Layered 1/2 of diagonally sliced carrots (2 large ones used)ģ pork chops covered with 1/2 of a dried French Onion Soup mixĢ pork chops (there were more in the package than expected)Ībout one Tablespoon of barbecue sauce smeared over the meat I set the crock pot on high while I prepared items then when everything was in the pot dialed it back to low.Ĭoated the bottom of the crock pot with some Olive Oil Inspired by my grandma, who often creatively used various leavings in her kitchen to make amazing dishes (using things up is my speed, but there's no claim here to being an amazing cook-that's more my husband's speed!) I added a couple of things randomly available to use them up: Here's how I prepared my version (and since it's currently cooking the results are pending). The recipe at this website seemed like a good inspiration for cooking creativity using what was available in my kitchen.and it had the added bonus of being a crock pot recipe which is desirable to me since the cooking time is flexible and allows us to have a (hopefully) great dinner without stressing out in the kitchen after a long day. I was wanting to use some pork chops, apples, carrots, rice, and onions in a one dish meal that would be similar but couldn't find any online recipes near to the one from my family. This was a one dish oven prepared meal with Pork sausage rolled into balls, apples, carrots, and rice. I found this recipe while searching the web for a recipe similar to one in our family known as "Sausage Apple Bake" (I believe). If I were to star my current attempt as is it would likely be a 2 1/2 stars.sub-par. Also it would be prudent to review further comments on similar recipes to see if guidance could be gleaned. If I were to attempt anything even remotely similar again I would likely not cook the rice in the crock pot if I wanted anything like normal textured results. This was the highlight of the whole conglomeration. The meat, though not sufficiently seasoned, was of a fine texture and really did fall off of the bones. The wine, which was a very noticeable scent during early cooking was nearly undetectable, so not sure how well it enhanced or detracted from this particular trial. Since I have often over seasoned things previously (and a family member needs to reduce salt intake) I was erring on the side of caution. The seasoning was inadequate for this dish.likely because there was much more meat than in the original inspirational recipe below. The onions, which were cut in long thin slices needed to be completely separated by cutting off more of the base. The apples were nearly tasteless so really didn't enhance the dish at all.not sure what variety of apple might have done better here. There was too much grease within the entire mixture, so trimming off most of the excess fat and/or pre-browning the pork chops may have improved this. Like many of the commentators on the source recipe below, the rice texture was problematic for me.it was quite mushy.perhaps due to too much liquid, too much cooking time, or the general poor quality of crock pot rice (in my device?).needs more data to tease this out. Well this didn't turn out nearly as well as I'd hoped, partially for cooking it too long waiting for family delayed so I'm not sure how much that extra time was a factor. UPDATE: VERDICT ON MY ABOVE POSTED VARIATION
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