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BBQ Pork Steaks in the Slow Cooker: Cook in the crockpot with your favorite bbq sauce, and it’s one of the best pork steak recipes EVER! Such a quick and easy dinner idea and one of our top favorite slow cooker recipes!
Post updated April 12, 2021
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- ❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- 💡 FAQs
- 👩🏻🍳 How to Cook Pork Steaks
- 🥗 What to Serve With Pork Steaks
- ❄️ How to Store Leftover Pork Steaks
- 🥩 More Steak Recipes
- 📖 Recipe
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Friends, we all know that all of the recipes around here are quick and easy recipes, yes? Well, if there was a word to describe that this pork steak recipe was even easier than ANY recipe on this blog, (well besides this slow cooker pulled pork) then I’d say it. So I’m just asking that you take my word for it!
Or… better yet, take a look at the recipe below, and you’ll SEE how easy it’s going to be.
Not Enough Time? If you don’t have time for a slow cooker recipe, then check out my Baked BBQ Pork Steaks recipe to speed things up!
Honestly, I think the hardest part of this recipe was walking to the deep freezer, to pull the pork steaks out to cook.
💡 FAQs
Do I need to add liquid to slow cooker pork?
For this recipe, all you need is bbq sauce with the pork steaks. As they cook, they’ll release juices and cook in those so it’s not necessary to add additional liquid.
How do you cook pork steaks without drying them out?
Cooking them in the slow cooker with bbq sauce is a GREAT way to have tender, juicy pork steaks!
Can you cook frozen pork steaks in the slow cooker?
Yes! You’ll just want to make sure to cook them long enough to reach the safe-eating, internal temperature of 145 degrees, and allow them to rest for 3 minutes before serving. Or cook in the slow cooker until 160°) Cooking from frozen won’t allow you to cut slits in them as the recipe states, but that is ok… they can still be delicious!
You’ll find the full recipe card at the bottom of the post, but if you’re a visual person, don’t miss the helpful tips throughout the post!
👩🏻🍳 How to Cook Pork Steaks
First, I added a little salt and pepper to the pork steaks, before putting them in the cooker.
Since my wonderful parents gifted us with half a hog this year, we have an endless large amount of pork in our deep freezer. And because I didn’t think until the last minute to make pork steaks for dinner, I threw those frozen babies right in to the slow cooker.
If the pork steaks had not been frozen, I would have cut a small slit or two in each steak before saucing and cooking to allow some extra flavor and to help cook the steaks a little faster.
- Pour a dab of bbq sauce in the bottom of theslow cooker.
- Place a steak in theslow cookerand baste with a dab of bbq sauce.
- Repeat the process and place another steak in the slow cooker, making sure each steak is covered with sauce.
- Cook on low for4-6 hours, or until steaks are done. (Making sure the internal temp of pork steaks reaches 145 degrees, and allow to rest for 3 minutes before serving or go ahead and cook until the internal temperature reaches 160°. — this temperature has been updated according to the USDA’s recommended temperatures.)
Slow Cooking Makes Tender Pork Steaks
I’ve always been on a hunt for tender pork steak recipes, and before making these, I knew that cooking meats in the slow cooker, typically made them super tender. But for my husband to stop mid-bite to say,
“Jessica… these are really, really tender.”
I’ll have a hard time making these any other way. They were so tender that I’m even considering cooking them again, just to use the meat in a “pulled pork,” style of dish. They turned out to be one of the best pork steak recipes we’ve ever had.
TIP: Our slow cooker tends to cook SUPER fast. (Even on the “low” setting.) So our pork steaks tend to be “done” after a couple of hours. But when I leave the pork steaks in the crockpot for a while (at least four hours) they’re literally hard to get out, without them falling off of the bone.
🥗 What to Serve With Pork Steaks
We absolutely love having this red skin potato salad (or cauliflower potato salad if doing low carb) this bbq ranch cornbread salad or to keep it simple, we’ll open up a can of green beans and try one of these ways to make green beans taste better!
❄️ How to Store Leftover Pork Steaks
If you have leftover pork steaks, once cooled off, store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.
🥩 More Steak Recipes
If you’re a steak lover like those in our house, then you’ll definitely want to check out this popular oven-baked steak recipe, steak bites, and venison steak recipe!
📖 Recipe
BBQ Pork Steaks in the Slow Cooker
Jessica Burgess
BBQ Pork Steaks in the Slow Cooker: Cook in the crockpot with sauce, & after a few hours they’ll be so tender they’ll fall off the bone! Definitely one of the quick and easy pork steak recipes!
4.39 from 367 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 4 hours hrs
Total Time 4 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 392 kcal
Ingredients
- 4 pork steaks
- 1 bottle BBQ sauce we use Sweet Baby Rays
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Rub salt and pepper on both sides of each pork steak.
Using a knife, cut a small slit or two in each steak.
Pour a dab of bbq sauce in the bottom of the slow cooker
Place a steak in the slow cooker and baste with a dab of bbq sauce.
Repeat the process and place another steak in the slow cooker, making sure each steak is covered with sauce.
Cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until steaks are done. (Making sure internal temp of pork steaks reach 145 degrees, and allow to rest for 3 minutes before serving.)
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Notes
*Our crockpot cooks VERY hot, so there are times that the pork steaks are done in a shorter amount of time. But the longer the pork steaks remain in the slow cooker, they FALL off of the bone.
- Do I need to add liquid to slow cooker pork?For this recipe, all you need is bbq sauce with the pork steaks. As they cook, they’ll release juices and cook in those so it’s not necessary to add additional liquid.
- How do you cook pork steaks without drying them out?Cooking them in the slow cooker with bbq sauce is a GREAT way to have tender, juicy pork steaks!
- Can you cook frozen pork steaks in the slow cooker?Yes! You’ll just want to make sure to cook them long enough to reach the safe-eating, internal temperature of 145 degrees, and allow them to rest for 3 minutes before serving. Or cook in the slow cooker until 160°) Cooking from frozen won’t allow you to cut slits in them as the recipe states, but that is ok… they can still be delicious!
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 392kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 1165mg | Potassium: 748mg | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 240IU | Vitamin C: 0.7mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 1.4mg
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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