh or canned mushrooms. I like using stuffing mushrooms, as they're budget-friendly and nice and big.
- Onion: Sliced onions add sweetness! I usually use yellow onions for their flavor.
- Vegetable oil: Use a vegetable oil of your choice for searing the meat. I tend to use avocado oil.
- Paprika: A little paprika adds earthy dimension to the pork chops.
- Salt and pepper: Be light on the salt, as the gravy will have plenty to season the pork.
- Garlic powder: Garlic powder is a nice mellow seasoning perfect for pork. It sweetens as it sears.
- Onion powder: Like garlic powder, onion powder is perfect as a pork rub, and will turn sweeter and more dimensional as the meat sears.
Crockpot Smothered Pork Chops Recipe
1: Season Porkchops
Pat the pork chops dry with a paper towel, then season them with paprika, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.
2: Sear Porkchops
Add the oil to a skillet over medium heat. When the skillet is hot, add the pork chops and brown them on each side, roughly 3-5 minutes per side. Set aside.
3: Mix Soups
To the skillet, add both canned soups and the chicken broth. Stir, making sure to scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Cook five minutes and remove from the heat.
4: Add to Crockpot
Dice the onions and mushrooms and add them to the slow cooker, then place the pork chops on top. Once the soup is fully mixed and hot, pour it over the pork chops, mushrooms, and onions in the crock pot.
5: Slow Cook
Set the heat to LOW, and cook for 4-6 hours or until the meat is tender and juicy.
Optional- add a slurry of 2 tablespoons corn starch and 2 tablespoons water to thicken the sauce.
6: Serve!
Once the meat is nice and tender, remove from the slow cooker and serve with the gravy, onions, and mushrooms!
Best served with something that will soak up that delicious gravy, such as mashed potatoes, risotto, or creamy polenta!
Crock Pot Pork Chops Expert Tips
- If you're strapped for time, you can skip the saute section of this recipe. However, the result won't be quite as flavorful.
- Bone-in and boneless pork chops are both great options! Avoid thinly sliced pork chops, as they will overcook and get tough. Bone-in are ideal, as they have the most flavor.
- This recipe uses condensed soups. If using non-condensed, lower the amount of chicken broth.
- Make sure not to over-sear the pork! Just get the sides nice and golden brown. It'll cook the rest of the way in the slow cooker, and overcooking it in the pan can make it tough.
- Never set the slow cooker to HIGH. Pork gets tough and dry when cooked in high heat. For fall-apart-tender pork, always cook on LOW.
- If the meat feels tough while cooking, don't worry! Keep it cooking on LOW heat and the meat will become tender and fall-apart soft.
- You don't need to trim the fat or cut out the bone. The long cook time will render the fat down to butter, and the bone will fall right off the meat.
FAQs for Smothered Pork Chops in the Crock Pot
Using pork chops cut too thin, over-searing them, and cooking them on HIGH are all culprits for overcooked, tough pork chops. For juicy and tender pork, make sure to cook them on LOW and sear them gently. Pork is easy to over-cook when using high temperatures.
Pork chops are almost always better cooked slow. Low and slow cooking renders the fat in pork and breaks down the often tough connective tissues, resulting in tender, juicy pork everyone will love! Because of this, it's important to always cook slow cooker pork on LOW heat.
Cooking your pork chops slowly and in gravy makes for tender pork every time! I recommend trying smothered pork chops for this. By smothering the pork in lots of flavorful gravy, it absorbs the liquid and flavor of the gravy and becomes juicy and tender every time.
Easy Pork Chop Recipes
- Grilled Pork Chops
- Baked Pork Chops
- Slow Cooker Pork Chops
- Instant Pot Pork Chops
- ...Or check out the list of all my Pork Chop Recipes!
If you loved my slow-cooked smothered pork chops, you've got to check out the rest of my pork chop recipes! You'll be as obsessed with pork chops as I am in no time!
Love pork chops? Me too! That's why I made this amazing Marinade for Pork Chops to use with all your favorite pork chop recipes. Try it out!
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Smothered Pork Chops in the Crock Pot
Equipment
- Slow Cooker 6 qt
Ingredients
- 4 Thick cut pork chops - Boneless or bone-in
- 10.5 oz Cream of mushroom soup - canned
- 10.5 oz Cream of chicken soup - canned
- 1 cup Chicken broth - low sodium
- 2 cups Mushrooms - sliced
- 1 Onion - sliced
- 1½ teaspoons Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon Onion powder
Instructions
- Pat the pork chops dry with a paper towel, then season them with the paprika, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.4 Thick cut pork chops,1½ teaspoons Paprika,1 teaspoon Black pepper,1 teaspoon Salt,½ teaspoon Onion powder,½ teaspoon Garlic powder
- Add the oil to a skillet over medium heat. When the skillet is hot, add the pork chops and brown them on each side, roughly 3-5 minutes per side.
- Add in both canned soups and the chicken broth. Stir, making sure to scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Cook five minutes and remove from the heat.10.5 oz Cream of mushroom soup,10.5 oz Cream of chicken soup,1 cup Chicken broth
- Slice the onions and mushrooms, then add them to the bottom of the slow cooker. Top with the pork chops and then pour the soup mixture over top.2 cups Mushrooms,1 Onion
- Set the heat to LOW, and cook for 4-6 hours or until the meat is tender and juicy. Optional- add a slurry of 2 tablespoons corn starch and 2 tablespoons water to thicken the sauce.
- Remove from the slow cooker, and serve with the gravy, onions, and mushrooms!
Notes
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- If you're really strapped for time, you can skip the saute section of this recipe. However, the end result won't be quite as flavorful.
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- Bone-in and boneless pork chops are both great options! Just avoid thinly sliced pork chops as they will overcook and get tough.
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- This recipe uses condensed soups. If using non-condensed, lower the amount of chicken broth.
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- Make sure not to over-sear the pork! Just get the sides browned; it'll cook the rest of the way in the slow cooker, and overcooking it in the pan can make it tough.
- Never set the slow cooker to HIGH. Pork gets tough and dry when cooked in high heat.
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