Italian Style Crock Pot Pork Loins

Submitted by Chef shapeweaver

"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)."

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 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)
• 1⁄2 medium onion, sliced thin
• garlic powder

• sauce ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄2 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.

 

[NoDramaMama]

I have made something similar to this with country ribs and spaghetti sauce. I just braise them on the stovetop in a Dutch oven. I tried this recipe for the crockpot and it worked WONDERFULLY! I have been lucky enough to hit some great sales on pre-made sauce lately so I used a jar of spaghetti sauce and added canned mushrooms, the onions, and chopped up fresh parsley, rosemary, oregano and thyme. The pork fell apart and was just awesome. I think the acid in the tomatoes breaks down the meat, that must be why it just falls apart the way it does. I served it with a side of Orzo with steamed spinach and it was a really great meal!

 

[Zephs Wife]

Only thing I changed was to add strips of red, green and yellow peppers and this was great. The pork chops came out flavorful and moist. I will definately make this again and again. Thanks for posting.