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March 23, 2017

Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops

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Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops–thin sirloin pork chops cooked in the pressure cooker until tender and topped with a savory sauce and bacon crumbles.

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Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops--thin sirloin pork chops cooked in the pressure cooker until tender and topped with a savory sauce and bacon crumbles.

Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops

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Today’s recipe is an adaptation from my favorite crockpot pork chops recipe. I wanted to see how it would fare in the pressure cooker. After reading around the internet I found that for thin pork chops you really only need to set the Instant Pot for 1 minute. Yes, just one minute. I know, it’s crazy. And then it’s imperative to let the pressure release on it’s own for about 10 minutes. This is so the meat isn’t zapped of all it’s moisture. It worked really nicely and my family loved this dinner. We served the Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops with baked potatoes and salad.

You’ll start this recipe by cooking up some bacon in the Instant Pot using the sauté function. Then you’ll use some of the bacon grease to sauté some diced onion and garlic. Then you’ll pile in the rest of the ingredients and the pork chops. I used thin boneless sirloin pork chops. Cook for one minute and let the pressure release naturally. Finally you’ll thicken up the sauce with some cornstarch and serve. The total time that the pork chops are in the Instant Pot is around 20 minutes (5-10 minutes to come to pressure, 1 minutes of cooking time, 10 minutes to release the pressure).

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Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops

Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops


★★★★★

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  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 minute
  • Total Time: 31 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
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Ingredients

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  • 4 strips of bacon, uncooked
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/2 tsp brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 2 Tbsp lite soy sauce
  • 1 lb boneless thin sirloin pork chops
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp cornstarch

Instructions

  1. Turn the Instant Pot to sauté. Fry the bacon in the bottom of the Instant Pot until crispy. Remove the bacon and place on top of a couple paper towels and press the paper towels over the bacon to absorb the grease.
  2. Drain all but 1 tsp of the bacon grease out of the Instant Pot. Sauté the onion in the bacon grease and when onions are almost translucent add in the garlic and sauté it as well.
  3. Add in thyme, brown sugar, chicken broth, soy sauce and stir.
  4. Nestle the pork chops into the Instant Pot and lightly salt and pepper the pork chops.
  5. Cover the pot and press manual and set the timer to 1 minute. After the pressure cooker beeps let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes.
  6. Remove the lid and place the pork chops onto a platter. Loosely tent the pork chops with foil. Add the vinegar into the pressure cooker. Turn the Instant Pot to sauté and mix 2 Tbsp of cornstarch with 2 Tbsp of water in a small bowl. Stir the cornstarch slurry into the sauce in the pressure cooker. The sauce will thicken up almost instantly.
  7. Crumble the bacon that you cooked earlier. Place the pork chops on a platter. Spoon the sauce over the pork chops and then top with crumbled bacon.

Notes

I used my 6 quart Instant Pot for this recipe.

There is also a slow cooker version of this recipe.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 pork chop
  • Calories: 278
  • Sugar: 2.2 g
  • Sodium: 1016 mg
  • Fat: 12.9 g
  • Saturated Fat: 4.2 g
  • Carbohydrates: 8.1 g
  • Protein: 30.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 86 mg

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44 Comments Filed Under: All Recipes, Pork, Instant Pot Tagged With: 5 stars, 0-2 hours, bacon, instant pot

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  1. Terri says

    January 7, 2021 at 10:59 pm

    I made this in my Ninja Foodi using boneless pork chops that didn’t say thin on the package and they came out delicious. I chopped up the bacon and mixed it into the gravy with the cornstarch. Sooo good😋

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      January 8, 2021 at 6:26 pm

      WOO!!!! Love to hear this Terri!

      Reply
  2. Hope says

    February 15, 2019 at 4:58 pm

    Too salty with the soy sauce.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      February 19, 2019 at 9:15 am

      Perhaps try low sodium soy sauce next time?

      Reply
    • alan lindquist says

      April 23, 2019 at 8:09 pm

      I made this recipe tonight and for the life of me could not find the setting for ( press manual ) so just were is this setting ?

      Reply
      • Karen says

        April 24, 2019 at 9:36 am

        do you have a pressure cook button? use that.

        Reply
        • Quinn says

          January 10, 2020 at 8:25 pm

          I made this. My pressure cooker does not have a manual button, nor a pressure cook button. I just put it on meat, set it for 10 minutes let the pressure build up and released slowly

          Reply
          • Karen says

            January 11, 2020 at 7:49 pm

            Great! That totally works!

  3. Lindsay says

    November 14, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    Any idea on nutrition facts?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      November 16, 2018 at 9:41 am

      Hi, I just updated the recipe with nutrition info. Hope this helps!

      Reply
  4. Deb says

    October 30, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    Wow thanks for sharing. This was amazing. Made stuffing to put the gravy on.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      October 30, 2018 at 6:23 pm

      Heck yes to the stuffing idea!

      Reply
  5. Janet says

    September 11, 2018 at 8:03 pm

    One minute is the correct timing…so tender! Cooking occurs during the pressure buildup and also during the 12 minute natural release time. I did not care for the taste of the soy sauce in the gravy, so will try it without that next time.

    ★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 12, 2018 at 10:21 am

      Glad it turned out tender for you!

      Reply
  6. Steve Sachs says

    June 18, 2018 at 6:53 pm

    Made this dish tonight. Great flavor and quick to prepare. I buy whole pork loins and cut my own boneless chops from it. These were tender using the recipe exactly as written. Thanks for sharing it!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      June 19, 2018 at 1:36 pm

      I like the idea of cutting your own chops! I’ll have to do that!

      Reply
      • John says

        July 27, 2018 at 4:29 pm

        Karen did you mean to cook the chops for just one minute or was that a typo? I know the instantpot cooks while it’s building pressure. Thanks

        Reply
        • Karen says

          July 30, 2018 at 12:29 pm

          Yes it is just one minute.

          Reply
  7. Donna T says

    May 28, 2018 at 6:16 pm

    I tried this tonight and it was so easy and so good hubby ate all of it.
    Thank you

    Reply
    • Karen says

      May 28, 2018 at 8:53 pm

      Nice!

      Reply
  8. Lee says

    February 3, 2018 at 9:48 pm

    Hi, I made this tonight and the flavor was great. In fact hubby wants me to always make the gravy for all meat! But I have a question/comment. I felt that the meat was tough. Had to cut with knife and not easily either. Friends opinions were saying it needed to cook longer. Longer makes it more tender they said. I figured it would make it even more tough. Any thoughts? I don’t cook chops ever so all new to me. Thanks

    ★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      February 5, 2018 at 6:23 pm

      Hi Lee, this is a good question. It depends on the cut of meat. Some cuts need less time to get tender and some cuts need more time to get tender. Do you remember what kind of cut you used?

      Reply
      • Trina says

        July 25, 2018 at 12:18 pm

        You only cook it for 1 minute ? I am new to Instant pot

        Reply
        • Karen says

          July 25, 2018 at 2:20 pm

          yes that’s right. the pot takes time to build and release pressure and will be cooking the food the whole time so only 1 minute actually under pressure is necessary.

          Reply
    • Allie says

      April 6, 2018 at 10:31 am

      You can always try brining pork chops too first!

      Reply
  9. Sandy says

    January 17, 2018 at 5:06 pm

    Can you use frozen pork chops

    Reply
    • Karen says

      January 17, 2018 at 6:44 pm

      yes

      Reply
      • Carol says

        January 22, 2018 at 3:12 pm

        What about cook time for frozen thin pork chops

        Reply
        • Karen says

          January 23, 2018 at 8:27 am

          Same time!

          Reply
  10. Christina says

    January 8, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    I don’t even like pork chops and I made these, enjoyed it.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      January 11, 2018 at 1:33 pm

      ha! so glad you liked it 🙂

      Reply
  11. JBrown says

    December 17, 2017 at 4:20 pm

    Made this last week and it is so easy and very tasty! Next time I will brown the chops first for added color and taste. Great recipe.

    ★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      December 19, 2017 at 2:18 pm

      Thanks! I’m so glad you liked it.

      Reply
  12. Vicky Rafn says

    October 9, 2017 at 5:36 pm

    I have bone-in chops. How long should I could them?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      October 10, 2017 at 10:06 am

      I would add a couple of minutes to the cooking time. Keep the natural pressure release though!

      Reply
  13. Kimberly says

    August 10, 2017 at 12:57 pm

    I have thicker pork chops. Do you think 4 min with NPR will be sufficient?

    Reply
    • Alicia says

      September 14, 2017 at 2:51 pm

      That’s what I was wondering too. If you have thicker pork chops, would you put it in for a little longer?

      Reply
      • Karen says

        September 14, 2017 at 3:49 pm

        Maybe increase the time by 1 minute!

        Reply
  14. Heather says

    July 28, 2017 at 11:36 am

    I need to cook 2 pounds of chops. Do I double everything, even the minute cook time? Thanks.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      August 1, 2017 at 11:42 am

      I would do a 2 minute cook time and let the pressure release naturally.

      Reply
  15. Denise says

    July 20, 2017 at 3:31 pm

    Have you tried it without adding the sugar?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      July 24, 2017 at 12:15 pm

      no, I haven’t. let me know how it turns out.

      Reply
  16. Trish says

    July 2, 2017 at 3:07 pm

    Is the cook time supposed to only be 1 minute? Thanks! Looks great!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      July 8, 2017 at 5:08 pm

      yep just one minute and then the natural pressure release.

      Reply

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