An easy slow cooker meal that's full of caramelized onions plus tangy, savory, and sweet pork chops
I am LOVING the response I've been getting for the Veggies All Year series. More importantly, I am loving all the onion love.
Since my most popular recipes involve the slow cooker, I thought I'd create a good slow cooker recipe that is full of onions.
But for a second, can we talk about how many onions I've chopped this week? Sixteen. I've peeled, chopped, diced, and/or sliced sixteen onions. That's a lotta onion tears. Happy onion tears.
This recipe has two pounds of onions which is about 4-5 onions. I thinly sliced them and put them in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Then I did a little experiment with the pork... A lot of recipes involve searing the meat before putting it in the slow cooker. However, I want my slow cooker recipe to involve as little work as possible.
Please don't think I'm lazy; my brain just doesn't work as well in the morning when I'm throwing everything into my crock-pot. Do I really have to sear the meat? Does it make that much of a difference?
I decided to sear two of the pork chops and leave the other two raw. The verdict: it made no difference. No difference at all. {Just a note: in the pictures, the front pork chop is the one I seared. The one in the back is the one I didn't sear}.
So let's leave out that extra step of searing the meat - yay for time saving!
So just sit the raw pork chops {I used center cut pork chops, which are boneless} on top of the onions. Whisk together maple syrup, mustard, and apple cider vinegar and pour the mixture over the pork. Cover and cook for 6-7 hours on High or 9-10 hours on Low.
There will be a fair amount of liquid in the crock pot, so I just used a slotted spoon to scoop out my pork and onions. This was delicious served with a baked microwaved sweet potato.
Think caramelized onions with savory/tangy/sweet pork. It's good, and it's incredibly easy.
The "hard" part is slicing the onions. With that, I give you an onions lovers dream recipe - easy, tasty, oniony goodness with cherries pork on top.
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Be sure to come back tomorrow for another fun post series I'm starting. Naturally, it includes more onions because I just can't get enough #VeggiesAllYear y'all!
Slow Cooker Maple Mustard Pork Chops and Onions
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs onions sliced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 4 (5 ounce) center cut pork chops about 1.25 pounds
- 1/4 cup mustard
- 3 TBSP maple syrup
- 1 TBSP apple cider vinegar
- 4 small sweet potatoes baked
Instructions
- Put the sliced onions in the slow cooker. Sprinkle with minced garlic and top with raw pork chops.
- Whisk together mustard, maple syrup, and vinegar. Pour mixture over pork chops.
- Cover and cook on High for 6-7 hours or Low for 9-10 hours.
- Serve with a slotted spoon along with baked sweet potatoes. Enjoy!
Notes
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