Name: Crockpot Country Pork and Corn on the Cob
Ingredients: ½ cup all-purpose flour; 1½ tsp salt, divided; 1 tsp pepper, divided; 6 (5 oz) bone-in center cut pork chops (about ½-inch thick); 2 – 3 tbsp olive oil, divided; 4 large garlic cloves, pressed; 3 ears fresh corn, cut in half; 1 (18-oz) bottle honey BBQ sauce (like KC Masterpiece Honey BBQ sauce); 1 cup chicken broth

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Crockpot Country Pork and Corn on the Cob

Time4 hours

Ingredients

½ cup all-purpose flour
1½ tsp salt, divided
1 tsp pepper, divided
6 (5 oz) bone-in center cut pork chops (about ½-inch thick)
2 – 3 tbsp olive oil, divided
4 large garlic cloves, pressed
3 ears fresh corn, cut in half
1 (18-oz) bottle honey BBQ sauce (like KC Masterpiece Honey BBQ sauce)
1 cup chicken broth

Directions

Prepare the pork

Combine flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper in a large zip-top bag.
Add pork to the bag, tossing to coat.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook pork in two batches, 2 minutes on each side until browned, adding more oil if necessary.

Assemble and slow cook

Place pork in a lightly greased 4½-quart slow cooker.
Rub remaining 1 tablespoon oil and garlic evenly over corn. Sprinkle remaining ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper over corn.
Add corn to the slow cooker.
Combine honey BBQ sauce and chicken broth. Add the sauce mixture to the slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until meat is tender.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1132Calories

74 gProtein

34 gFat

132 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Pork + corntop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,069 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Olive + corntop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,502 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

What each ingredient does

All-purpose flour: Coats the pork, helping it brown and giving the sauce something to thicken against.
Pork chops: The main protein; slow cooking over low heat keeps the meat tender and moist.
Garlic: Adds aromatic pungency that mellows and sweetens during the long cooking.
Fresh corn: Sweet vegetable that softens in the sauce and absorbs its flavor.
Honey bbq sauce: Provides sweetness, acidity and body that coats the pork and corn as it cooks.
Chicken broth: Adds liquid so the slow cooker stays moist and the sauce becomes a thin, savory base.

The step that matters

Browning the pork in two batches. Crowding the skillet traps steam, so the chops turn grey instead of browning. Browning builds savory flavor through the Maillard reaction, which the slow cooker cannot create on its own.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, pepper, pork, olive, garlic, corn, honey):

Thymefits better
Cuminfits better
Basilfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, pepper, pork, olive, garlic, corn, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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Crockpot Country Pork and Corn on the Cob