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I made these Instant Pot pork chops with the apple balsamic topping last night, and they were a hit! The flavors were perfectly balanced, and the whole dish came together so quickly.
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When testing this recipe we found that you can easily use the sauté function to brown the pork chops and then the manual pressure function for cooking them with a delicious apple balsamic topping. Less dishes and cleanup sounds good to us!
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Instant Pot Boneless Pork Chops with Apples & Balsamic
Ingredients
- 3 thick cut pork chops, (about 1 inch thick)
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 apple, cored and diced into chunks
- 1 tbsp ghee, (or coconut oil for dairy free)
- 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1.5 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Equipment
Instructions
- Chop onion and apples as noted and have the other ingredients on hand for quick access.
- Turn your Instant Pot on and set it to “Saute”.
- Add in ghee to melt and stir it around to cover the bottom of the pot.
- Place pork chops in the instant pot to brown each side (about 1-2 minutes per side). Don’t saute too long, it’s just to get a quick brown sear on each side.
- Once the chops are browned press the “Keep Warm/Cancel” button.
- Sprinkle the onion and apples over the pork chops. Drizzle on the balsamic vinegar over the top.
- Sprinkle the garlic powder, salt and pepper over everything.
- Lock the Instant pot lid into place and close the pressure valve.
- Cook on the manual setting for 10 minutes. Quick release the pressure once the cooking is complete.
- Remove the pork chops and spread the apple/onion topping evenly over each pork chop for serving.
I made these Instant Pot pork chops with the apple balsamic topping last night, and they were a hit! The flavors were perfectly balanced, and the whole dish came together so quickly. I love that it’s both Paleo and Whole30 compliant. Thanks for the delicious recipe!
So delicious and easy. Every time.
Looks like you might have made an additional balsamic glaze to drizzle over the pork chops for the pictures. Is that correct?
Yes, that’s just a thickened store-bough balsamic.
What’s even better is to take the sauce in the pot and thicken it with a little cornstarch slurry…delicious! We serve it that way every time and even spoon it over the oven roasted potatoes that usually get served with this as wel!
I made this and it was delicious!!! We are on AIP and it started to get mundane, so I looked for a new recipe; This is one to be saved!