Photo: Slow Cooker Pepper Pork Chops Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 1/2 cup kosher salt
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons black peppercorns, slightly crushed
- 1 pound ice
- 4 (1 to 1 1/2-inch thick) bone-in pork chops
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3 ounces dried apple slices
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, julienned
- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
Directions
Combine the vegetable broth, 1/2 cup kosher salt, brown sugar and peppercorns in a medium saucepan and set over medium-high heat. Cook just until the salt and sugar dissolve, then remove from the heat and add the ice. Place the pork chops into a 2-gallon zip-top bag along with the mixture and seal. Place in a plastic container and refrigerate overnight.
Remove the chops from the brine, rinse, and pat dry. Season on both sides with the kosher salt and set aside
Place the apples in the slow cooker.
Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a 12-inch stainless steel saute pan over medium-high heat. Saute the pork chops on both sides until golden brown, approximately 5 to 6 minutes per side. Once browned, place the pork chops into the slow cooker atop the apples.
Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan followed by the onions and saute until they begin to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chicken broth to the pan to deglaze. Add the black pepper and thyme and stir to combine. Transfer this to the slow cooker, set to high, cover and cook for 1 1/2 hours. Decrease the heat to low and continue cooking for another 4 hours and 30 minutes or until the pork is tender and falling away from the bone.
SERVES 4; Calories: 347; Total Fat 17 grams; Saturated Fat: 4 grams; Protein: 24 grams; Total carbohydrates: 24 grams; Sugar: 18 grams; Fiber 3 grams; Cholesterol: 77 milligrams; Sodium: 4,150 milligrams
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By ashleelynn89
Detroit, MI
on January 30, 2012
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My husband loved it. I do not personally like pork chips but my husband couldn't get enough! I could not find dried apple slices at my store so I used dried pears instead and added about 3 fresh apples to the recipe. This recipe was a lot of work but it definitely seemed worth it!
By microamp
Buda, TX
on January 22, 2012
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Very good pork chops, meat was falling off the bone. I followed the recipe, except for the 2tsp of salt, accidentally missed it and just did pinch of salt on each side of the pork chops. I also shortened the slow cooker time by 1 1/2 hours on the low heat time. Mostly because not all slow cookers are the same and you have to know your slow cooker (still learning mine on how it behaves.
By lkoberle_9453053
Dublin, OH
on January 16, 2012
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These pork chops were amazing and delicious. I did cut the pepper in the brine in half as well as the pepper in the onion mixture. I left the salt as the recipe called for. I also used 3 fresh apples. cut in large chunks, in place of the dried apples, next time I will use more than 3. The meat did fall off the bone which made it tender and very juicy from the broth, apples and onions. I served this with collared greens and corn.
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