Crock Pot Braised Pork Chops

For those people out there who don't have time to cook, or cannot afford to eat healthy food because it's sooooo expensive, here's another recipe for you. Keep in mind that I treat food recipes as starting points. Sometimes when the mood strikes I will modify quantities and sub out ingredients.

Tonight we enjoyed Crock Pot Pork Chops. I purchased a bulk package of pork chops a couple of weeks ago and froze portions in vacuum sealed bags forgetting to brine them. To me, defrosted pork chops seem to come out dry if not brined - that is UNLESS YOU BRAISE THEM.

Ingredients Used:
3 boneless pork chops
1 large onion
2 apples
1 can diced tomatoes with juice
2 cups Chicken broth
1 cup or so red wine (it was on the counter, so why not?)
2-3 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
Fresh ground pepper - to taste
A handful of shredded red cabbage (it was in the fridge and looked pretty...)
3-3 large carrots, peeled cut in half

Step 1: Brown pork chops in sautee pan in a little oil (I used Olive). Get a nice caramel color on both flat sides. Transfer to crock pot

Step 2: Sweat onions - in the same pan the chops came out of. Lightly sweat - not caramelize. Put that into the crock pot.

Step 3: pile the rest of the stuff in. No particular order. Just make sure the chops are on the bottom.

Step 4: Cook long and slow all day long. It will be ready when you get home. We actually started it late on Sunday and realized too late that we didn't get it started in time. I cooled the crock, chilled over night then put back on the heat for a few hours today.

We didn't make any sides for this, but a nice egg noodle or rice would be nice to soak up the broth. I could have reduced the liquid as a thicker sauce, but didn't. It was bowl slurping good as it was. The whole dinner (with plenty left over for lunch tomorrow) totalled about $10.00. This was FAR less money than any fast food place for dinner and sooooo much healthier.

Enjoy!