Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Onions have tender boneless pork chops in a tangy sauce with buttery sweet yellow onions. It’s homemade French onion pork that your family will LOVE!
You can make a different pork chop recipe in your crockpot every night! Also, try my pork chops and apples, pigs in a cornfield, or my slow cooker apple butter pork chops recipes.
These pork chops with onions 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 crockpot always does that for me.
This excellent smothered pork chops recipe without any heavy sauce is great for a lighter dinner. This recipe is also great if you add a few cloves of my slow cooker garlic confit if you have any leftovers!
Recipe Ingredients
- Boneless pork chops – Though I use boneless in this recipe, you can use thick-cut or even bone it with great results
- Worcestershire sauce – A secret ingredient to make just about any slow cooker recipe even better!! If you’ve never looked up what Worcestershire sauce in it, it has: lemon, vinegar, molasses, anchovies, garlic, tamarind extract, soy, chili pepper extract, sugar, pickles, and salt. What a combination!
- Seasonings – Salt, pepper, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, and brown sugar.
- Apple cider vinegar – Add a layer of flavor and cuts back on the sweetness.
- Sweet yellow onion – Use one large sweet yellow onion or two small ones.
- Salted butter – Add fat and flavor to the dish.
Step One – Add a small amount of cooking oil to a pan on the stovetop and brown the pork chops; no need to cook these completely.
Step Two – 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.
Step Three – Add the sweet yellow onion and place the butter on top.
Step Four – 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.
How to serve
- Slow Cooker Baked Beans – my favorite way to serve pork chops. Try a little bite of beans with each bite of the chops! Or try my slow cooker root beer baked beans.
- Slow Cooker Corn on the Cob
- Slow Cooker Mashed potatoes – are a perfect side, along with caramelized onion pork chops.
- Tossed salad with dressing – We love making a semi-homemade dressing with ranch dressing mix, buttermilk, and mayo.
- Rice pilaf – Grab a box of your favorite mix at the store.
- Slow Cooker Baked potatoes – Aren’t baked potatoes the easiest side ever? Wash and dry your potatoes in the morning and wrap them in foil. They will be ready to pop in the oven when you arrive home from work.
Recipe FAQs and Variations
Yes! It’s not a typical dish you see, but caramelized onions and pork are a match made in heaven.
Sweet yellow onion goes the best with pork chops, though red onions will do well if you can’t find sweet onions. The dish will look different with red onions but still have great flavor.
For a unique twist on this onion pork chops, add red or orange bell pepper along with the onions. It will give the dish an entirely different flavor.
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Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Onions
Equipment Needed:
Ingredients:
- 2 lb. boneless pork chops (about 4-5 chops)
- cooking oil
- 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1 large sweet yellow onion sliced
- 1/3 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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JUlie says
Yum yum. Made tonight. Onions were so good & carmelized.
Sarah Olson says
Glad you liked it!
KEVIN BLAND says
What’s your opinion if I add potatoes in the pot with it?
Sarah Olson says
I think potatoes would be great!
Lissa says
How long would you cook the potatoes?
Sarah Olson says
if they are thin sliced, the 6 hours on low should do fine. But may need to add and extra hour if they are thicker.
Janice McMillan says
Could you use cabbage instead of onion (hate onion!) by slicing into thin “wedges”? How long would it take to cook if added in lieu of onion?
Sarah Olson says
I think the same amount of time Janice! Sounds great.
Courtney says
would I still cook these on low for 6 hours if I were only making one pound?
Sarah Olson says
5 hours would probably be enough.
Kerry Kurchak says
I put it on this morning & smelled it cooking all day long! It was difficult not to lift the lid and sample. This is delicious. I used 4 bone-in pork chops. Will use 6 chops next time. Sooo good!
Ms. Peppercorn says
I used less butter, 1/4 c, and almost 3 lbs of chops and it was very good. Will make it again.
Sarah Olson says
Happy to hear that!
Doug says
I’ve been looking for an easy set-it-and-forget pork recipe, so I was excited when I found this. It was a hit even with my picky eaters, and works well even when cold for packed lunches. Thanks!!
Loren says
Would this work for 3 hours on high?
Sarah Olson says
If I were to do this on high, I would do 3.5- 4 hours to make sure the pork gets tender 🙂
Anonymous says
Would this work for 3 hour on high
Sarah Olson says
I would do 3.5 – 4 hours on high.
McKensie says
Do you think I could make this recipe with pork tenderloin? Would it be the same cooking time?
Sarah Olson says
I think it would be good with a tenderloin. I would do the same cooking time, but if it was a really large tenderloin I would do 7 hours on low.
Peggy Brennan says
I have a large family and would need 8 or 10 chops. Could this work by layering the ingredients?
Sarah Olson says
I think so!, you can always spoon the sauce on any chops that didn’t get down in the sauce when serving.
Anonymous says
I slice up a big loin roast, brown them, and I layer them in my slow cooker. I always at least double the sauce. Turns out perfect every time! So very tender. New favourite supper,!
karyld2016 says
My aunt made something similar for me a few years ago, but in the pressure cooker. When I asked for the recipe it was “a little of this, a little of that”. Your recipe is SO much more helpful!! 🙂
Sarah Olson says
Awesome. I bet this would turn out great in the pressure cooker too!
Buck says
Me too, we love pork !
Elizabeth Mills says
I have to try this recipe
Anonymous says
I tried this recipe and it was bombdiggity, wow best pork chops ever touched my pallet. Sooo yummy!!