Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops are a quick and easy dinner option that your family will love.
Super moist bone-in pork chops are seared and then pressure cooked to perfection. A quick and easy creamy mushroom gravy comes together at the end to add even more flavor and moisture to the pork chops!
Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops are a great option if you're looking for delicious pressure cooker recipes.
If you're a fan of pork chops, I'll post my favorite pork chop recipes below. Likewise, if you love cooking dinner in the Instant Pot, I'll post some of my favorites below too.
How do you make gravy for pork chops?
The best part about making smothered pork chops is that the gravy is part of the meal! Not only sauce the sauce keep the pork extra moist, but you can continue to smother it after it's plated.
For this particular recipe, my gravy is a mixture of onion, chicken broth, cream of mushroom soup, and sour cream. I am quite particular with the type of cream of mushroom soup that I use and love the kind Trader Joe's offers.
Great side dish suggestions to go with smothered pork chops:
- I'm a big fan of mashed potatoes. Two of my favorite mashed potato recipes are my Gorgonzola Celery Root Mashed Potatoes and my Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes.
- Prefer sweet potatoes instead? You might want to try making my Mashed Sweet Potatoes recipe.
- You can't go wrong with a perfectly cooked baked potato. Like, ever. You'll never make them any other way once you make my Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot) Baked Potatoes.
- You always need some kind of green veggie on your dinner plate! Here are some of my favorite options: Bacon Wrapped Asparagus, Perfect Garlic Sauteed Asparagus, Wilted Garlic Spinach, and Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad.
Pork chop recipe ideas:
- Grilled Pork Chops with Balsamic Butter Sauce
- Stuffed Pork Chops
- Salt and Pepper Pork Chops
- Pork Fried Rice (I used pork tenderloin but have made it many times using pork chops)
Quick and easy pressure cooker dinner recipes:
- Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot) Corned Beef and Cabbage
- Pressure Cooker Beef Stroganoff
- Pressure Cooker Asparagus Soup
- Pressure Cooker Potato Leek Soup
- Pressure Cooker Shoyu Chicken
- Instant Pot Barbacoa Quesadillas
Instant Pot Smothered Pork Chops
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Ingredients
- 2 pork chops (bone in)
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (extra virgin)
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 11 ounces cream of mushroom
- ½ cup sour cream
Instructions
- Rinse and pat dry pork chops. Add salt and pepper to both sides.
- Set pressure cooker to saute or browning setting. Add olive oil to cooking pot. When hot, add pork chops and allow to sear for a couple minutes on both sides. Remove pork chops, transfer to plate, add rack to pressure cooker. Add onions, chicken broth, and pork chops along with any juices back to cooking pot. Seal lid and cook on high pressure for 8 minutes. Allow pressure to naturally release for about 10 minutes and then quick release remaining pressure.
- Remove cooked pork chops and transfer to a clean plate. Add cream of mushroom and sour cream to cooking pot and stir to combine and heat through. Serve pork chops with warm mushroom gravy.
Alice
I just made this recipe and parts of it I loved and a few parts I'd change. The gravy is amazing! It smells great with all that garlic and was great over cauliflower rice. The pork chops also had a nice flavor to them. The only change I'd make is I wouldn't cook them in an instapot and instead maybe cook them on my stove top or oven. I used beautiful bone-in pork chops and the instapot makes them fall apart and off the bone. I didn't really enjoy the texture of soft pork chops. The bone-in ones also have a nice bit of fat that if cooked on the stove or oven would caramelize but in the instapot was just mushy fat. I'd definitely cook the sauce part in the instapot maybe with some pork scraps for flavor. Maybe a good sauce for a whole pork loin. The pork chops themselves maybe they'd be really good browned in a pan in some butter first and finished in the oven to give them a nice crust and then added to the sauce for a short time. Anyways, I really enjoyed the recipe and its given me great ideas. Thanks.
Paul Hengstebeck
Thanks for the tip about Trader Joe's Cream of Portabella soup. Picked up one to try for lunch. Delicious. Headed back tomorrow to stock up before they disappear
Tammy
I only have one can of cream of mushroom. Has anybody ever used half cream of celery or cream of chicken with it?
Joy
I have substituted a can of cream of chicken.
Pamela
If I want extra gravy should I double the soup, broth, and sour cream? Thanks.
Krissy
Yep! You can totally make extra gravy that way!
Jessica Alvarado
How do I adjust the time for 6 pork chops?
Krissy
Hi Jessica, If it were me, I would increase the time from like 8min to 12min. Once you open the lid, be sure to stick one with a thermometer and make sure it reads at least 145F. If it doesn't, I would close the lid and cook for a few more minutes.
Kim
Can you fix more than 2 pork chops using this recipe,as i have a family of four?
Krissy
Yes! As long as your Instant Pot is big enough.
Val
So I'm placing the onions and broth on the bottom of the pot and them the rack and then the pork chops on the rack?..am I correct haha
Krissy
Hi Val, The way I did it was remove the browned pork chops, put the rack in, and then everything back in. The broth goes to the bottom but the pork chops and most of the onions sit on top. No idea if that's really necessary, but that's how I did it and the result was really good!
Amy Grant
What would be the best way you would cook the chops if you dint have a Insta pot?
Krissy
Hi Amy! My favorite way is on the stove using this method: https://selfproclaimedfoodie.com/salt-pepper-pork-chops/