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3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Beer Braised Pork Chops

Tender pork chops are slow cooked with beer and onion soup mix until savory, juicy, and full of rich flavor. This simple 3-ingredient dinner is cozy, budget-friendly, and especially good served with mashed potatoes, rice, noodles, or roasted vegetables.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 5 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Comfort Food, Easy Dinner, Main Course, Pork, Slow Cooker
Cuisine: American
Calories: 330
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 pork chops bone-in or boneless
  • 12 oz beer lager, amber ale, or light beer
  • 1 packet onion soup mix

Method
 

  1. Place the pork chops in the bottom of the slow cooker in a fairly even layer.
  2. Sprinkle the onion soup mix evenly over the pork chops.
  3. Pour the beer around the pork chops, adding a little over the top without washing all the seasoning into one spot.
  4. Cover and cook on low for 5–6 hours, or on high for 2 1/2–3 1/2 hours, until the pork chops are tender and cooked through.
  5. Spoon the cooking liquid over the pork chops before serving.
  6. For a thicker sauce, remove the pork chops and simmer the cooking liquid in a small saucepan for a few minutes until slightly reduced.
  7. Serve warm with mashed potatoes, rice, noodles, or roasted vegetables.

Notes

Use bone-in pork chops for the juiciest result. Avoid very bitter beer, as the bitterness can become stronger during slow cooking.