A Slow Cooker Pork Loin roast or Pork Shoulder roast that’s cooked in an amazing honey butter garlic sauce! It’s a slow cooker pork roast recipe that works fabulously with pork loin, shoulder and scotch fillet, for your slow cooker, pressure cooker or oven. Show
Easy enough for midweek yet impressive enough for company, this crock pot pork loin is going to rock your world! I will do anything I can to try to convince you to try this, so let me say again: THIS CROCK POT PORK LOIN WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD!!!OK, I confess. I just like that it (kind of) rhymes and wanted to say it. Again. ? I’m done with the fun – now down to business! This is a recipe I created especially for pork loin, but I’ve found that it works just as well with pork shoulder so you’ll see photos of both throughout this post. The beauty of this recipe is that it looks and tastes like a traditional oven roasted pork – but it’s made in the slow cooker. Entirely hands off cooking time, slow cooked to tender perfection and when you pull it out at the end, the sauce just needs a quick simmer to thicken while the pork rests. ABOUT THIS SLOW COOKER PORK LOIN ROASTI know there are quite a few types of slow cooker pork loins “out there” so let me tell you what you’re getting with this one. It’s a spice rubbed pork loin that’s cooked until it’s tender but still sliceable like classic roasts. It’s cooked partially submerged in a miracle 4 ingredient Honey Butter Garlic Sauce which infuses the pork with flavour, adds juiciness and transforms into an amazing syrupy sauce to serve the pork with. Pork loin is a lean cut of meat so it’s ideal to have a buttery strong flavoured sauce to serve it with! You get bonus points for basting while it cooks, but even if you don’t, this is how the pork looks straight out of the slow cooker: golden and bronzed, glistening with that honey butter sauce! TIPS FOR MAKING SLOW COOKER PORK ROASTSlow cooker pork roast is actually very simple to make as long as you use the right cut of pork and follow a few key steps:
SLOW COOKER PORK LOIN SPICE RUB & SAUCEHere are the ingredients in this Slow Cooker Pork Loin sauce and spice rub. There’s not many!!! THE SAUCE!The Honey Butter Sauce for this Slow Cooker Pork Loin is made using the juices remaining in the slow cooker when the pork is cooked. Straight out of the slow cooker, the flavour of the sauce is a bit thin so it needs to be reduced and I also like to thicken it a touch using cornflour to make it a syrupy thickness. The Honey Butter Sauce truly is a miracle – it’s made with just cider vinegar, garlic and (hold onto your seats here…) BUTTER and HONEY!! It’s ideal for serving with a Slow Cooker Pork Loin because it adds richness to an otherwise lean meat. Bonus: this recipe makes tons of sauce to smother your veggies and potatoes with it too! What to do with leftovers?Use it to make epic Bread Bowl Sandwich or Cubanos – Cuban Pork Sandwiches! HOW I PREPARE AHEADThis is one of those recipes that’s terrific for a midweek meal yet impressive enough for company. What I’ve been doing is preparing it the night before (searing the pork, making the sauce) then pouring it over the pork and leaving it in the removable insert of my slow cooker until the next morning. Then I pop the insert into my slow cooker in the morning, leave the house for the day and come back to THIS ↓↓↓ Happy days!! – Nagi x PS Pictured in post with a side of Garlic Sautéed Spinach and these Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes. More slow cooker roast recipes
Slow Cooker Pork Loin Roast WATCH HOW TO MAKE ITSubscribe to my newsletter and follow along on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for all of the latest updates. Servings8 Tap or hover to scale Recipe video above. Pork loin OR shoulder slow cooked in an incredible Honey Butter sauce! I love the way the pork soaks up the flavour of the sauce - and how it only requires 5 ingredients!
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1. Pork cuts: recipe is ideal made with pork loin, shoulder / Boston butt (boneless) or scotch fillet/neck, these are the 3 cuts I've make this recipe with. This is a highly flexible recipe that is ideal for any roast-size cut of pork, lean or well marbled. Needs to be made with skinless pork, trimmed of excess fat (don't want loads of surface fat melting into braising liquid which becomes the sauce). Pork Tenderloin - see directions here. 2. Different pork
sizes: 3. Sauce reduction: Reduction time to thicken dependent on how much juice comes out of the pork. Go by eye - when sauce is thin maple syrup consistency, it's ready (will thicken bit more when it cools a bit) 4. Other cook methods: * Pressure Cooker - Pork shoulder 1 hour 20 minutes on HIGH. To save time, this is how I did the pork in the 2nd photo in post. Have not tried pork loin so am unsure of required time. 5. MAKE AHEAD - Brown pork and make sauce up to 1 day ahead, pour into slow cooker then remove insert and refrigerate until ready to cook. If preparing ahead more than 12 hours or so, keep the sauce separate (because it will make the pork sweat). Leftovers - Keep in the fridge for 3 days, or freezer for 3 months. I pour the sauce over it, it soaks through the pork and I love it. 6. Pork Doneness - Loin is a lean cut of pork so it's cooked for a short period of time than shoulder. Pork shoulder needs to be cooked for longer to let the tough fibres break down. Shoulder is more prone to falling apart (ie semi shredding) when slicing so be sure to rest it per recipe directions to minimise this. 7. Nutrition - per serving, assuming a 2 kg/4lb pork loin and 8 servings with all sauce consumed (which is unlikely). Calories: 561cal (28%)Carbohydrates: 28g (9%)Protein: 56g (112%)Fat: 23g (35%)Saturated Fat: 11g (69%)Cholesterol: 198mg (66%)Sodium: 853mg (37%)Potassium: 1014mg (29%)Sugar: 26g (29%)Vitamin A: 730IU (15%)Vitamin C: 1.1mg (1%)Calcium: 23mg (2%)Iron: 1.6mg (9%) Keywords: Slow Cooker Pork Loin, Slow Cooker Pork Roast LIFE OF DOZERDozer looking rather concerned as I pack for a trip to Vietnam…. he really hates the sight of a suitcase! Though the minute I drop him off at the golden retriever boarders’ place, he forgets all about me… (I like to think he’s being strong but crying on the inside…..) How long does a 2 lb roast take to cook in crockpot?Typically, to cook a 2lb Roast in a slow cooker, you could plan around 3 to 4 hours on high heat, or 6 to 8 hours on low. However, cooking times vary depending on the cut of meat, its shape, the temperature of your slow cooker, and what you are cooking along with the meat.
How long does it take to cook 2 pounds of pork roast?A good rule of thumb is to cook pork loin 25 minutes per pound at 350 degrees F (177 degrees C). The internal temperature should be at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), so use a thermometer to know when it's done.
How long does it take to cook pork in a crock pot?Cover and cook on high for 6-7 hours or low for 9-10 or until meat pulls apart easily with a fork. Remove from crockpot and shred meat. Remove any large pieces of fat. Save some of the juice to spoon over pork when serving.
How long does 2kg of pork take in slow cooker?How long to cook a pork roast in the slow cooker – for pork loin, 4 to 5 hours on low for tender, juicy perfection. Pork shoulder needs to be cooked for 10 hours on low for a 1.5 – 2.5kg / 3 – 5 lb pork roast.
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