Slow Cooker Pork Loin Roast

Description

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.

Ingredients

2.5 pork loin OR shoulder/boston butt ,or scotch fillet, skinless
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp EACH paprika, thyme
1 tsp EACH garlic powder, onion powder
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp salt
3/4 cup honey
125g / 1/2 cup butter , unsalted
5 cloves garlic , minced
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/2 tsp salt and pepper
3 tsp cornflour/cornstarch mixed with splash of water

Directions

1

Spice Rub: Rub pork with about 1 tsp oil. Mix Rub together then sprinkle over pork. Pat to adhere all over.
2

Brown: Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add pork and sear all around until deep golden brown (don’t let spices burn). Place pork in slow cooker.
3

Honey Butter Sauce: Wipe pan. Add butter and melt. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute until golden. Add remaining Sauce ingredients, mix, simmer rapidly for 30 seconds.

Slow Cook 1. Pour Sauce over pork. Cover slow cooker. 2. Pork loin – Cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours. 3. Pork Shoulder – Cook on LOW for 10 hours. 4. Remove pork onto serving platter, cover loosely with foil (10 – 20 minutes rest). 5. Pour all juices in slow cooker into large saucepan. Add cornflour water mixture, mix. 6. Thicken Sauce: Simmer on medium high for 5 minutes or until it reduces down to a syrupy consistency (Note 3). 7. Slice pork into thick slices (1.5 – 2 cm / 3/5 – 4/5″ thick). Serve with PLENTY of Honey Butter Sauce!

Notes

If you cook the pork until the internal temperature is about 200F, the meat will take off with a fork and melt in your mouth. This took about 8 hours on low for me.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

561kcal

Fat

23g

Carbs

28g

Protein

56g