Slow Cooker Smothered Pork Chops

This is a lovely tender pork dish with loads of mushrooms and plenty of sauce. It tastes great over mashed potato or served alongside a baked potato.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours 15 minutes
Total Time 6 hour 25 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 4 thick boneless pork shoulder or loin steaks
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 1 large onion, peeled and thinly sliced
• 200g (7 oz) mushrooms, sliced
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
• 2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour
• 360 ml (1 ½ cups) chicken stock
• 1/2 tbsp tomato puree (paste)
• 1/2 tbsp white wine vinegar
• 60 ml (¼ cup) double (heavy) cream

To serve
• 2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
• Mashed potato
• Green vegetables – such as sprouts

Instructions
1. Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat.
2. Sprinkle both sides of the pork steaks with ¼ tsp of the salt and ¼ tsp of the pepper.
3. Place in the pan and fry for 2 minutes each side, until browned. Remove from the pan and place in the slow cooker.
4. Add the remaining 1 tbsp of oil to the pan and turn the heat down to medium.
5. Add in the sliced onion and fry for 5 minutes, stirring often, until the onions have softened.
6. Add the minced cloves of garlic. Fry for a further minute, whilst stirring.
7. Sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir together to coat.
8. Slowly pour in the stock whilst stirring.
9. Pour the liquid from the pan into the slow cooker.
10. Add the sliced mushrooms, tomato puree, white wine vinegar and the remaining ¼ tsp of pepper to the slow cooker. Stir together.
11. Place the lid on and cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 5-6 hours.
12. Remove the lid and stir in the cream, then serve topped with a sprinkling of fresh parsley.
13. I like to serve mine with mashed potato and sprouts.

Tip: Add in some vegetables too if you like. Chunks of potato, courgette (zucchini), baby carrots and green beans all make a great addition.

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[norvegicusbass]

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[SuperRiccardo]

Made this yesterday. Used belly pork. No Cream in fridge used Creme Fraiche. Partially cooked Pork Belly. Added all ingredients to slow cooker. When cooked poured on Creme Fraiche. Fabulous.

[benjohnsmith]

Nicky - once again you’ve smashed it outta the ballpark! Excited to try this one!

[bentley]

It's a great recipe without a doubt, I'm a retired chef and the only thing I do a little different is to cook out the tomato paste with the onions before adding the liquid. Doesn't make much difference with a long slow cook but it's just what I was taught to do. Just found your channel, another subscriber to your well deserved list.

[conradkostelecky]

Always great recipes. Short to the point but yet all details are covered. Fantastic.

[OlgaintheKitchen]

What a delicious recipe! Love slow cooker meals for busy days 😊

[sanchez]

Got this in my slow cooker now, a few beers down the pub then home at 16:00 for Sunday lunch

[cindysue]

That gravy over white rice or wide egg noodles would be another way of serving it.

[mavgoose]

So lovely to find a recipe for pork that's not bbq or spicy AND slowcooker, Thank you! Im making it now, cant wait to try it tonight.

[alfiejack]

Another great recipe, Nicky. Love your content .

[a.bettywith]

Mmmh yum, will definitely give that a go, really like the slow cooker recipes. Thanks

[comiketiger]

K, S ehh.... Im from Kansas and that's how we abbreviate it too...😉😊😊😊😊. Another great video and presentation! Thank you!
God bless all here. ❤❤

[sheilathomas]

Hi Nicky, I have made this using your book, it's all about dinner. It's absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing.

[SuperAnnieMo]

Excellent video. Thanks for this recipe. Once I had the ingredients ready, it was very easy to fix and the clean up was minimal. I used bone-in chops and added potato wedges (at my husband’s request). I will use this version for all pork chops in the future.

[susanmcbride]

5 star. No make that 6 stars. I used 2 center cut bone in. There’s only two of us. I used cream but I think milk would work. I made a slurry to thicken the gravy. I haven’t made pork in years because it was so dry. The meat was falling off the bone tender. Wonderful recipe. Now I’m going to look for your cookbook.

[milesbancroft]

Thanks for the recipe. We had it for dinner yesterday and it was a hit with everyone. I wonder if a bit of mustard or maybe some kind of booze would be nice slow cooked in with the sauce.

[jimbojet]

Thank you Nikki, a great recipe as usual. I’ll be trying this one. Thank you.

[valborchardt]

Oh yummy. Thanks Nicky. Thats a keeper for sure

[foxthefox]

That's what I'm doing this weekend. Yay!

[Davidl-uxke]

I made this with pork belly slices which were reduced in aldi and it was fantastic
I have to agree it's only a matter of time before you have your own tv series