I ran across this recipe from Picky Palate early last year in the very beginning of my weekly meal prep journey, and it was a GRAND SLAM, lemme tell you.
This is one of my Top Five Dinners for sure. It is sooooo very good. And easy.
Do I even need to say that anymore? If I am posting a recipe, you can be darn sure it’s not going to be complicated, am I right? Every time I talk about a recipe, though, I somehow feel the need to rave on and on about how easy it was. I guess because I know that is often what sells me on trying something new!
Easy and delicious = a winning combination.
This one definitely meets the criteria and is a triple bonus for being KID FRIENDLY.
Woot!
Seriously. Have I convinced you yet? I’m not even exaggerating one teeny tiny bit. It is unbelievably easy, and you will LOVE it!
Ready for the details?
Uh, yeah. You heard right. Only THREE ingredients. I wasn’t joking.
- Pork Chops
- Ranch Seasoning Dry Mix Packet
- 1 can Cream of Chicken plus 1 can water as needed {or 2 cans cream of chicken} This will depend on how fast your crockpot cooks and how long you’ll be cooking it.
Ready for the hard part? {I’m so funny. I know.} Combine all three ingredients in the crockpot and mix well. Yup. That’s it.
Or… if you are awesome and are prepping your meals ahead with the awesome 5 dinners in 1 hour weekly prep method, you can combine all ingredients in a gallon size Ziploc bag and squish around to mix.
This also freezes great! It is one of my favorites to double and send to the freezer! When I’m ready for it, I just pull the Ziploc out, run the whole bag under hot water in the sink for a minute or two and then just pour it all into the crockpot to get cooking.
Just cook on low for 4-6 hours.
It will send DIVINE aromas through your house, and it is packed FULL of flavor!!
The gravy is absolutely perfect for mashed potatoes or rice and is definitely FINGER LICKING GOOD.
{Here’s a printer friendly version too without all my humorous commentary, har har!}
- Pork Chops
- Hidden Valley Ranch Mix Packet
- 1 can Cream of Chicken plus 1 can water as needed {or 2 cans cream of chicken}
Combine all three ingredients in the crockpot and mix well. Cook on low for 4-6 hours.
The next time you are wondering to yourself what the heck to have for dinner, no need to panic!
By the way, If you are not a pork person, this would also be good with chicken as per my mom. :)
Let me know if you give it a try!
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That looks like something I could use on a piano teaching night- I'm always looking for easy and quick things for those nights!
Leah………I am a piano teacher too, and I am started to use these crock pot recipies. Its hard teaching from 1-8 and then come upstairs hungry! I am making this one tonight!!!! LOL….
I tried three of your recommended recipes this last week…
1. Ham and Cheese sliders – Total hit!! We loved them.
2. Asian pork chops – OMG!! Yummy! My 3 year old son ate a whole pork chop by himself and half of mine.
3. Sweet and Sour Chicken – This one was super yummy too.. my son ate the whole chicken thigh by himself.
Seriously.. I haven't gotten Joshua to eat this good in a long time. I love your recipes, so I am most certainly going to have to make the above recipe.
mmm… this looks good. I actually made Ranch pork chops this week but baked them in the oven because ….ahem…. I didn't realize it was already 4 pm and I hadn't put them in the crockpot yet. :(
Need to PLAN AHEAD and do your crockpot version. :)
Here's a money saving tip on your pork chops (I think Walmart should do this for you?? do they have someone working behind the butcher counter?)
I buy pork loin when it goes on sale for $1.99/lb. Pork chops usually range around $3.99/lb. The pork loin will usually be 4-5 lbs. (so $8-10) and I will get the butcher (for FREE!) to cut it into 1 inch or thicker chops (while I do the rest of my shopping). I usually get 12-14 THICK chops for my $8. I just bought one last week, it was $7 and got 12. When I get home, I separate 4 each to a ziploc bag and we have meet for 3-4 meals for $8 :)
You can cut it at home too but who wants to handle and cut all that raw meat…not me! :(
And I am so glad your site is back – yayyyyy!!!!
Yay!!! So glad your blog is working for you now…I was so upset for you! =) Love your blogging, keep it up!
Thanks for the tips!! So glad you are liking the recipes Jayme!
This looks so easy. We have a couple of nights a week where I'm at the gym between 4-5 and come home with hungry kids. So the crockpot is my friend. Honestly I think it's every mom's friend. :-)
This looks fabulous and I have all the ingredients! I'm always looking for more ways to cook pork.
I'm like Christina above and buy pork loin when it's on sale. It's cheaper and actually more tender than chops!
Yummm! Looks easy too (great for a newlywed like me)! We love crockpot recipes at our house!
I pinned this. I'm always looking for easy recipes as I work until dinner time. :-) I agree with Lee-the crockpot is every mom's friend. Thanks!
so if you need to cook it longer, you can add a can of water?? i work long days and lots of recipes don't work for me.
Yeah, pretty much! My old crockpot was enormous so it cooked things so quickly! The new one I got for Christmas is a 3 or 4 quart so things don't cook up and dry out so fast!
I work all day too, and I usually just add a little bit of extra liquid and leave it on low (some crock-pot recipes call for you to cook on high). All of the things I cook still turn out great…the only thing that was a little iffy was when I cooked beans for about 10 hours in the crockpot. They were pretty mushy.
When you freeze this, do you prep it and freeze it raw or cook it and then freeze?
making this tonight with chicken! i messed up and forgot about the porkchops
I was wondering if anyone did this with Chicken because I don’t have any pork chops either! Was it just as good?
I know my mom did it with chicken and thought it was good!
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Amy, I do freeze it raw, so I am not reheating when I eventually cook it. That means it tastes as fresh as if it weren't frozen, lol! :)
Is that an oven baking bag in the crock pot? What a fantastic idea!!! (I hope that’s what it is! Ready to try this!!
Thanks!!
Is that an oven baking bag in the crock pot? What a fantastic idea!!! (I hope that’s what it is)! Ready to try this!!
Thanks!!
This is actually a crockpot liner bag! They sell them in the same aisle right near the oven bags and ziploc bags. They can be pricey, but the no clean up is awesome!
Great looking recipe! Can’t wait to try. For those that work long days, I have the same problem when it comes to those recipes that call for 4 hrs or so. Alton Brown gave a great solution for this. Get one of those timers that you plug in to have lights come off and on when you are on vacation and set it to turn on 4 hrs (or however many hrs of cooking you need) before you want the meal done. I think it only works on the old school turn knob pots but it is great! Don’t forget to turn the crockpot on.
Thanks for the tip!!
will this work with cream of mushroom soup? anyone tried it??
I think cream of mushroom would work just fine… would just give it a little bit of a different flavor.
Hey, want to try this recipe tonight! My pork chops are frozen though, do I need to thaw them out first, or is it ok to them in the crock pot frozen?
Silly question, but I’m new at using a crockpot. When a recipe says 4-6 hours, how do you know how long it will take? Is it cooked at 4 hours but can stay cooking an additional 2 hours? Do I set it for 4 hours then let it go on Warm after that? Thanks for the help – off to put this in my crockpot now…wondering when it will be done!
This may be too late to help you, but usually that time will depend on the size of your crockpot or how many porkchops you’re fixing. You can sometimes judge its “doneness” by how dried out it’s getting. Crockpot cooking definitely isn’t exact though so a bit more or less isn’t too big of a deal!
Good luck! Hope you enjoy it!
I bought bone in pork chops…Think that will work as well?
Making this tonight just started it and will be home about 5p. Hoping it works out seeing as how last time i tried crock-pot lasagna it was burnt all along the edges and the rest just tasted bad :( I cook all the time but never in a crock-pot… here’s to hoping!
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I made this last night, along with garlic rice & corn. It was AMAZING!! And super easy. Thank you for sharing!!
Silly question….I’m not seeing anywhere whether the pork chops are to go in crockpot frozen or thawed! Please help:) Making it tomorrow!
Either way will work! Frozen will just take longer to cook which may be helpful if you’ll be out of the house. :) Let me know how they turn out! Hope you love them!
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I made these last night and all I can say is…what did I do wrong?? Everyone is raving, but my fiance and I were not impressed. We had to rinse the pork chops off before they were edible! The ranch mix was so overpowering and salty. It also made the liquid super thick, so it was difficult to avoid the salty mess! Next time (If there’s a next time), I think I’d add half a packet of ranch seasoning. We usually love salty, but this was just toooo much. Boo! I wanted to love these!
Oh no! Sorry they didn’t turn out well for you. :( I’m not sure why it was so salty. They are somewhat salty for me, but definitely not overpowering. Did you add the can of water too or just the cream of chicken?
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Ashley, Just curious…Did you use Ranch Dressing mix, or the Ranch Dip mix? I’ve had this problem before, and wondered if this might have been what was wrong.
Hmmm… good thought. Maybe I need to clarify that is the dressing mix. Thanks!
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I’m making these right now and it looks like the gravy is separating and getting watery and clumpy. Weird? Anyone else had this happen?
Have you tried stirring it occasionally? I have had it watery at times, but not clumpy at all. Maybe some of the mix formed a clumped and needs to be stirred out? Sorry you are having trouble with it. I hope it will still be tasty for you. :)
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Yep, giving it a good stir. Nothing yet. I’m guessing the culprit may be my old crockpot that I haven’t touched in the past few years. Tasted the meat and it was flavorless – like the sauce didn’t even sink in. Pumping it up to high for an hour to see if it makes any difference. Thanks again for the awesome recipe – even if we do get take out tonight! ;)
I haven’t tried this yet but am going to get the stuff this weekend to try it. I make a chicken that is very similar except I cut up potatoes to put in with it. Then you have ranch potatoes as well as Chicken (pork chops) Potatoes also pull out some of the saltiness in my chicken recipe.
This looks wonderful! Do you think I could just throw frozen pork chops in the crock pot?
Oops, just read the answer above – sorry!
Thank you !! Delish and so easy….makes afternoons easy after work and no real mess to clean!!
I don’t have a ranch packet, but I have ranch dressing. Do you think I could substitute somehow?
I was wondering the same thing, I have Ranch light?
Hmmmm, never tried that, but it may work! Maybe skip the water since you’ll be adding it in liquid form. :) LMK how it goes if you do try it!
I made this this evening and added to cubed potatoes and all I can say is yum!!! Thank you
This recipe is absolutely delicious and so easy and quick!!! :)
I made this for my family tonight and there is not a scrap left. Everyone loved it!! Even my picky toddler licked his fingers. Thanks for sharing a truly easy recipe that is so yummy!
Made this for Easter dinner and it was so good. Great taste but too watery. My husband made a gravy out of the liquid with some flour. Overall great recipe; next time I’ll add half a can of water.
making this for sunday lunch tomorrow…via pinterest! ;) (the funny thing is I pinned it from other “random” people, and I was like…”I know her!!”) =)
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I’m with Paula above: my gravy separated and the chicken was not flavored. If I’d been home, I would have pulled the chicken apart and let it sit a while, but I wasn’t home and we needed to eat right when we got home. I don’t think I’ll bother trying again. Bummer! I keep having problems doing chicken in the crock pot. :P
Sorry it wasn’t a success for you! That is odd that the gravy separated for you guys. :(
I made this last night and it was awesome! We ate it over rice and my 2 year old devoured it. Thank you!
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How many pork chops are you supposed to put in the pot? I’m planning on making this tonight and just want to make sure I’m not putting too many in.
I made these a few weeks ago, my husband loved them! We’re making them again tonight. :) Thank you for the recipe!
How long would you cook the chops on the high setting? I’m wondering if i can just cut the time in half with it on high?
I made them and they were terrible and had no taste to them. I am going to do them with bbq sauce in the crock pot next time.
Dawn if you didnt like it in the crock pot try the skillet version. I use cream of mushroom it seems to have more flavor. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil and brown the pork chops…mix a package of ranch, 3/4 cup of milk and 1 can of cream of mushroom. I serve it with rice seasoned with 1/2 package of ranch.
Thanks for sharing your tips!
Sorry it wasn’t a winner for you!!
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This is a great and easy meal. Its also good with cream of mushroom :-)
Made these last week and they were amazing! Also used the leftover sauce and made a gravy with a little flour. Going in the book to be done again!
What is that bag in the crockpot? I know that makes cleanup easier…but I don’t what what they’re called and where to find them. Thanks in advance!
I made these tonight. . .Amazing! I did change it up a bit. Instead of a can of water a did a can of skim milk. Also, the cream of chicken soup I got had herbs added to it. We put it over brown rice and drizzled the sauce over top. SO SO SO flavorful! Yum. . .Thanks for the recipe!
I did a can of cream of chicken and a can of water. it came out WAY too watery.
So next time I make it I’ll do it with the 2 cans of the cream of chicken and hopefully it will come out more like the picture above.
WILL be doing this again! Quick, easy, delish! Thanks for the recipe! :)
Trying this tonight! I love easy cooking!