Kitchen

[Txblond]

I have had very little experience with a pressure cooker & need a little advice. I have two thick pork chops (boneless). Do you have a recipe you use that also makes gravy & possibly potatoes? Please give me any suggestions you have. I use a slow cooker most of the time, but would like to start using the PC also.

[fthunt]

I'll be interested in responses you get from experienced cooks; but I think you'd need a pork roast to make gravy. (grease and liquid) Pork Chops are cut pieces of meat and start out dry.

[Another new name Sue]

Maybe you need a pressure cooker cookbook to get you going. I'm fairly new to pressure cooking too, but I did get the book "Slow Food Fast" by Bob Warden. There is one pork chop recipe in it called Pork Loin Chops with Apple and Sherry. I have no idea if it's a good recipe or not because I've kind of given up on pork loin chops as they are always tough and dry for me. Ditto even for pork loin roasts, but the shoulder roasts which have a lot more fat are usually moist and good. Have fun learning to use the pressure cooker.

[Zhills]

http://www.food.com/recipe/pressure-cooked-pork-chops-223688

http://www.food.com/recipe/rich-and-creamy-tender-pork-chops-pressure-cooked-165500

Here are 2 recipes I found on the net. I cook mine like the 2nd one, but don't use a recipe except for the time to cook. If you don't want to use soup, make a roux and use chicken broth for desired thickness.

[Kachina624]

I recently discovered a gem of a website. It contains the user's manuals with basic recipes for all the major brands of pressure cookers. You can browse through them and find directions for cooking just about anything. Also includes instructions for using all of QVC's brands.

http://www.hippressurecooking.com/pressure-cooker-recipes/

[Kay SD]

Hi, Zhills, That first recipe for pork chops looks good. It calls for a proportion of 8 chops, 4 potatoes and a cup of water. I'd only be cooking two chops and one potato. Do you, or anyone out there, know if I would still have to use a cup of water, or does it work to use less? I guess I'm not sure if there's a minimum amount of liquid you need if you pressure cook. Thanks, Kay

[Kachina624]

I would use no less than a cup of water. It's essential for a pressure to operate effectively.

[4uthebest]

On 3/18/2014 kachina624 said: I would use no less than a cup of water. It's essential for a pressure to operate effectively.

Not actually accurate, but for less than 15 minutes of cooking, I have used half that amount with excellent results. Actually the liquid does not have to be water but any fluid with a water based composition such as broth, wine, juice, etc.

[SAVANAHGIRL]

I braise my pork chops on the stove top. First, I brown them. Then, I put in a few sliced onions. Once they are browned, I pour in boiling hot water, turn the heat to simmer. In about 1hr. 15 mins., I remove the chops, put in sliced potatoes, turn the heat up to get them going, turn it down and put the chops on top of the potatoes. I've never made a dry pork chop yet. Of course, this method doesn't give you the speed you want with the PC.

[Razzy 7]

On 3/19/2014 4uthebest said:

On 3/18/2014 kachina624 said: I would use no less than a cup of water. It's essential for a pressure to operate effectively.

Not actually accurate, but for less than 15 minutes of cooking, I have used half that amount with excellent results. Actually the liquid does not have to be water but any fluid with a water based composition such as broth, wine, juice, etc.

4uthebest is correct - at least essentially so. The first thing one should do with a new pressure cooker is perform the water test to see how much water his/her PC loses. Some PCs are better than others in that they lose less liquid during cooking. If your PC does not lose much water during the water test, using less than a cup of liquid during cooking will not be a problem, especially for less than 15 minutes of cooking.