Raspberry Pork Chops

Ok...I've had alot of request for this recipe. I originally found it in one of my Taste of Home magazines. The original name was "Strawberry Pork Chops". However, the only thing strawberry about it was the fact that it was garnished with strawberries. It's marinated in raspberry vinaigrette, not strawberry. So, hence, after taking out the strawberries (was a pain to do) and making some tweeks, I changed the name.

I must also note, we LOVE brown sugar in this family. Any opportunity to add more than required, we do it. It's not great for you, but makes things taste so much better. I'm going to present this recipe as I've made it. Not as I originally made it. Feel free to look up "Strawberry Pork chops" on Taste of Home's website. However, these pork chops, I can honestly say are way better, and even easier to make. After making this recipe for myself and friends for a few years, I kept wondering how the recipe would taste if I made it in a crock pot. After doing so, I have vowed to never go back.

I make this recipe alot for moms in my moms groups that have just had babies. It's something different from chicken (which seems to be a popular thing for people to make someone when making them a meal) or your typical casserole meals. Plus now that I make this in the crock pot, it's not too difficult to make an additional meal when I have to make a meal for church or mom's group.

So here you have it...Raspberry Pork Chops.

3/4 cup of raspberry vinaigrette

2 tablespoons of chopped green onion

1/4 cup of brown sugar

1/4 tsp of paprika

2 tsp of rosemary

1/2 tsp - 1tsp of pepper

Dash of Worcestershire sauce

4 bone-in pork loin chops (1 inch thick/6oz each)....seriously, I use a package of no bone, thin cut chops...use what you want...

In a small bowl, combine the vinaigrette, onion, brown sugar, paprika, and Worcestershire sauce (or combine in the measuring cup to save dishes), set aside. Combine rosemary and pepper, rub over both sides of pork chops (or if you are lazy, put chops in the crock pot, and then just shake over them...). Put Chops into crock put, poor vinaigrette mixture over them. Set pot for desired cooking time (6 hours on high/8 hours on low). Serve chops with desired sides (I usually serve mine with brown rice and string beans).

Enjoy!