Slow-Cooked Pork Chops In Milk

So, it's raining again.  What's up with that, London?  You're rubbish sometimes.  Still, do you know what cold, rainy weather gives you the perfect excuse to have?  Some slow-cooker action, oh yeah.

We had some pork chops in the freezer, left over from our last trip to the butcher's, and so we decided to have them as a mid-week treat.  Pork chops are a new dish for us - we've only made them once before - so I trawled the Internet for some ideas on how to cook them.  I came across this, and after some initial reluctance from B ("cooked in what? Milk?  MILK?!"), we gave it a try. 

WARNING - THIS RECIPE REQUIRES ADVANCE PLANNING

You will need:

2 pork chops (1 per person)
1 onion, chopped
5 cloves garlic, chopped (feel free to use less, if you're not a garlic fan, or none at all, if you're a vampire)
Salt & pepper
3/4 pt skimmed milk

In the morning before work, chop your onion and garlic and arrange them in the bottom of your slow cooker.  Pop your pork chops on top, and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.  Pour in the milk, replace the lid on the slow cooker, switch the machine to low, and off you go to work.  That's all the prep you need to do, and it takes about ten minutes max.  You could even do it the night before if, like me, you're like a sleepy bear coming out of hibernation in the morning.

When you come home, you'll be greeted with a joyous sight like this:

YES YES YES.

We served ours with some Ebly to soak up the sauce, and some green vegetables on the side.  I bet some mushrooms cooked in with the sauce would be lovely, or  follow Epicurious' example by cooking potatoes in the pot. 

The pork comes out beautifully tender, and falls off the bone as soon as you look at it.  It was a little bit dry, which is strange, but there was plenty of liquid in the pot to make a gravy.  The milk cooks down to a nubbly, sweetish sauce, which sounds bizarre but goes very nicely with the meatiness of the chops.

Then we closed the windows against the rain and huddled up on the sofa with fruit, tea, and How I Met Your Mother re-runs.  Whenever you want to come back, summer, we'll be ready for you.