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Crockpot Ranch Pork Chops with Parmesan Mashed Potatoes

Tender crockpot pork chops smothered in ranch sauce and served with creamy Parmesan mashed potatoes. A simple and flavorful meal.

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Why it works: Ranch and pork work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 117 recipes mention both. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook3 hr

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place the baby carrots and diced yellow onion in the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker. Lay the boneless pork chops on top.

  2. In a bowl, stir the ranch dressing seasoning, cream of chicken soup and sour cream together until smooth. Spoon the mixture over the pork chops.

  3. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours, until a thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the pork reads at least 145°F (63°C). Let the pork rest 3 minutes before serving.

  4. While the pork cooks, place the halved red potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, until a fork slides in easily.

  5. Drain the potatoes well and return them to the pot. Add the butter, milk, shredded Parmesan, and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Mash until smooth and season to taste.

  6. Serve each pork chop with the creamy sauce from the slow cooker spooned over it, alongside a generous scoop of the Parmesan mashed potatoes.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Ranch + porktop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  2. Chicken + porktop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,375 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Pork + potatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Onion + potatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,019 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Carrot + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,105 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ranch, cream, chicken, onion, pork, potato, parmesan cheese):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Asparagusbetter flavor fit
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ranch, cream, chicken, onion, pork, potato, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).