This Healthy Pork Chops in a Slow Cooker is both low in calories and easy to prep!

This all natural, super easy recipe and so healthy! I know you’ll love this long time 5 star reader favorite!

At just 319 calories and with 21g of protein, these low calorie slow cooker pork chops are great for all diets!

Healthy Pork Chops in a Slow Cooker

Ingredients for Low Calorie Crockpot Pork Chops

I’ve cut the calories by minimizing the cream cheese, removing the heavy cream, and extra cheese. It’s still the same creamy pork chops in the slow cooker recipe you love, but with 1/2 the calories! By eliminating a few ingredients I was also able to lower the cost of these crockpot pork chops, cut the prep time by about 15 minutes, and simplify the entire cooking process.

If you don’t like one of the veggies you can easily double up on the ones you do like. I recently got a question on this and recommended using 2 different bell pepper colors to someone who could not like mushrooms. This versatile recipe is great with any vegetable that will hold up to heat.

Shopping List for Low Calorie Slow Cooker Pork Chops:

• Olive oil spray
• Pork chops
• Salt and pepper
• Mushrooms
• Onion 
• Bell pepper 
• Garlic
• Light cream cheese
• Chicken broth or vegetable broth
• Italian seasoning

As a reminder, you can get creative with the veggies in this recipe. So if you don’t like bell peppers, double up the mushrooms or visa versa. Here are some more vegetables that will work well in this recipe.

More Vegetable Options to Try:

• Quartered carrots
• Thick sliced cabbage
• Thick sliced acorn squash
• Diced potatoes
• Quartered parsnip

The vegetables that are in the main recipe are ideal, as the recipe was built around them. But if you don’t like or can’t have one, choose one that you can have or do like from this list and try it out.

How to Make Low Calorie Pork Chops in a Crockpot

You can make this low calorie crockpot pork chop recipe with boneless or bone-in pork chops! So just get your favorite, or what’s on sale.

Because we cook this recipe for a long time in the slow cooker, you don’t need to change the cooking time for bone in or boneless. It’s such a simple recipe, you could even make this with chicken if you find it on sale and feel like getting creative!

How to Make Low Calorie Pork Chops in a Crockpot:

1. Spray a skillet with olive oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add the pork chops and brown on both sides. Then add to the slow cooker.
2. Sprinkle the pork chops with salt and pepper and add in the remaining ingredients.
3. Cover and cook the crockpot pork chops for 3-4 hours on HIGH or 6-8 hours on LOW.
4. 30 minutes before serving, move the pork chops to a plate, then mix the veggies together so the sauce develops. 
5. Add the pork chops back to the slow cooker, and cook for the remaining 30 minutes uncovered.
6. Serve hot over mashed potatoes or along side a crisp salad.

Special Tip: The directions work for both bone in pork chops slow cooker recipes, and boneless pork chop recipes crock pot.

The key to making these slow cooker pork chops easy, is the dump and walk away method. Once you’ve browned the pork chops, you get to drop everything in the slow cooker until 30 minutes before serving. Saving you time and effort!

Healthy Crockpot Pork Chop Recipe

Now you can make easy pork chops in crock pot without blowing your diet! This healthy recipe is low calorie and high in nutrition. I like serve it with my Low Calorie Mashed Potatoes, or a crisp salad. You can also find more Low Calorie Pork Chop Side Dishes here.

Nutrition and Calories in Slow Cooker Pork Chops

The nutrition is based off 1 pork chop and 1/4 of the vegetables and sauce.

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Article History:

• Originally written and published on November 29, 2020 by Audrey Johns
• Updated on March 15, 2023 by Audrey Johns
• Updated on September 14, 2023 by Audrey Johns