Crockpot Creamy Garlic Pork Chops and Potatoes – These slow cooker pork chops are incredibly easy to make and smothered in a creamy, mouthwatering garlic sauce! You can make pork chops in your crockpot along with delicious potatoes and have a hearty, comforting, and budget-friendly dinner the whole family will love! Our popular pork chops and mushrooms inspired this recipe. Enjoy!
Ingredients list for the Crockpot Pork Chops Potatoes recipe
- 4 – 5 pork loin chops, boneless
- 1 1/2 lb (600g) yellow potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2 cup mushrooms, chopped
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 4 oz (120g) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup (120ml) chicken broth
- 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon crushed red chili pepper flakes, optional
- Sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper
Directions
1. To prepare your crockpot pork chops, Arrange diced potatoes in the bottom of your slow cooker and sprinkle them with cracked pepper.
2. Heat oil or butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and saute for about a minute until fragrant. Add the heavy cream, cream cheese, and chicken broth. Bring to a gentle simmer, then set heat to low and simmer for about 10 minutes. The sauce should thicken enough to coat the back of a spoon. Lower the heat and whisk in the Parmesan cheese, little by little until smooth. Add Italian seasoning and adjust seasoning for the cream sauce if needed. You might want to add more liquid if you feel the cream sauce is too thick.
3. Meanwhile, season the pork chops with salt, then quickly sear the pork chops in a hot skillet with a tablespoon oil on both sides, until brown on the edges. Arrange the pork chops on top of the potatoes in the slow cooker.
4. In the same skillet, sauté the sliced mushrooms with onion, scraping the brown bits from the pork chops. Add a little oil if needed. Add the mushrooms and onion on top of the pork chops and potatoes in the slow cooker.
5. When the cream sauce is ready, pour evenly over the pork chops, mushrooms, and potatoes in the CrockPot. Try to get as much sauce as possible on top of the pork chops and less on the bottom.
6. Cook your crockpot pork chops for 3-4 hours on HIGH or 6-8 hours on LOW. Serve your CrockPot pork chops and potatoes immediately, garnished with red chili pepper flakes, chopped parsley, and grated parmesan if you like. Enjoy!
Tips for the slow cooker pork chops Potatoes
This slow cooker pork chop recipe calls for a few ingredients that combine for a truly delicious result. We always have everything like chicken broth, garlic, heavy cream, and cream cheese on hand. So, this is really a nice “pantry staple” recipe. Here are a few tips for the best results.
- Make sure to season the pork chops well before searing in the skillet.
- If you like juicier pork chops, opt for bone-in pork chops. They also tend to render more fat.
- Thickening the cream sauce is optional, but do this if you feel it is too liquid: After your pork chops and potatoes are finished, you can simply remove them from the slow cooker very carefully. Then, stir together two tablespoons of cornstarch with two tablespoons of water and add it right to the sauce. Turn the crockpot back on high, and you should have a nice thick creamy sauce in just about 5-10 minutes. Conversely, if your sauce is too thick at the end, add a little chicken stock or water and mix while reheating.
- Feel free to add other veggies such as broccoli, cauliflower or squash.
- If you’re short on time, skip heating the sauce in the saucepan. Just combine everything and pour over the pork chops, mushrooms, and potatoes.
How to make the slow cooker pork chops
The key to creating tender, juicy, and delicious slow cooker pork chops is all in the layering. Starting from the bottom with potatoes that will soak a maximum of juices and flavors, then pork chops sandwiched between the layers of potatoes and moist mushrooms, then smothered with the garlic cream sauce that will gather flavors from the mushrooms and meat before dripping to the bottom of the crockpot. A variant consists of cooking the pork chops on HIGH for 2 hours and then on LOW for an additional 2 hours.
More delicious slow cooker recipes to try
- CrockPot Tuscan Garlic Chicken With Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
- Crock Pot Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken
- Crock-Pot Steak Fajita
- Slow Cooker Pork Belly with Honey Balsamic Glaze
Reviews (30)
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Shaena
2025-01-13 17:21:22
Second time making this recipe what we just love it! I threw everything in the crock except the cream cheese (mixed it in at the end) and it turned out great. I skipped all the stove top instructions and just layered it in the crock like it said to. The second time I used sweet potatoes because I was out of regular potatoes and it turned out really great! It’s one of my favorite pork chop recipes these days!
Ruth
2024-09-06 12:20:45
This turned out amazing!!! I ran out of time so altered slightly. I browned the pork chops in a cast iron skillet, set the pork chops aside. I didn't have mushrooms so subbed sliced zucchini. Added the potatoes and zuke to the skillet to brown. Added the pork chops back into the skillet on top of the veggies, added the cream sauce on top and put in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes. Yum! A definite keeper!
Kari Love
2024-08-07 12:11:35
My family LOVES this recipe- even my husband who says he doesn't like mushrooms (I chop them up into smaller bits). This is a winner! It takes a little more time than a typical dump and go crockpot meal but it's WORTH the extra time. I've done it the night before, set the crockpot in the fridge overnight and in the morning just put the crock down in and set it to go! Thanks for sharing this jewel!
Susan
2024-07-27 20:34:16
This is delicious but the pork was dry. I made sure not to brown chops too long but still was dry. Next time I will try to use a whole pork tenderloin. The flavor was absolutely delicious though!
Christina
2024-05-09 13:28:47
I added sun dried tomatoes, green onion and shallots and extra Parmesan to my sauce. I had some left over and needed to use them. It turned out wonderful. My boyfriend and roommate loved this recipe.
