Scrumptious Crock Pot Pork Chops and Apples

Here's another super simple main dish recipe made in the crock pot. If you like home cooked food, the crock pot has to be the best invention ever! We'd been eating a lot of creamy sauces so I tried this one with a chicken broth base and it was outstanding. The chili powder spices gave it a nice flavor but didn't make it spicy by any stretch.

Pork Chops and Homemade Applesauce
2 lbs. boneless pork chops (use whatever you have really - this is just what I made)
2 apples quartered
1 14 oz. can chicken broth (or enough to cover pork)
1 cup apple juice
1T chili powder
1 T Emeril's Southwest Essence (includes salt, paprika, chili poweder, cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper)

Combine in crock pot. Cook 8 hours on low (or 5 on high). Serve with the apples on the side - awesome.

Tip: crock pot meat is generally not that attractive. If you are serving to guests, take the extra couple minutes to brown the meat in a frying pan before putting it into the crock pot.

I like a lot of the spice mixtures that are combined like the Emeril one above. If you don't have it, just put a bit more chili powder in or one of the other Emeril ingredients like paprika or cumin. My motto is don't ever make a special trip to the store for one silly ingredient - just experiment with alternatives!