This recipe makes the most tender and flavorful pork chops, and the biggest bonus, it's a crock pot dish!
Ingredients
3 thick, center cut pork chops, rinsed, patted dry, and trimmed of all visible fat
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 Tablespoons canola oil
1 medium sweet onion, sliced into thin strips
1 large tart cooking apple, such as Jonagold, Winesap, or Goldrush, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
1/2 cup apple cider
1 can chicken broth
1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 bay leaf
cooking spray
Spray crock pot with cooking spray.
In medium frying pan, heat the canola oil. While oil is heating, place pork chops, flour, salt, and pepper in a Ziploc bag. Shake until pork chops are well-coated. Remove the pork chops from the bag, placing carefully in frying pan. Discard bag. Brown the pork chops on each side. Remove to crock pot. Do not clean the pan!
Place the onions in the frying pan. Add more oil if necessary, just so they don't stick. Cook until softened. Remove to crock pot, on top of the pork chops. Do not clean pan!
Place the apples in the frying pan. Add more oil if necessary, just so they don't stick. Cook until softened. Remove to crock pot on top of the onions.
Pour the apple cider and chicken broth over everything in the crock pot. Add the Dijon mustard and stir to mix everything well. Toss the bay leaf on top.
Cook on low for 8 hours.
Serve with the apples, onions, and broth poured over top of a pork chop. The leftovers of this dish are awesome too, even more flavorful than when first made.
