Instant Pot Pork Chops and Potatoes recipe is a quick and simple one-pot dinner meal that will make everyone at your dinner table happy! Moist tender pork chops are cooked along with perfectly cooked pieces of potatoes. Perfect meat and potatoes dish!

Pressure Cooker Pork Chops and Gravy Ingredients:

• one-inch thick pork chops
• garlic powder
• rosemary
• herbes de provence
• thyme
• salt and pepper
• butter or oil
• sweet onion
• Mushrooms
• chicken broth or stock
• worcestershire sauce
• cornstarch with cool water
• medium-large Russet or sweet potatoes

Pork Chop Cuts:

There are so many different cuts of pork chops out there! (Those animal and meat science classes in college just before veterinary school are now being put to good use!)

• pork loin bone-in chops
• center-cut loin chop
• boneless pork chops

These cuts are all are made of different types of meat from the animal with different cooking needs.

Some of these pork chop cuts need a longer cook time to help break down the tougher meat to create tender pork chops and other types of pork chops need to cook in liquid and are braised (the meat is seared and then stewed in liquid) to help keep the meat from drying out and overcooking.

Keep in mind that the thicker the cut of pork chop the less likely it will be to overcook.

I highly recommend checking out The Kitchn’s pork chop article on different cuts of pork chops if you have any questions on what type of pork chop to pick up and use.

Boneless pork chops will cook quicker and are generally very lean and benefit from cooking in the moist Instant Pot.

So, boneless pork chops are another great choice for this recipe. Yes, the bone in the bone-in pork chops helps add to the flavor of this recipe but boneless chops will still have PLENTY of flavor!

Pork Chop Thickness Variations:

Like I mentioned above, the thickness of the pork chops you pick up will also make a big difference in the cook time of the meat and the likelihood that the pork chops will be undercooked or overcooked.

Remember that the thicker your pork chops are, the less prone to overcooking they will be!

I use pork chops that are at least ¾ -inch thick to 1 inch thick for this recipe.

If you’re using a thinner pork chop, you’ll need to cut down on the pressure cooking time, so if the chops are ½-inch thick, I would cut the cook time in half. If you’re using a thicker pork chop, you will have to add additional time on to your cook time.

Best Pressure Cooker to Use:

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You will need a pressure cooker of some kind!

Obviously as the title insinuates, this dish uses an Instant Pot but you can always use a different brand of pressure cooker to create the same masterpiece of pork chop perfection.

I highly recommend two pressure cookers that I use in my own kitchen.

The first is the 6 Quart Instant Pot. It's amazing - so easy to use and clean up is a breeze.

The other pressure cooker is my beloved Pampered Chef Quick Cooker. Talk about high quality. This thing is definitely for the pampered!

No matter which pressure cooker is on your kitchen counter, follow this recipes’ foolproof steps to perfectly cooked pork chops and potatoes!

Easy Directions:

1. Season the pork chops with half of the salt, pepper, garlic, rosemary and thyme. Set instant pot to "sauté" and heat the oil or butter in the bottom of the pot. Brown both sides of chops in 2 batches, and then remove from the pot and set aside on a plate.
2. Add the onion and the mushrooms to inner pot with the extra oil/butter still in the bottom of the pot. Sauté until softened, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in the chicken broth and Worcestershire sauce, and place the chops in the liquids.
3. Turn off the pressure cooker. Toss potatoes with the other half of the salt, rosemary, garlic powder and black pepper spices. Place the potatoes on aluminum foil made into the shape of a basket with a few fork holes pierced into the bottom of the tin foil basket.
4. Seal the lid of your pressure cooker and make sure that the valve is sealed. Set the timer to 3 minutes (or longer according to the 'Pork Chop Cooking Time' section of this post). Once the cooking time is up, do a natural pressure release for 10 minutes, followed by manually releasing the rest of the pressure.
5. Remove the tin foil potato basket and the pork chops from the pot. In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch and cool water together to form a slurry. Set the instant pot to "sauté" and stir the cornstarch slurry into the liquids to form a gravy. Stir constantly until thickened, about 2-3 minutes. Drizzle over meat and potatoes.

Safe Cooking Temperature for Pork Chops:

The USDA recommends a safe internal temperature of pork to be 145 °F with a 3 minutes rest time. That means pork chops can be served a little pink still in the center at times.

Just be sure to check the internal temperature with your meat thermometer.

As long as your meat thermometer shows that the pork chops are cooked above 145°F, you’re good to go!

Instant Pot Pork Chop Cooking Times:

Pork Chops can vary in the pressure cooker based on size, thickness, marbling and brand of pressure cooker. You will need to vary the cooking time slightly depending on how different your items are from the ones that I use.

I use chops about ¾″ to 1″ thick with bone in.

Bone-In Chops about 7-9 minutes (7 minutes for ¾″ thick and 9 minutes for 1″ thick).

Boneless Loin Chops I cook to 6-7 minutes.

Storing Leftovers:

Make sure that your pork chops, potatoes, and gravy are all cooled down to room temperature before trying to store leftovers in the fridge.

Place room temperature leftovers in an airtight food-safe container in the fridge for up to 48 hours.

Reheating Directions:

To reheat your refrigerated leftovers, place your leftovers in a microwave-safe plate or dish with a loose-fitting cover on it.

Make sure that the cover still allows for hot are to escape from the hot food.

Microwave on high power for 45-90 seconds depending on how hot you like your leftovers and how much you are reheating at one time.

Recipe Summary:

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