Krogers in our area have pork loins on sale for $1.97/pound. That’s a deal and I use a lot of pork loin, especially now that I’m making Canadian Bacon. By the way, while at Kroger, I checked the price of Canadian Bacon and it was $3.99 for 6 oz. or . . $10.64 per pound. Let’s see . . would I pay $10.64 for storebought or would I pay $1.97 per pound and make my own, which I think tastes better?
For grilling pork chops, I like to cut them into 1″ slices for Vince and about 3/4″ for me. From a pork loin that was about $12, I cut 7 packages of pork chops, each containing a chop for me and a chop for Vince so the price came out to $1.71 per meal for the pork. Not bad! That’s why I buy almost all the meat we buy when it’s on sale. It’s a huge savings. Even the pork in the freezer from the pig we buy at the youth fair ends up costing more than this.
For one of the loins, I cut it in half, put the other half in the freezer and cut some very thick chops since they were going to be pressure cooked.
Pork Chops
I seasoned those with cajun seasoning and browned them in the Instant Pot.
Chops
Once they were brown, I removed them from the pot, added one chopped onion and about 8 cloves of garlic to the pot and sauteed those for a few minutes. The pork chops were added back, along with a sauce I had made and it was all cooked together for 4-1/2 hours using the slow cooker feature of the Instant Pot.
Pork Chop Sauce
As you read through the ingredients I used, which was just basically what I saw and what looked good, think about things you could add.
- Sliced jalapenos
- Maybe leave off the brown sugar and add pineapple, maybe in sweetened juice, or maraschino cherries.
- Cinnamon
I knew that I wanted to serve this over rice so I wanted it to be subtly sweet but more along the lines of a gravy.
Pork Loin
It was delicious and Vince kept saying .. do you think you can remember exactly what you did so we can have this again? Do I remember anything? NO! So, here it is before I forget.
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Diana in RR,TX says
Looks good, may have to put it over noodles if I make it for when Dad is here for dinner. Every so often I happen into Randalls at the right time to find meat 30 to 50% off. Often times it is thick center cut pork chops. Home and in the freezer it goes. Have been cleaning out my closet today so we are going to pick up Dad and go out-either the seafood place or for BBQ.
Jo Anna says
Did I miss the recipe for Canadian bacon? I would love to have it. You’re my hero!
Jo Anna
Dar in MO says
It appears that you shredded the pork chop into a pull pork look for putting it over the rice ? When you make 6 for you two, do you freeze the leftovers for another meal or keep it in the refrigerator.
Susan says
Oh, that’s a great idea. I would probably season differently, but the basic recipe sound delicious. Thanks!