Meal Planning Monday: Slow Cooker Teriyaki Pork Chops

Meal planning Monday is on a Thursday...again.  I actually did make these yummy pork chops on Sunday and planned to blog them on Monday, but the week got away from me....mom life! ;)

My husband Phil raves over these crockpot teriyaki pork chops.  This is my favorite way to make pork chops- minimum prep time, and they always come out DELICIOUS!  I know our little two year old would love them, too, if he would ever try them! (He is going through a carb/fruit stage that has lasted, oh, about a year and a half so far...) I found the recipe on Pinterest years ago and have been making them from memory ever since.  I can't seem to find the exact original recipe I used, but if I do, I will link to it.

From the Store:

4 boneless pork chops

1/3 cup of chicken broth

1/4 cup soy sauce

2-3 cloves garlic

2 tablespoons brown sugar

salt and pepper 

1. In a bowl, add the 1/3 cup of chicken broth (do not get less sodium, never tastes as good), 1/4 cup of soy sauce and 2 tablespoons of brown sugar to a small mixing bowl.

2. Chop 2-3 cloves of garlic into small pieces.

I like to use this chopper for garlic.

3. Add the garlic to the mixture.

4. Next, place 4 pork chops in the bottom of your crock pot. Salt and pepper them.

5. Pour the mixture over the top of the pork chops.

6. Cook on low for 5-6 hours (this isn't a meal you can leave in the crock pot all day, unfortunately.  I did that once and the pork chops were burned terribly. If your low setting seems to cook high, then check at 4 hours.)

7. Flip the pork chops halfway through and make sure they are still covered in the mixture.

8. The pork chops are ready when you stick a fork in them, and they are super soft and easy to cut.  Once they are ready, you can leave them on warm until you are ready to eat.  Don't let them sit for too long and dry out, though.

9. ENJOY!  This isn't the best picture, but the pork chops are SO yummy.  I like to serve them with baked squash and zucchini and rice.

Recipe Card:

1. In a bowl, add the 1/3 cup of chicken broth (do not get less sodium, never tastes as good), 1/4 cup of soy sauce and 2 tablespoons of brown sugar to a small mixing bowl.

2. Chop 2-3 cloves of garlic into small pieces.
3. Add the garlic to the mixture.
4. Next, place 4 pork chops in the bottom of your crock pot. Salt and pepper them.
5. Pour the mixture over the top of the pork chops.
6. Cook on low for 5-6 hours (this isn't a meal you can leave in the crock pot all day, unfortunately.  I did that once and the pork chops were burned terribly.)
7. Flip the pork chops halfway through and make sure they are still covered in the mixture.
8. The pork chops are ready when you stick a fork in them, and they are super soft and easy to cut.  Once they are ready, you can leave them on warm until you are ready to eat.  Don't let them sit for too long and dry out, though.
9. ENJOY!  I like to serve them with baked squash and zucchini and rice.