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 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 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
- Baked beans – my favorite way to serve pork chops. Try a little bite of beans with each bite of the chops!
- Corn on the Cob
- 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.
- 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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Nutrition Information:
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Can you make this without apple cider vinegar?
Yes, or use white vinegar or even red wine vinegar.
This is very good. Have made it several times for our company. Everyone likes it!
My family and I loved these chops. Served with mash, gravy and roasted carrots.
Can you put potatoes in?
Yes. That will work fine.
Thank u.
I have 6 chops. Do I triple recipe?
I have 6 chops. Do I triple recipe?
I would double it if it was me.
My onions have got black, they were chopped rather than sliced.
Do you think my slower cooker cooks faster?
If so should I do it for less time?
Yes, I would try less time for sure.
Can I cook this on high for less time?
yes, about 3.5-4 hours on high.
Can this be made into a double recipe? I need more than 4 chops.
Yes, that will work great.
I followed recipe exactly. Meat was tender and flavor was okay. I was hoping for much more flavorful meat.
Can I double spices & brown sugar, apple cider vinegar & Worcestershire sauce for more flavor??
Yes, that will work fine.
Do I have to brown the chops, or can I just put them in the crock pot ??
You can just add them if you want.
Very good and easy to make. Cut the sugar in 1/2. Cut the calories you don’t kneed it.
Add coconut crystals instead of brown sugar. Adds sweetness without the calories.
We are not great pork lovers because we find it a very dry meat. However, this recipe is great. I’ve made it twice but instead of using pork chops, I used a small pork loin and doubled the ingredients for the sauce. BAM!!! Our favorite way to have pork now.
Giving this one more try, first time the chops were so dry, they were hard to chew. Flavor is great though.
Made these last night! Wonderful and yummy. I was concerned because the last time I made pork in the crockpot, it was tough and dry. Not this time. Happened to find a package of 8 thick boneless chops on sale at the market. I cooked only four since it is just my husband and myself, the other two will be used for pulled pork sandwiches! So now I have two more meals in the freezer with the remaining four!
I used 4 thick-cut boneless pork chops. This was fantastic. The meat was so tender a knife was unnecessary. My family gave it good reviews. Served with baked potato and steamed broccoli. Will make again.
LOVED your recipe — delicious Did four boneless pork chops only needed two !!! Can I freeze the two I have left. Thank You
I think they will freeze fine!