These easy honey garlic pork chops are coated in a sweet and savory sauce, then cooked in the slow cooker until tender and succulent. The perfect easy meal for a busy day!
If you’ve never experienced crock pot pork chops, now is your opportunity to give them a try! The pork comes out fork tender and the sauce has just a handful of ingredients, yet is complex in flavor.
Chicken is a staple for crock pot cooking, but did you know that pork chops are also a perfect protein for the slow cooker? These honey garlic pork chops come out so tender and flavorful that they’ll be sure to find a place on your regular dinner menu rotation.
How to make honey garlic pork chops
For this recipe you’ll want to use thick cut boneless pork chops. If you use a thin pork chop, you should reduce the cooking time so that they don’t dry out. My pork chops were about 1 1/2 inches thick. I prefer to brown my pork chops before I add them to the slow cooker, it just adds so much more flavor. If you’re in a hurry you can skip that step and the chops will still be delicious.
The sauce is made with ketchup, soy sauce, honey and garlic. At the end of the cooking process, a little cornstarch gets added to thicken the sauce. Be sure to serve your honey garlic pork chops over mashed potatoes or with rice or bread to soak up that amazing sauce!
I add a little chopped parsley at the end for a fresh flavor. If you don’t have parsley on hand, you can omit it, or substitute sliced green onions.
Not a pork fan? You can make this recipe with chicken instead! Simply substitute boneless skinless chicken thighs for the pork chops.
More slow cooker favorites
- Slow Cooker Black Eyed Peas
- Slow Cooker Turkey Chili
- Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak
- Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
- Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken
Slow cooker pork chops video
Honey Garlic Pork Chops (Slow Cooker)
Ingredients
- 6 thick cut boneless pork chops
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a pan over high heat. Season the pork chops generously with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Cook the pork for 4-5 minutes on each side until deep golden brown.
- Add the pork chops to the slow cooker.
- NOTE: you can skip the browning process if you prefer and simply season the pork chops with salt and pepper then add them to the slow cooker.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the garlic, ketchup, soy sauce and honey. Pour the sauce over the pork chops.
- Cover the slow cooker and cook on LOW for 4 hours.
- In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch with 1/4 cup cold water. Add the cornstarch mixture to the slow cooker.
- Cook for 1 more hour or until sauce has just thickened and pork chops are tender. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
Notes
- Boneless skinless chicken thighs can be substituted for pork chops.
- You can add some sriracha or chili flakes if you want a spicier meal.
Cara says
If I make 4 pork chops instead of 6 do I need to reduce the cooking time?
Sara says
The cook time should be the same!
Amy says
Could I use tomato paste and vinegar instead of ketchup? Would that change the taste too much
Sara says
You might want to add some sugar too since ketchup is sweet!
Larine Kwolek says
These were so good and so simple! Made a rice pilaf with peas and carrots as a side. Awesome. Will be a definite keeper! Thank you!
Vic says
Can I cook the pork chops on high for 2 hours instead of low for 4 hours?
Sara says
Yes that should be fine!
Tania says
I want to try this tomorrow, but only have thin chops. do you have a recommendation on how much time I should use in this case ?
Sara says
Reduce the time by one hour!
Brenda says
Making this right now with just 3 chops (since there is is just the 2 of us)and the full amount of sauce the recipe requires, i’m serving it with brown basmati rice and pan sauted peppers, onions and celery, it smells amazing in here right now.Dinner is at 7-. Can’t wait!!!
Amber says
Hello, this sounds delicious and I can’t wait to try it. I was wondering if I added potatoes and onion to the slow cooker with the pork, would I need to increase the cooking time?
Sara says
Cooking time should be the same!
Jim says
Cooking 8, 1 1/4″ boneless chops right now. I also browned the fat back for ~2+ mins, so I’m looking at shaving 45+ mins off the cook time.
The sauce could not be easier. Tempted to add heat there, but decided to go straight recipe this time.
Robin says
Can this be doubled? How much time should I add to the cooking? I have a big family!
Sara says
Yes you can double it, just increase the number of servings in the recipe card and the ingredient amounts will automatically update! You can add 1 hour to the cook time.
Robin says
Thank you! It smells amazing!
bill says
do you put the chops in a dry pot or should you put some water in
Sara says
I put the pork chops in with just the sauce, no water!
Pamm says
Making this dish tomorrow. Could only buy
3/4 inch pork chops, so will shave an hour off cook time. Will probably double sauce. 😁
Eloisa says
Love this dish! It’s so delicious and comes out perfect every time!
Sarah Grant says
I wasn’t a lover of pork chops before lockdown, since finding this recipe wow just wow thank you it has now become a favourite for me and my partner , have this atleast once a week, I seem to have a stock pile of pork chops
Christina says
I plan on cooking 8 thin cut pork chops since that is all I found. How long should I cook them for?
Sara says
Cook them for one hour less!
Jennifer Morton says
What about 4 thin pork chops that’s all I have. Would I cook on low for 2 hours and add cornstarch and water for another hour totally 3 hours???
Sara says
Yes that works!
Jennifer Morton says
Thank you. I tried them like you said but was to much time lol for thin ones. Gonna try again tonight. Less time. Thanks so much
Jennifer Morton says
Gonna try the 2 hours with extra hour for corn starch 😊
Nikki says
Trying these today. Dony know how they’ll be yet but the house and sauce smells delicious
Petra says
well this was a home run – yet again, from your website. It came out fantastic, I didnt have garlic🤦🏻♀️ so I used garlic powder and onion powder and oh my oh my, so so good. My pickiest love asked for more yummy sauce and ate all the meat. I put rice in a rice cooker next to it and we played instead of my standing backwards to my kids. winner winner piggy dinner:)
Rick Brown says
Made this today. It’s good, but next time I’ll do things a little bit different. For starters, I noticed some others commented that they put an onion in the crock pot. I did this, but I don’t think it added anything to the dish. Next time I won’t do that. My chops were only about an inch thick. I cooked them according to the recipe (five hours on low), and they came out a bit dry. Next time I’ll adjust the cooking time to account for the thickness of the meat. One of my kids doesn’t like even the smallest amount of spice, but I personally think this dish could use some spice. Maybe next time I’ll add heat to the gravy after removing the chops. Also, I’m not sure that pan searing the chops before slow cooking them added anything other than another dish to wash. I guess that’s personal preference. In all, a good dish, which I will make again!