The pork chops cook on top of a layer of vegetables, which get basted in the juices from the chops and wind up chopped vegetables and/or fruits, enough to form a layer on the bottom of the slow cooker — such as apples, asian pears, onions, carrots.
Slow Cooker Pork And Sauerkraut With Apples
Plus you get all of the vitamins and fiber from the cabbage and apples.
Recipe Summary Slow Cooker Pork And Sauerkraut With Apples
The apple and onion together work magic on this classic dish. This is traditionally served on New Year's Day in Central Pennsylvania. It is customarily served with mashed potatoes. The sauerkraut mixture tops the mashed potatoes like a gravy. Surprisingly good.Ingredients | Slow Cooker Pork Chop Recipes With Apples
6 thick-cut pork chops
4 tart apples, peeled and sliced
1 large onion, sliced
water to cover
1 quart sauerkraut
½ teaspoon fennel seed, or to taste
Directions
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown pork chops in hot skillet, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Drain.
Arrange apples and onion in the bottom of a slow cooker; top with browned pork chops. Pour in enough water to cover bottom of the slow cooker crock.
Cook on High for 3 hours (or on Low for 6 hours). Add sauerkraut and fennel seed to pork chop mixture. Cook for 1 more hour.
Caraway seed can be substituted for fennel seed.
Info | Slow Cooker Pork Chop Recipes With Apples
prep:
10 mins
cook:
4 hrs 5 mins
total:
4 hrs 15 mins
Servings:
6
Yield:
6 servings
