Just a few ingredients are needed to make these delicious, super easy Slow Cooker Smothered Pork Chops that makes its own gravy! With only a 5-minute prep, simply mix, cover and cook in the crock pot. A wonderful meal the whole family will love. Read the rave reviews!
Easy Crock Pot Smothered Pork Chops (5 Minute Prep)
This incredibly easy pork chops recipe slow cooks pork chops to fork tender perfection in its own delicious gravy. All you need – Cream of Mushroom soup, Cream of Chicken soup and Dry Onion Soup Mix. Serve the pork chops and gravy over mashed potatoes, noodles or rice for a hearty meal. This quick and easy Crock Pot recipe is sure to become a family favorite and get rave reviews around the dinner table!
Original post date, October 23, 2016. Post updated March 29, 2023.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE SLOW COOKER SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS (FULL RECIPE AT BOTTOM OF POST)
- pork chops
- cream of mushroom soup (or make homemade condensed cream of mushroom soup)
- cream of chicken soup (or make homemade condensed cream of chicken soup)
- packet of dry onion soup mix (or make homemade dry onion soup mix)
- mushrooms (fresh or canned), optional
- salt and pepper to taste
This recipe is easy to adapt! You can make all the soups by scratch and sub the cream soups (example – use 2 cream of mushroom soups, skipping cream of chicken).
*Not a fan of canned soups and packaged dry onion soup mixes?
I share links below to easy recipes to make your own homemade condensed soups and dry onion soup mix.
How To Make Slow Cooker Smothered Pork Chops
Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Place pork chops in cooker – season with salt and pepper if you like. In a large bowl, mix condensed soups, onion soup mix, mushrooms (drained, optional) and water.
Mix well. Pour mixture over pork chops. Cook on high for 4 to 5 hours, or on low for 6 to 8 hours.
*Be sure to watch out for bones when using bone-in pork chops. Make sure the pork chops reach a safe minimum internal temperature of 145 degree F. with a 3-minute resting time. Each slow cooker cooks at different rates, adjust cooking times according to your cooker.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR SLOW COOKER SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS
You can use boneless or bone-in. Be sure to watch out for bones when using bone-in pork chops. For kids, boneless are best.
These pork chops and the gravy are great served over mashed or instant potatoes, rice, egg noodles. Serve with your favorites vegetables like green beans, corn, peas, vegetable medley, side salad and more.
Yes! This recipe is super easy to adapt. Many people have subbed Cream of Chicken soup, using 2 cans of mushroom, omitting Cream of Chicken. You can sub Cream of Chicken with Cream of Celery. Be sure to read the comments section below for all the different ways people adapted the recipe.
Yes! Simply skip the mushrooms and use cream of chicken, or use a mixture of cream of mushroom and cream of celery.
Use reduced sodium soups or make soups from scratch.
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Easy Crock Pot Smothered Pork Chops
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 4 -6 pork chops boneless or *bone-in, 3/4 inch thick (2 to 2 1/2 lbs)
- 1 can (10.75 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 1 can (10.75 ounces) condensed cream of chicken soup
- 1 packet (1 ounce) dry onion soup mix
- 1 can mushrooms, (7 ounces) stems and pieces, drained – or use fresh
- ¾ cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Place pork chops in cooker and season with salt and pepper.
- In a large bowl, mix condensed soups, onion soup mix, mushrooms (drained) and water. Mix well. Pour mixture over pork chops.
- Cook on high for *4 to 5 hours, or on low for 6 to 8 hours.
- Serve pork chops and gravy (or on the side) mashed potatoes, rice or egg noodles. Perfect with your favorite veggies and a salad.
Notes
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- cream of mushroom soup – make homemade condensed cream of mushroom soup)
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- cream of chicken soup – make homemade condensed cream of chicken soup)
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- packet of dry onion soup mix – make homemade dry onion soup mix)
Peggy
I made this recipe yesterday for dinner and it was absolutely amazing!! Only thing I did different was sprinkled a little garlic powder on the chops along with the salt and pepper. My chops were about 3/4” thick and they were done in about 3 hours on low. Meat was very fork tender but still together. Absolutely delicious!! Thank you for sharing this recipe! It is definitely going into my rotation!
Norma Hill
Do I double the recipe for 8 pork chops instead of 4?
Ryan Sorochan
I have asked this question before and I need to ask it again as I have forgotten. With the can of cream of mushroom soup and cream of chicken soup do I dilute each can with the recommended amount of water or do I add into the recipe undiluted?
Thanks
Ryan
Mary Neumann
Hi Ryan – Undiluted – do not follow the directions on soup cans. Add all the ingredients in the recipe with the 3/4 cups of water listed. Super easy recipe!
Renee
Could you make these in the instant pot?
Dave Whitford
Using two cans of cream soup, I use 1/2 soup can of milk. I scrape down the insides of one can, pour into the second can and do the same, then it goes in the crockpot. I season my chops with SPG (salt, pepper and garlic powder) and in it goes.
Joyce G
Oh my… this was great!!! Had to sub the cream of chicken cause I didn’t even have ONE can. Used cream of celery… VERY good. Thank you for sharing!!!
Bob
Has good flavor but cook time needs to be adjusted. I checked mine at 6 hours on low and the 4 butterfly chops were already at 190 degrees and were able to be cut with a fork as if it were fish. I doubt it would take anything over 5 hours on low. I used a half cup of water, I think next time I might leave out the water altogether.
Mike
Hi,
Would I need to make adjust to have eight chops versus 4.
Thank you,
Stupid Mike
Kimmied
Made these tonight and we all loved it! I used reduced salt soups… did not add any salt of my own. I also seasoned chops with onion and garlic powder and used a little of Kitchen Bouquet gravy mix. Meat fell off the bone and gravy was delicious! Definitely a keeper!
Pam
Currently have this cooking in the crockpot. Smells amazing. Adjusted recipe by coating pork steaks instead, with flour. Fingers crossed it turns out as delicious as the reviews.
Berni
These were wonderful and could cut with a fork! We love them. A keeper 🙂
Kimberly
Made these tonight and we all loved it! I used reduced salt soups… did not add any salt of my own. I also seasoned chops with onion and garlic powder and used a little of Kitchen Bouquet gravy mix. Meat fell off the bone and gravy was delicious! Definitely a keeper!
Berni
Making this today and it’s smelling so great!! Can’t wait to dig into it!
Andrea
What an absolute delight! SO EASY and at 2 inches boneless with 7 hours on low, the chops literally cut with a fork! I made my own onion soup mix (Thanks for that link!) and low sodium “cream of” soups, so instead of water I used 1/2 cup of chicken bone broth. Instead of salt, I rubbed the chops with paprika, pepper and a little Italian seasoning. My hubby and mother in law couldn’t get enough! Served with garlic mashed cauliflower and asparagus. DELICIOUS! Will be certainly adding this to the rotation. Thank you for this great recipe!
Deb DenBleyker
A delicious and easy dish to make!