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Slow Cooker Pork Chops

Pork chops slow‑cooked with apples, wine, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, and a rub.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and white wine work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 372 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Slow Cooker Pork Chops

Time7–8 hours

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chops

  1. Brush chops with olive oil and season liberally with chop rub. Set aside.

  2. Heat a large stainless steel or cast iron skillet over high heat. Add pork chops and cook until browned and slightly charred on both sides.

  3. Remove and set aside.

Deglaze the pan

  1. Place pan back on heat and deglaze with white wine.

  2. Pour out wine and reserve.

Slow cook and serve

  1. Place apples in the bottom of a crockpot.

  2. Place pork chops on top and drizzle with remaining ingredients.

  3. Cook on low 7–8 hours.

  4. Drain apples and pork into a large saucepan.

  5. Bring liquid to a boil over high heat until reduced by half.

  6. Pour liquid back over pork chops and serve warm.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

542Calories
28 gProtein
28 gFat
40 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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

Explore the science

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.

  1. Apple + white winetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together372 recipes

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

  2. Pork + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,716 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Olive + apple cider vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together439 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Olive + white winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,949 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Olive + appletop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,565 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

What each ingredient does

Pork rib chops
Main protein that becomes tender during long, gentle slow cooking.
Dried apple rings
Add sweetness and fruity flavour as they soften in the cooking liquid.
White wine
Lifts browned bits from the skillet, adding acidity and savoury depth to the sauce.
Worcestershire sauce
Adds savoury, tangy depth to the cooking liquid.
Dark brown sugar
Adds sweetness and caramel notes, and helps the sauce brown and thicken as it reduces.

The step that matters

Searing the chops until browned and slightly charred. Browning creates flavourful Maillard compounds on the surface. Skipping or rushing this step leaves the chops pale and bland, since slow cooking in liquid does not brown meat.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, olive, apple cider vinegar, white wine, sauce, sugar):

  1. Applethe original
  2. Grapefits about as well
  3. Plumfits about as well
  4. Avocadofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, olive, apple cider vinegar, white wine, sauce, sugar. 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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