Apple Butter Pork Chops
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Pork chops smothered with apple butter, granny smith apples, apple cider vinegar, and onions made in the slow cooker. Apple Butter Pork Chops are a wonderful dinner along with mashed potatoes.
This easy recipe screams fall! My friend Brandi’s recipe inspired this recipe! We always have leftover apple butter, and this will be my go-to recipe to use it up.
This is the best pork chop recipe if you want juicy pork chops with a unique and flavorful sauce made with apple butter, apples, and onions. It makes for a great weeknight meal and hits every sweet and savory taste. Use the leftover apple butter in my apple butter meatballs or apple butter little smokies.
Key Ingredients
Bone-in pork chops – Bone-in pork chops work great for this pork chop apple recipe.
Salt and pepper – Add salt and pepper to your pork chops, this is all is needed for the apple butter is the star.
Apple Butter – Use store-bought or make Slow Cooker Apple Butter, you can even use my slow cooker caramel apple butter! . There is no need to add ground cinnamon or brown sugar, as the apple butter already contains it. You can find it on the jam aisle at the store.
Onion – White or sweet yellow onion.
Granny Smith Apples – These apples are perfect for this recipe; they add an apple flavor without being over-sweet.
Apple cider vinegar – Adds depth of flavor and cuts the sweetness in the apple butter.
How to Make Apple Butter Pork Chops
- Layer chops, apple butter, onions, and apples.
- Add vinegar; slow-cook with the lid on. The longer these cook, the more they will fall off the bone.
- Plate the chops and spoon over the cooking juices.
How to Serve Apple Pork Chops
- Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes – Serve with creamy mashed potatoes on the side.
- Rice Pilaf – Want an easy side? Make a homemade rice pilaf or even a box of Rice a Roni is perfect with this crockpot apple pork.
- Slow Cooker Baby Carrots – We often serve our crockpot meals with a green veggie but often forget about carrots!
- Slow Cooker Cornbread – We love making a homemade cornbread to go with fall meals.
- Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes – Pork is excellent with sweet potatoes topped with brown sugar and butter.
Sarah’s Tips & Variations
Cut Swap: You can use ANY pork chop cut you want for this recipe; thick, thin, center cut, or boneless pork chops. Pork Loin even works well.
Best Apple Choice: Gala apples are my second choice for this recipe. They are firm and hold up well to the cooking time.
Apple Butter Swap: If you’d like to swap this out, you can use applesauce (which is where this recipe originated) or even try pumpkin butter.
Adding Additional Flavors: Add mustard for more tang and to cut down the sweetness. Worcestershire sauce is a great choice for doing that as well.
How to Store and Reheat
Place any remaining pork chops in an airtight container and keep in the fridge for up to 4 days. The leftovers make a nice quick meal the next day and can easily be reheated over medium heat until warmed throughout.
Apple Butter Pork Chops Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. bone-in pork chops
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 1 ½ cups apple butter
- 1 yellow onion, sliced
- 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced
- 2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Add the pork chops to the slow cooker. Sprinkle over the salt and pepper.
- Spread the apple butter over the pork chops.
- Add the onion and apples over the pork chops and add the apple cider vinegar over everything.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or low for 7 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
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I’m giving this three stars only because the meat was delightfully tender. The flavor, however, was seriously lacking. I followed the recipe exactly using all ingredients specified. This is SO bland. It desperately needs more seasoning. I encourage you to spice it up a bit. I will not be making again.
Excellent recipe. Can’t wait to make again. Thank you so much for this amazing recipe.
Can you layer the pork chops and ingredients for a crowd?? This time I made 3 large pork chops. No more would fit.
Yes, you can layer it!
This looks so good. Do I have to peel the apples?
I made three boneless chops for dinner with roasted sweet potatoes. The pork chops were fabulous. My husband didn’t like a lot of the sauce on his but he does not care for sweets either. I loved the sauce. The next day bee shredded the leftover pork chop with a little bit of sauce and my husband LOVED it!!!! He said you can make this anytime you want. He said we should make in the summer and shred for pulled pork sliders and take to our next BBQ. I also cook for my mom and this will be something I can easily take over at lunch to her house and let cook for when she is ready for dinner.
What a sweet and thoughtful idea! Bet your Mom loves you a lot!
I have to try this recipe, I have been craving pork chops and applesauce for a while now.
Do you have to use apple cider vinegar ?
No, but it does help cut some sweetness. Do you have any red wine or white vinegar you can use?
Dry and tough chops. Cooked on high. Will sear first next time
SOOO GOOD!! We had a family friend of ours generously give us a jar of homemade apple butter that I ended up using for this recipe. I did have to make a couple slight adjustments: I used one can of unsweetened applesauce instead of two Granny Smith’s and I added three spoonfuls of brown sugar to sweeten it a bit more. The amount of liquid was a bit much but that’s what happens when you gotta substitute a solid for a liquid. Definitely a do again for my family!!
I made homemade apple butter this morning to use in this recipe, so it took until noon to get it all in the crockpot, so it’s been cooking on low all day. I think at 5pm, cocktail hour, I’ll give it a stir and cook it on high so I can serve it at 6:00. I also broke up the pork chops, which I now regret, for presentation sake, so I think I’ll serve this dish over wheat hamburger buns. So far it smells really good! I’m excited to taste it!
I don’t like onions instead of onions I would add brown sugar I’ll probably be really good