Well, my crock pot amazed me again!
Last Sunday I was in a funk – have you ever been there? You know, just not sure what to make for dinner and the freezer seemed so ominous? I’m there a lot. It was 9 a.m…. hmmm I was looking into the freezer like a deer in the headlights….I knew I needed to make at least ONE nice meal this week…. But what should I do? I really didn’t want to cook.
Taking my “I didn’t know my crock pot could do that” thinking to a new level, I decided to throw four (4) FROZEN boneless pork chops into my crock pot. I turned it on HIGH. Then I chopped an onion, put in 4 or 5 smashed cloves of garlic (took the back side of my spatula and gave it a good smack to totally smash the garlic then peeled it and threw it in), and a bottle of old BBQ sauce that’s been sitting in the fridge. I’m keeping it VERY real here, aren’t I??
Then I left it for the rest of the day. I spent time with my family, played with the grand daughters a while, and enjoyed my day knowing I didn’t have to think about dinner.
About 4 p.m. my house smelled heavenly! And the crock pot looked great with simmering beads of steam dripping from the lid. I opened it up to a great reward – soft, moist pork chops. They were so tender, they broke apart with a fork. The onions had carmelized and the garlic was tender.
I shredded them easily with a fork and made hot shredded meat sandwiches for dinner. They didn’t need anything extra, just some mayo and a little dijon mustard to top them off.
So, if you have a whole day to let your crock pot do its thing, you can put frozen meat in it and let it go!
The finished sandwich was absolutely scrumptious.
Cee, that sounds delicious! I always seem to have part of a bottle of BBQ sauce in the fridge too!
Thank you, Kelly.
Yes this is a great way of using up those partial bottles of BBQ sauce for sure.
Yummo! Love BBQ pork! And chicken, for that matter. Gonna have to try this!
Let me know how you like it, Debbie.