Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Onions have tender boneless pork chops in a tangy sauce with sweet yellow onions.
Hi all! I don’t have many pork chop recipes on the blog, and I think this recipe I just made is a keeper. The pork chops are cooked in a slightly sweet tangy sauce along with sweet onions and butter.
These pork chops would make for a good summer recipe alongside baked beans and corn on the cob. I don’t do a ton of grilling in the summer, I like the meat to be very tender and the crock pot always does that for me.
Another tangy sauced pork chop recipe I love is this Baked Cranberry Pork Chops from These Old Cookbooks, it’s a must try too.
How to make:
You will need these ingredients:
- Boneless pork chops
- Cooking oil for browning the chops
- Worcestershire sauce
- Apple cider vinegar
- Brown sugar
- Salt and pepper
- Garlic powder
- Red pepper flakes
- Sweet yellow onion
- Salted butter
Add a small amount of cooking oil to a pan on the stove top and brown the pork chops, no need to cook these completely.
Add the Worcestershire sauce, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, salt, pepper, garlic powder and red pepper flakes to the bottom of the slow cooker.
Add the pork chops and flip them around the sauce to coat. Add the sweet yellow onion and place the butter on top.
Cook on LOW for 6 hours for tender chops. The edges where the onions sit get caramelized and the sauce has slow cooked to perfection at this point.
Such a great meal for any night of the week! The chops turn out very tender in this recipe.
What to serve with these pork chops?
- Baked beans – my favorite way to serve
- Corn on the Cob
- Mashed potatoes
- Tossed salad with dressing
- Rice pilaf
- Baked potatoes loaded with toppings
Equipment
- Slow Cooker – 3 quart or larger
Ingredients
- 2 lb. boneless pork chops
- cooking oil
- 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- ¼ tsp. garlic powder
- ⅛ tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1 large sweet yellow onion sliced
- ⅓ cup salted butter sliced
Instructions
- Start by setting a skillet on the stove top over medium high heat. When the pan is hot just enough cooking oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Brown the pork chops on both sides, don’t worry about cooking through the slow cooker will do that. Set aside for now.
- Add the Worcestershire sauce, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, salt, pepper, garlic powder and red pepper flakes in to the slow cooker, stir together with something that won’t scratch your slow cooker.
- Add the browned pork chops, then add the onions and butter slices.
- Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Serve and enjoy!
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First Published 05/29/2017
Updated 06/05/2019
Wonderful recipe! Have made it 3 times now my husband and I both love it.P.S. I didn’t change a thing! Thank you.
Thank you Marie!! Glad you enjoy it.
I have 2 thick pork chops. Would you recommend a longer cooking time or should I cut the chops into 4 pieces and follow the recipe as is?
Delicious! Love that ingredients are natural, thanks so much for sharing
This was awesome and just as good the second day!
How would your recipe work if I caramelized the onions in a skillet, browned 6 bone-in thick pork chops; kept the rest of your recipe the same ECEPT placed it all in a lrg crockpot cooking bag?
I think it would work great!
Made this today. Needed a little more salt than what the recipe called for, but other than that it was a keeper.
I made this last night for dinner. Wow! My husband and teen son (who is celiac and eats gluten-free) wolfed it down. The only change I made was to back off the butter; I only used 2 tablespoons and it was plenty. Really good, really easy – what more can you ask for? Thanks!
Could this be done with frozen chops?
I got 2.5lbs of boneless pork chops. So now how much of each thing should I put in? Or should i leave the ingredients how it is?
I think it will be fine with the recipe as is with your amount of meat.
Wow easy and so good, no more dried out boneless chops! Melts in your mouth! Bought your cookbook!
Ah! Thank you so much! 🙂
Cold you add sliced apples to this?
My daughter made this and loved it. Do you know how it can be adapted for the Instant Pot?
I’m sure it can. Possibly use the chicken setting since it’s about the same size as chicken breasts.
Sounds delicious! I’m making this tomorrow
This is one of those recipes that you can’t get enough of! We couldn’t wait till the next night when we could eat the leftovers! So delicious!
Would this recipe work cooked in a cast iron casserole in the regular oven?
I don’t see why not! Find another recipe that has the same amount of chops that is an oven recipe.
Can you freeze this dish.
Hi Sandra, I don’t see why not!
I’m cooking this as we speak. Sounds great! Let you know how it tastes later. Thank you!
Thanks for including the nutritional facts. I understand it being just an educated guess, but this is per serving, right?
Yes! The values are for 1/4 of the recipe. One serving.
Great flavor but the pork came out really dry even though I followed the recipe. Any idea what would cause that??
This is in my Crock as we speak!! Cant wait to try it!!
SARAH
since I became chef in our house (wife has medical problems) I have been using slow cooker a lot and many of your recipes. Really enjoyed this one and will make it again.
Sarah, due to some medical problems my wife has, I became head cook and bottle washer. I like the slow cooker and your recipes. Big help to a guy who is not a cook (but learning)
I would love to try this but I am not a lover of tangy sauce. I prefer a plain but tasty sauce. Can you help me please?
Any idea what it would do to the recipe if I left out some of the butter or maybe substituted something other than butter? Trying to be calorie conscious