Step by Step: Slow Cooker Pork Chops & Gravy

This is one of our family favorite COMFORT FOOD meals; really anything with gravy to me, is comfort food. From this recipe I found love for my gravy recipe that I also use in other recipes. This post is the step by step to making my Crock Pot Pork Chops, if you don't need step by step, click HERE and it will take you right to the recipe. 

To get started, What you need:

4-5 Pork Chops (thick cut w/ bone in)
1 TBSP Olive Oil
1 Onion, chopped
1 can Cream o’ Mushroom
1 can Cream o’ Chicken
¾ cup beef broth (low sodium)
Salt, Pepper, garlic powder, Paprika

What you do:

Start by seasoning your meat and with the salt, pepper, garlic, and paprika. Season both sides and set aside. Heat the oil in a cast iron pan over medium-high heat. If you don't have cast iron any pan will do. 

While that is heat chop up the onion and put it in the bottom of your slow cooker. It doesn't need to be a perfect chop and not too small.

Chopping the onion gives enough time for the pan and oil to heat. Now you can brown the pork on each side (3-4 minutes each side). This is to sear the chops and lock in the juices. Anytime you use a slow cooker it adds a lot of water and I feel like can easily drain the flavors. 

Once done searing, put the pork chops in the crock pot on top of the onions. It’s okay if they are layered some.

Next in the cast iron pan; add the broth, mushroom & chicken soup. This mixture simmering will pick up the bits and flavors from cooking the porkchops in it. I use low sodium where I can because the mix of these can taste salty, I'd mix it and try it then decide if it needs more salt & pepper.

Wisk, while scraping the bottom. Let it come to a low simmer. The mixture will look weird to start, no other way to put it. 

It will go through a stage of weird; then clumpy and finally as it simmers and mixes together it will become smooth like gravy.

 

Finally, pour soup/gravy mixture over pork chops & onions. Cook on low for 5-7 hours. The cook time really depends on the thickness of the porkchops and your slow cooker. Check them around 5 hours, they should be falling off the bone, if not add more time. 

We usually serve with white rice or mashed potatoes, either is delicious. If serving with white rice, I make it how the box says but instead of boiling in water I use chicken broth. It makes the rice more flavorful so you don't have to drown it in gravy for it to be good. 

Enjoy and let me know what you think.