Italian Style Crock Pot Pork Loins

Chef shapeweaver ©'s Note:

I found the original recipe in a Taste of Home cookbook submitted by Vickie Lowe from Pennsylvania. I found I didn't have the exact ingredients, so I made a couple of substitutions and omitted a few things, and I came up with this. Posted on March 24th, 2006 (original recipe called for bone-in chops and fresh mushrooms).

• Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 boneless pork chops , 1 inch (if desired you can pound to 1/2 inch thick)
• 8 ounces fresh mushrooms , sliced (I used 2 4 ounce cans of mushroom stems and pieces)
• ½ medium onion , sliced thin
• garlic powder

sauce ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon dried basil
• ½ teaspoon parsley flakes

Directions:

1. Lightly sprinkle each side of pork chop with garlic powder.
2. In a non-stick skillet, brown chops on each side.
3. Combine mushrooms and onions in crock pot.
4. Add browned chops in a single layer over mushroom and onions.
5. In a small bowl, mix together sauce ingredients.
6. Pour over pork.
7. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours (7 hours for bone-in chops) or until meat is tender.

Reviews

[bad kitty 1116]

This is missing the cornstarch to thicken the sauce.....important!

[bmcnichol]

This was good and very easy to put together in the morning before leaving for work. It is made with ingredients I normally have on hand. I made as directed except I didn't add the parsley and the lemon. I also used canned mushrooms. This was different for us but we enjoyed it. I used bone in chops but they were so tender they fell off the bone! I also used 8 chops but did not increase any of the other ingredients and there was still plenty of sauce.

[morgainegeiser]

This was quite good, the chops were very tender, and the flavor was very nice. Lots of sauce leftover, next time I will make some noodles to go with it.