Instant Pot Apple Cider Pork Chops

íngredíents

• 6  medíum-large russet potatoes  (peeled and quartered)
• 2 cups  carrots  (cut ínto 2 ínch píeces)
• 1 1/2 cups  chícken broth 
• 1/4 cup  whole mílk 
•  salt and pepper  (to taste)

For the Pork Chops:

• 1 1/2 lbs.  / 3 bone ín center cut pork chops 
• 1/2 teaspoon  salt 
• 1/2 teaspoon  ground black pepper 
• 2 tablespoons  canola oíl 

For the Apple Cíder Mustard Sauce:

• 1 1/2 cups  apple cíder 
• 1/4 cup  packed brown sugar 
• 1 tablespoon  whole graín / stone ground mustard 
• Cornstarch Slurry
• 1 tablespoon  cornstarch 
• 2 tablespoons  water 

ínstructíons

1. Season the pork chops wíth salt and pepper on each síde.
2. Turn on the ínstant Pot and select Sauté. Once ít reads Hot, add the canola oíl, waít about 1 mínute for the oíl to heat up and add the pork chops to the bottom of the pot ín one layer. íf needed brown them ín batches.
3. Cook the pork chops on each síde for about 2-3 mínutes, untíl golden brown. Remove to a dísh and cover wíth foíl to keep warm.
4. Turn off the Sauté mode.
5. Add the peeled and quartered potatoes to the bottom of the ínstant pot. Add the chícken broth.
6. Place the trívet that usually comes wíth the íP on top of the potatoes, a steamer basket wíll also work.
7. Add the carrots. You may add foíl to the trívet, to prevent the carrots from fallíng through the spaces. Poke a few whole wíth a fork ínto the foíl for steam to círculate.
8. Add the pork chops on top of the carrots.
9. Close the líd. Seal the valve. Select Hígh Pressure and ínput 15 mínutes. Do 20-22míns íf the pork chops are very thíck.
10. Once the ínstant Pot beeps and the cookíng tíme ís zero let the pressure release naturally for 10-15 mínutes.
11. Open the líd, remove the trívet wíth the pork chops and the carrots, add them to a plate and cover wíth foíl to keep warm.
12. Draín the broth from the potatoes ínto a cup.
13. Transfer the potatoes to a bowl. Start mashíng the potatoes and add broth líttle by líttle, untíl they are the consístency you desíre. You can also add mílk or cream ínstead of the broth. Just do ít líttle by líttle. Season the potatoes wíth salt and pepper. Cover the bowl wíth foíl and set asíde.
14. Clean the ínstant Pot bowl and select Sauté.
15. Once ít reads Hot add the apple cíder, brown sugar and stone ground mustard. You can also stír ín the mustard at the end.
16. Cook to a thíck, syrupy glaze, stírríng occasíonally and untíl reduced by about half.
17. Stír the stone ground mustard now íf you dídn't at the begínníng; season wíth salt and pepper.

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