Instant Pot Pork Chops

I have never been able to cook pork chops without them turning out dry. I've tried them every which way-marinating them, cooking them in the oven, broiling them, cooking them on the stove, cutting them into small pieces & cooking them...nothing! I gave up cooking them a while ago. After cooking so many perfect things in the Instant Pot, I thought to myself...hmmmm, I wonder....so I gave it one more try and OMG, they turned out PERFECT!!!!! Still slightly pink in the middle and everything! I showed a picture to my parents & my dad even said they looked perfect! Score!!! They were so good!!!

Pork Chops (Pinterest) (2 servings):

2 pork chops, bone-in, 3/4"-1" thick
2 tbsp veggie oil
2 tsp brown sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 c chicken broth
1 tbsp liquid smoke

Mix together brown sugar, salt & pepper & rub evenly to both sides of pork chops. Set instant pot to saute & add veggie oil. When oil is hot, brown both sides of pork chops for about 2-3 min. After browning, remove from pot & set aside and press cancel.

Add chicken stock & liquid smoke to pot & scrape the bottom with wooden spoon. Place trivet in pot & add pork chops onto trivet. Secure lid & set to pressure cook for 10 min. Natural release for at least 10 min before removing from pot & serve. Enjoy!




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Mayo & Onion Topped Pork Chops

I'm horrible at making pork chops, absolutely horrible. For some reason, every time I make them, I always overcook them. They always come out dried out and tasteless. I follow all the recipes and I've even chopped them up and cooked them on the stove and took them off right when they'e just turned from pink to white to make sure they wouldn't dry out and nope, they still dried out on me. I've baked them in marinades, without marinades, fried them, put them in my slow cooker, everything! I would have given up but the last time my mom was in town she had taken me grocery shopping and had bought me a like an 8 pack so I still had several left to cook. So I called her finally when I had 2 or 4 left to cook asking her for her advice since they cook them quite often. They said they broil theirs and theirs always comes out juicy every time. Well this was before I was comfortable using the broiler and I'm still not quite comfortable using the broiler for meats so I wasn't too sure. I had 2 left and I found this recipe on Pinterest using mayo on the pork chops and then topping it when onion and cheese. It sounded kinda gross but it kind of made sense because it would hold the moisture in so I thought why not give it a try-at this point I would have tried anything. It worked for the most part, except it didn't cook the pork chops in the time the recipe states, if I remember correctly. I made this recipe a couple months ago. The recipe calls for 4 pork chops and I only had the 2 so it should have actually cooked faster. It says it should have cooked in 25 minutes but after 20 minutes the pork was still only at like 120 degrees (instead of the 145 degrees for pork) so I called my mom and she suggested sticking it under the broiler, which I did and I let it cook the rest of the way. The pork was more tender for the most part but it was still tougher than I would have liked. I don't think I'll be buying pork chops any time soon. I'll stick to pork tenderloins, which I can manipulate easier!

Find the recipe here



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