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
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- 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.
Very easy and good flavors… I used the IP slow cooker setting for four hours, then after adding the cornstarch I used the high pressure setting for 2 minutes to make the sauce thicken up. Served over rice. I think next time I’ll add some pineapple chunks after the sauce thickens.
Would this work with regular soy sauce? My hometown small store doesn’t carry low sodium.
Yes that should be fine, you may want to use a little less so it’s not overly salty.
Great recipe
Great recipe
I’d like to try substituting pork for chicken how much chicken breast would I put into this recipe?
Thanks
I’d do 2 or 2.5 pounds of chicken breast.
I accidentally made this even better! I ran out of ketchup so I used half ketchup and half smoky bbq sauce because that’s all I had and it was delicious!
I’m not new to this recipe, but I thought I’d say it’s the best recipe I know for the crockpot. I also use chicken breasts occasionally. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe!
Made this recipe & oh my yum…. It was terrific! Pork chops are my favorite meat & this recipe will stay in my “best ever pork chop” recipe forever! Thanks…can’t wait to make them again!!!! Juicy~melt in your mouth & everyone loved them!!!
Oh my god!!!!!! This the best pork chop recipe I ever ate in my life. The ingredients just meld perfectly together. I rarely use my slow cooker but I saw this recipe and I knew I had to try it. It’s so tender and melt in your mouth delicious.
Hi, can I use flour instead of cornstarch? If so, how much? Making this today!
You could try 1 tablespoon of flour, and you’d want to remove the pork chops, whisk the flour well into the sauce mixture, then add the pork chops back in.
Great! Thanks so much, appreciate the quick response!
Great! Thanks so much!
What size of crock pot?
You can do a 4 or 6 quart!
Can I use thin chops?
Yes but you’ll want to reduce the cook time by an hour.
Is the nutritional facts the whole recipe or per serving? I’m bout to make this I can tell it’s gonna be amazing thank you!!
Per serving!
Can I cook it on high to cut time
In half?
Yes that should be fine!
Overall this recipe is really good. I personally like a lot of favor so I may do some adjustments next time but a big hit in our house! Thank you
What adjustments did you make to this recipe? I would appreciate any helpful tips…Thank You!!
Can you use frozen pork chops?
That should work, you’d need to increase the cook time by one hour.
can you freeze this after cooking
I haven’t tried freezing it but I think it would work fine!
Can I use sweet soy sauce instead of low sodium ?
I could just alter the amount put in couldn’t i?
I haven’t tried sweet soy sauce in this recipe so unfortunately I can’t say how it would turn out!
Can I use bone in pork chops? Do i adjust the time?
That should be fine, and you’d add 1 hour on low heat.
I’m trying out your recipe today for dinner. There are twelve guests so instead of a pork loin I sliced it into twelve pieces. I doubled the sauce since it doubled the serving size. My slow cooker is smaller than the one you demonstrated so my twelve pieces are stacked. How long should it be in the slow cooker at the low setting?What temperature should it be? Thank you kindly in advance.
How thick are the slices of pork loin? And what size slow cooker are you using?