Pork chop in a slow cooker is one of the easiest comfort meals—soft, juicy meat cooked in a flavorful gravy with almost no effort.
🥘 Slow Cooker Pork Chops
🧂 Ingredients
- 4–6 pork chops (bone-in or boneless)
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup (or cream of chicken)
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2–3 garlic cloves, minced (optional)
- 1 cup chicken broth
- Salt and black pepper
- 1 tsp paprika (optional)
- 1–2 tbsp cornstarch (optional for thickening)
- Optional: mushrooms, potatoes, carrots
👨🍳 Instructions
1. Optional sear (better flavor)
- Brown pork chops in a pan for 1–2 minutes per side
2. Add to slow cooker
- Place onions at the bottom
- Add pork chops on top
- Mix soup + broth + seasoning, then pour over
3. Cook
- Low: 6–7 hours
- High: 3–4 hours
Until pork is tender and fully cooked
4. Thicken gravy (optional)
- Stir in cornstarch slurry near the end and cook 20–30 minutes more
🍽️ How to serve
- Mashed potatoes (classic pairing)
- Rice
- Egg noodles
- Steamed vegetables
⭐ Why it works well
- Pork chops become tender (slow cooking breaks down fibers)
- Rich, creamy gravy forms naturally
- Very low prep time
- Budget-friendly family meal
🔥 Variations
- Garlic herb pork chops
- BBQ slow cooker pork chops
- Ranch-seasoned version
- Add apples for a sweet-savory twist
If you want, I can give you:
- a no canned soup homemade gravy version
- a healthy low-calorie version
- or a spicy South Asian-style pork chop curry adaptation
