Instant Pot Apple Pie Pork Chops - Dump and Go Dinner
4
Servings
8
Ingredients
48
Comments
Apples, pork and cinnamon combine in this freezer meal that you can put into your pressure cooker frozen resulting in an aromatic and fast dinner.
4
Servings
8
Ingredients
48
Comments
Ingredients
- 6 cups peel and slice Apple
- ¾ cups Sugar
- 2 tablespoons Flour, All-Purpose
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoons Cloves, Ground
- ½ teaspoons Allspice, Ground
- 1 ½ pounds Pork Chops, Boneless
- ½ cups Water
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Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
Easy Assembly/Dump and Go
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Divide all the ingredients, except the pork chops, into the indicated number of freezer containers. Mix well.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
Prog. Pressure Cooker
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Prep from frozen
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- **Due to the nature of pressure cooking there is always room for inconsistency. The times given here are based on 4 servings fresh. If you are using more servings you may need to increase your cooking time.**
- Mix together the apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon, cloves and allspice.
- Place the pork chops in the bottom of the inner pot. Add water.
- Add the apple mixture on top of the pork.
- Lock the lid in place and seal the steam nozzle.
- Set on high pressure for 10 minutes.
- Natural release for 10 minutes then quick release any remaining pressure.
- Remove pork chops and spoon the apples over the top.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe
- 4 Servings
- Serving Size
- about 6 oz pork & 1 cup apples Amount Per Serving
- Calories
- 624
- Total Fat
- 22g
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 100mg
- Sodium
- 142mg
- Total Carbohydrates
- 73g
- Fiber
- 4g
- Sugar
- 62g
- Protein
- 37g
- WW Freestyle
- 19
48 Comments
Join the discussionI’m confused, don’t you need liquid in the Instant Pot in order for it to come to pressure? I don’t see any liquid in this recipe.
The sauté function is to release some on the liquid from frozen meal to start the steam/pressure. There is enough liquid already frozen in the recipe that adding your “standard” 1/2-1cup to the bottom of pot is not necessary. I have done MANY of these recipes already and they always come out perfect! These gals have done their research & testing- I trust them!! 🙂
Thank you for the explanation. So I want to make sure I am starting from frozen, this recipe is not intended for fresh (room temp) meat?
The recipes have directions for both fresh and from frozen.. That’s the BEST ! If I forget to take something out of freezer I don’t have to worry with a pressure cooker!
Meredith nailed it (thank you, Meredith!). Please let us know if you have any other questions! Happy cooking and enjoy!
I’m looking at the recipe for fresh, not frozen pork chops and I don’t see any liquid in the recipe, am I missing something?
Under “Serving day” it says 1/2 cup water
Place the pork chops in the bottom of the inner pot. Add water.
The flavour was really good on this recipe, but I would likely quickly saute the pork chops first next time. Then put the apples on the bottom and chops on the apples. My IP kept saying it was overheating and the chops at the bottom of the pan became quite tough Who knows though, this was only my second time using the IP for dinner. Flavour was amazing though!
We value your feedback so much! Thank you!! And so glad to hear the flavor was amazing!!
Tried it as published and it did not come to pressure. I had to start over and add a cup of liquid to get my IP to get to pressure. But then it was wonderful!!
We’re sorry to hear you had trouble the first. So glad it turned out wonderfully!
This recipe did not work right. I had the same problem as Kathryn. The IP did not come to pressure. I added 1 cup of broth and started from saute.
Did it come to pressure the second time? Are you cooking fresh or from frozen?
The Water is Listed by Recipe
Up at the top where the recipe is, look under the recipe it has it noted 1/2 cup water. It shows (separately) not in ingredients, listed (SERVINGS A DAY?), then the supplies needed etc. Very easy to miss and kind of odd place to list it. It should be the last item of ingredients.
Your directions for “Make it Now” have no liquid and also no saute…….perhaps a few steps were left out for this method?
Thank you for your feedback. We’ve made some updates to this recipe. You’ll notice that there is still no water for the make it now directions but it is important in which order you place the meat & apples. We’re also making a video of this recipe so keep an eye out on our Facebook and blog! Enjoy! 🙂
Except in your make it now section it does still say “Add Water” it came out very watery, I made it from fresh and froze one. The 1″ pork chops at 10 mins were VERY DRY and with adding the water it was too watery and it was all overcooked. I would suggest maybe 5-6 mins with no water if doing make it now. I’m just worried about it not coming to pressure with no water.
The Instant Pot requires at east 1 cup of liquid to come to pressure.
Also on the recipe card it says add 1 cup of water and this states only 1/2 cup. PLEASE make them match!
Some of us go only off the printouts.
Georgianne, The reason that there is 1 cup on the menu cards, and 1/2 cup listed on the recipe page is because on the menu cards, all ingredients/meals are doubled, (as are all of our recipes once placed into a menu and documents are created/printed), and the page on the website is for a single meal. I hope this clears up the confusion.
I had the same problem with the meal not coming to pressure. I was very disappointed. After three tries and finally adding a cup of liquid on the third try, it finally cooked through. Unfortunately, the apples turned to almost pure liquid because of how many cycles it took to cook.
Megan, thank you so much for the recipe feedback. Per yours and various other comments, we have added a note to “add water” in this recipe under “Freeze For Later,
SERVING DAY DIRECTIONS.” We are so sorry for your trouble and hope this adjustment will help the recipe turn out well for you and your family. Again, our sincerest apologies!
This sounds so good. Is there a way I can cook it in a slow cooker, as I don’t have an instant pot? For how long etc? Thank you
Ruthann, yes, it’s great in the slow cooker! here is a link to the Slow Cooker version: https://onceamonthmeals.com/recipes/apple-pie-pork-chops/
Can I cook meal in crockpot
Absolutely, this recipe was adapted from a crock pot recipe, here is the link! https://onceamonthmeals.com/apple-pie-pork-chops/
Needs liquid for the instant pot. Made this last night, but put 1 cup of apple juice in the bottom, then a low trivet so the meat wouldn’t touch the bottom of the pot, then followed the recipe as outlined after that. Turned out fantastic!
Thank you for your feedback! Glad to hear it was fantastic! ??
I upped the raw pork to 2 full pounds and made this 6 servings. As run through the Weight Watcher Recipe Builder, this is 6 servings (with my tweak) at 11 SmartPoints per serving.
Thank you for sharing!
I cooked this from frozen with the water, and the pork chops were not done all the way. i ran the IP again for another 5 minutes, and they were done. I like the recipe all in all, but it isn’t one that my family raved about.
Gretchen, We’re sorry you didn’t have a great experience with this recipe. We do warn that since there is so many variables at play when using the IP, that cooking times may vary. We would definitely rather have you add time at the end than have your meal be overcooked! Hopefully you will have a better experience next time!
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This was so tasty!! Thanks for a great quick recipe!
So glad you loved it!
3rd try with my instant pot (from frozen… orginally : / ) Added a half cup of water to start and it has “burned” because of sugar content just as it is coming to pressure 3 times! Aargh. added a nother 1/2 cup so hopefully it won’t be too watery.
I have the Ultra Instant Pot- There is not a manual setting- tried Pressure cook first and now have it on meat and stew. Is it hotter than the other types? It smells amazing. 3rd time I left it even though it said burn because it had just come to pressure and I was hoping the heating element would stop– it did. Finally cooking at pressure. I’ll let you know how they come out. Also, usually you do natural release with meats but this says to do quick release. Why?
Great questions, Mary! “Pressure Cook” is the same as “Manual,” but using the Meat/Stew setting set to the cook time instructed is also fine. The instructions for this recipe state to Natural Release for 5 minutes and then quick release for remaining pressure. All of our recipes are tested by test cooks to ensure the best quality, and in this case we’ve found that the shorter natural release followed by quick release is adequate to cook tender pork chops without overcooking. We have not had the experience with the burn notice on this recipe when using 1/2 cup water, but we understand sometimes others still have different experiences at home. Sometimes the burn notice can happen because meat or other ingredients get stuck to the bottom of the pot during the saute process, so we would also recommend making sure to scrape any burnt bits off the bottom of the pot before trying to bring it to pressure. We hope the recipe turned out well for you in the end!
I think the confusion about water vs no water is because there are 2 versions, one for fresh and one for frozen The directions for the 1st recipe is for frozen and does not mention water. The second is for fresh and clearly doesn’t mention water. The statement under serving suggestion: 1/2 cup of water is ambiguous and confusing at best.
I received this recipe as part of a “free” mini-menu that was emailed to me while I was waiting for memership to open up. It looks like the serving day instructions are slightly different – for example, my printout says to natural release for 5 minutes instead of 10. Also, it said to cook on sauté for 5 minutes first. Should the chops still go on the bottom for this version? My pot never came to pressure, even after I stirred it up and re-started, and the chops at the bottom burnt (with burn notice).
Great question, Beth! The directions on the site will always be the most up to date, so follow the instructions on the recipe page. And we’ll make sure to have our Menu Builder team review the recipe on the free mini menu for any updates that are needed. Thanks for pointing the discrepancies out to us!
Cooked from fresh and it tasted great but apples came out like mush and were very watery. If I make it again I will cook in another pot so It’s not sitting in the water. I’ll probably throw some butternut squash in with it as I love butternut cooked with apples.
Thanks for your feedback, Kathy! Please let us know how it works for you if you decide to try the Pot in Pot method on this recipe. 🙂
The Water is Listed by Recipe
Up at the top where the recipe is, look under the recipe it has it noted 1/2 cup water. It shows (separately) not in ingredients, listed (SERVINGS A DAY?), then the supplies needed etc. Very easy to miss and kind of odd place to list it. It should be the last item of ingredients.
I tried this with the half cup of water added at the beginning and still ended up with the burn error 🙁 I would love you to have the amount of water listed on the cooking day instructions taped to the freezer meal. I had to open the website to see how much had been recommended.
We’re sorry to hear of your experience. We are finding that some of the newer models or different sizes are getting the burn error more frequently. All is not lost though- you should be able to add a bit more water and scrape off anything at the bottom of the pot and then restart it. For the second issue – The labels have the serving day ingredients listed – so that is really helpful! If you don’t print off the labels then you can reference the recipe cards if you don’t want to have to come back to the website.
Has anyone tried using pork tenderloin instead of pork chops? How would this change the timing?
Hi Beth,
Let’s see if anyone has used tenderloin! We’re interested too!!