Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Rice

This is one of the few foods that I still drag out my old slow cooker to make.

This is also one of the few exceptions my pork avoiding daughter will make. While she won’t eat the chops, she will devour the rice.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup brown rice
• 2/3 cup parboiled rice
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 can (4 oz) sliced mushrooms, drained
• 1 tsp dried thyme leaves, divided
• 1/2 tsp rubbed sage
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• 4 to 6 boneless pork chops, cut 3/4 to 1 inch thick (don’t use regular thin chops!)
• 1 can (10.5 oz) beef consommé (or dissolve a beef bouillon cube in 10.5 oz hot water)
• 1 TBS soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Directions:

1. Spray slow cooker pot with non-stick cooking spray
2. Combine white rice, brown rice, and butter in a skillet.
3. Sauté over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until rice is golden brown.
4. Remove from heat and stir in onion, mushrooms, 1/2 tsp thyme, sage, salt, and pepper.
5. Pour rice mixture into slow cooker.
6. Arrange chops over rice mixture.
7. Combine broth and soy sauce.
8. Pour over chops.
9. Combine remaining thyme, paprika, and nutmeg.
10. Sprinkle over chops.
11. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours (or high for 4 to 5 hours)