This is one of my new go-to freezer cooking recipes! SO EASY and SO GOOD!
Ingredients:
- 4 Pork Chops
- 2/3 Cup Apricot Preserves
- 1/2 Cup Teriyaki Sauce
- 1 tsp dried ginger
- 2 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard
Directions:
Load the pork chops in your slow cooker. (If your slow cooker is LARGE, you can put a smaller ovensafe dish in your cooker to put the chops in for more even cooking)
Mix together the 4 ingredients and pour over chops. Cover and cook on low 6 hours.
To "Freezer Cook": I places the chops in a freezer bag along with the sauce. Freeze. Remove from freezer the night before you will be placing in crock-pot. Follow cooking directions.
Serve with Rice and use extra sauce over rice.
Enjoy!
What kind/brand of teriyaki sauce do you use??
ReplyDeleteI am an avid coupon-er--- so whatever is on sale! I think currently store brand is in my fridge =)
DeleteFunny - I make a very similar chicken recipe often in my house. Never thought to do it with Pork Chops...
ReplyDeleteI am really loving your cooking ideas. I too like to use coupons I am not that good at it though. DO you have a blog for that LOL.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a coupon blog! I just try not to stress myself out... I am not one of those couponers you see on tv! I just think of a coupon like this " if you saw a dollar laying on the floor would you pick it up?"... I coupon with things that I use, and I have gotten the hang of when certain things go onsale. My "go-to" website for couponing is www.southernsavers.com . I also mostly pay attention to the meat deals.. B1G1s are my favorite time to stock up on meat!
DeleteDo you thaw on the counter or in the fridge? I would be nervous to leave it out all night, but I'm wondering if the fridge would thaw it enough. Thanks for the help! I just found your blog and I love it - added it to my Google Reader!
ReplyDeleteI never thaw on the counter... I ALWAYS thaw in the fridge and just the "overnight" thaw does the trick! The meat is usually still frozen when I put it in the crockpot but the juices are defrosted enough so that it comes out of the bag easily. If I forget to take it out of the freezer the night before, I simply fill the sink with room temperature/cold water and let the pack sit in the sink 20-30 minutes and then dump into the crockpot =)
DeleteThanks so much for your prompt reply. :)
DeleteAre these boneless or bone-in pork chops?
ReplyDeleteI have used both! Whatever is on sale or whatever you prefer work just fine!
DeleteI seen this question asked somewhere but thete was no reply and I think its a very good question ....most crockpot recipes are 3-4 hours on high or 6-8 hours on low I leave my house at 5:30 am and dont get home till 3pm thats 9 1/2 hours would watever im cooking be over cooked or even possibly burnt if all the juices have cooked out ...im a single mom with 2 kids (just recently had a baby) im going back to work in a few days and it would be wonderful to beable to come home and dinner is already done
ReplyDeletetypically, if the meat has nice marble/fat to it and bone-in, it will be fine 8+ hours in the crockpot. Chicken Breast and Boneless Pork Chops not so much. I would recommend adapting these recipes to different cuts of meat that may be thicker.. instead of pork chops, do a pork roast. Instead of boneless chicken, use bone-in chicken. Not sure what time you get home in relation to the time you eat but you can also try HIGH for 3-4 hours. That is what I do on the weekends. One of my crockpots also automatically goes to "WARM" setting after cooking X amount of hours
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