Tonight I went against my better judgement and attempted to make pork chops. Pork chops are the worst in my opinion. They’re way less yummy than any other form of pork and just don’t go well with any yummy dipping sauces. Still, when I think of pork chops, the phrase “family meal” comes to mind–so what better meal to make when the husband is visiting than the Best Damn Instant Pot Boneless Pork Chops? This is a recipe I adapted from recipeteacher.com, but sadly the website seems to be down, so I can’t provide the link for the original recipe.
Luckily, I use an AMAZING family app called Cozi. I use this app for EVERYTHING from syncing all of our calendars and shopping lists to meal planning and recipe keeping. With this app you can simply copy and paste the link from any recipe and it will separate the ingredients and instructions, put them into a simple format, and save the recipe along with the original link. So, even though the link didn’t work, I still tried out the recipe.
So, here’s the ingredient list:
As per the usual, there were a few ingredients I didn’t have. I didn’t have the 1″ thick pork chops, so I used what I had in the fridge:
I also didn’t have the chicken broth, so I used 1 cup of water with 1 tsp of Better Than Bullion (my go-to for everything).
Then, I set off to follow the instructions:
The seasoning mix smelled super yummy, so I was optimistic, but I really hate rubbing spices on to meat. It just feels so…wrong. Weird. But, I followed the directions and rubbed the seasoning onto the meat. When it was time to add butter to the IP and sauté the pork chops for 1-2 minutes, I realize they wouldn’t all fit.
So I sautéed the first 4, then switched my inner pot and sautéed the las two. I was worried the butter and spices from the first 4 pork chops would burn if I sautéed the last two in the same pot, so I had very little to deglaze in the following step.
I added the liquid and pork chops, cooked on manual high for 7 minutes with a 12 natural pressure release.
All in all, the pork chops were edible, but I found them rather mediocre. Perhaps a thicker cut of meat would have resulted in a more juicy pork chop and would have altered the flavor, but I wasn’t overall impressed.
A fairly quick and easy recipe, but far from the best damn instant pot pork chops I’ve ever had. If you try it out and have better success, let me know how it goes!
Another recipe made with whatever was on hand! Because why should budgeting and lack of ingredients stop me from trying something new?
(Don’t you love the fancy pink children’s plate I used?! It’s all we have that isn’t made of paper…)
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