Easy and Saucy Crock Pot Pork Chops - Healthier Version!

From: GaylaV

On Nov 21, 2008

This is getting 5 stars even though I ended up not following the instructions! I am rewarding the stars for the wonderful taste. I am sure your method is also wonderful but I forgot that I was doing crockpot today and didn't realize it until it was much too late. I did have the pork chops thawed so decided to go ahead with it and use the oven for slow cooking. I browned the chops and used only half of the sauce recipe and put them in a 9x13 pan, covered with foil. I had the oven set at about 300F. All worked well until I had to turn up the temp (after 2 hours) for another dish and then the sauce started burning a bit. I quickly removed it from the oven and let it rest. While it was cooking my son asked if we were having ribs. Yes, it smelled and tasted delicious. I did like the was the sauce carmelized onto the chops, so good. But we did miss the sauce that we would have had from the crockpot (well, my husband did!). I just may do the recipe in the oven again but will watch the temp. very carefully. The smoky BBQ flavour was excellent and so were the tender chops. Thanks for sharing your recipe. Made for PRMR

From: bluemoon downunder

On Sep 22, 2008

So easy and so flavoursome. Except for adding an onion and three cloves of minced garlic, all just softened in the pan after the chops had been browned in step two, and adding some cumin in step three, I made these exactly to the recipe. I used olive oil and brown sugar. And I agree: don't forget the liquid smoke! Smelt divine while cooking, and were so wonderfully tender. Thanks for sharing this recipe, LifeIsGood.

From: Andi of Longmeadow Farm

On Oct 30, 2008

This is a real nice recipe for chops, and seriously couldn't be easier then putting chops in the pot & coming home to a wonderful, delicious treat. I followed this exactly, except I used regular ketchup, regular brown sugar, and added the onion, and some garlic as suggested by other reviewers. At the end, I put the chops on a warmed plate, and added 1 teaspoon of corn starch with cool water to make a slurry and added to the "gravy" to thicken it a bit, and spooned the thickened sauce onto some rice/ and chops. Delicious! Thank you LifeIsGood!

From: blancpage

On Oct 7, 2008

I halved the sauce for 2 boneless chops, but I ran out of time so I cooked these on high for about an hour and a half in the crock pot. I followed another reviewer's suggestion and added in some garlic and onion (1 tsp jarred minced garlic and 1/4 of a white onion sliced thinly and quartered) to the sauce. Bf really liked the sauce and he said this smelled great too. I served this with a rice blend of Tasmati white, brown, wild, and red and the sauce was delicious with the rice, also. I did use regular ketchup and regular brown sugar. I did not feel there was too much sauce, as it was delicious especially with the added garlic and onion. Don't omit the liquid smoke, it really makes these reminiscent of good ribs! Made for Please Review My Recipe tag game. Thanks for sharing, LifeIsGood, this is a keeper recipe for sure.