Description
Tender pork chops slow-cooked in a tangy, smoky salsa verde sauce, perfect for tacos or rice bowls.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 pork chops
- 1 cup salsa verde
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pat the pork chops dry and season with salt and pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and sear pork chops for 3–4 minutes on each side until browned.
- Layer sliced onion and minced garlic in the slow cooker.
- Add the seared pork chops on top of the onions and garlic.
- Pour salsa verde evenly over the pork chops.
- Cover and cook on low for 6–7 hours or on high for 3–4 hours until pork is fork-tender.
- Let the pork chops rest briefly before serving with the sauce over the top.
Notes
For a thicker sauce, reserve some salsa verde to stir in after cooking or thicken with cornstarch.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 360 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
Keywords: slow cooker, pork chops, salsa verde, weeknight dinner, easy recipe