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Christmas Christmas food comfort food crockpot hearty holidays New Year's pork recipe roast savory slowcooker

Easy Slow-Cooked Pork Roast

I’ve gone into my love for my slow-cooker a few times here, but this is one of my all time favorite “go to” recipes with my slow cooker. This is perfect for those days you have mouths to feed, but have a ton of things to do and can’t slave in the kitchen for hours! Perfect for this time of year when family and friends are always visiting, people are last minute shopping or getting the last of the presents wrapped.

It seems there’s never enough time around this point in the season, and this is a great way to get a delicious hearty meal in during all the hustle and bustle. Not to mention it’s good enough to serve to guests! Some people participate in certain lucky foods to eat on New Year’s Day to start your year off right. Pork is one of those foods, the pig signifies progress because it roots itself in the ground and pushes forward, many also believe because of the rich fat content it signifies wealth and prosperity.

Last New Year’s my family and I decided to “try our luck” and eat all foods considered lucky. We aren’t superstitious, but figured it couldn’t hurt, and it turned out to be a really good year for us! So this is a new tradition we don’t mind continuing, and this would be a perfect recipe to add to that. I’ll share more recipe ideas with you in the coming days!


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Ingredients:

  • 2.5 pound Boneless Pork Roast
  • garlic salt
  • ground pepper
  • dried oregano
  • dried basil
  • ground cumin
  • ginger powder
  • 1-2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 3/4 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons mustard powder
Directions:
If you’ve been reading here long enough, you know I love my seasonings.
I really don’t measure on this one, just shake those 6 seasonings onto the meat and rub.
You can also use a store bought rub in place of the seasonings. Totally up to you!
Once you’re done seasoning your meat, heat up the oil in a pan on a fairly high heat setting. Once the oil is hot, sear the meat for a few minutes on each side to seal in the seasonings and flavorings.The meat will turn a bit white and it will smell pretty amazing. Try to get all sides in, but it doesn’t have to be perfect.
Here’s about how it will look, now drop it into your slow cooker!
Now slice up the onions and throw them on top of the roast and around it.
Mix up the tomato sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and mustard and pour it over. Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours (depending on your pot, mine is oval and large so it seems to cook a bit faster than others.)
You can turn it halfway through (this is before I flipped it.) I usually don’t, but this time I did.
It’s great either way, but once you open the pot it does take some time from the cooking time, so you may have to add 1-2 hours to the cooking time for each time you open your slow cooker!
And it’s done! Look at how the onions caramelize! 
It’s literally falling apart, it’s so tender so you don’t really even need a knife, but I was going for presentation here!
Serve with something easy, I made it with some steamed rice and some quick garlicky broccoli.
Great reward for such a low effort meal!
Enjoy!

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  1. Sabz says

    December 21, 2012 at 9:49 pm

    that looks SO good! we love using the crock pot when we buy pork roast!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:33 am

      Thanks Sabz!

      Reply
  2. Pamela says

    December 22, 2012 at 2:57 am

    I love cooking my pulled pork loin in the crockpot! I will be using your recipe the next time I make one!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:33 am

      Ooh, let me know how you like it!

      Reply
  3. Ruby says

    December 22, 2012 at 4:01 am

    How yummy! I love pork roast never done it in a slow cooker this is a must try pinning!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:34 am

      Ohhh pork roast is made for the slow cooker! lol

      Reply
  4. What's for dessert? says

    December 25, 2012 at 9:39 am

    Hi! I’m your newest GFC follower. You have a lovely blog and I’m looking forward to reading your recipes. You can visit my blog at http://cake-cookie-pie.blogspot.com/

    Merry Christmas!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:34 am

      Hi, thanks for the visit, and the follow!

      Reply
  5. Chris says

    December 26, 2012 at 4:50 am

    Hi there, just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
    http://chelencarter-retiredandlovingit.blogspot.ca/

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:36 am

      Hi Chris, thanks so much!

      Reply
  6. Angela Paris says

    December 26, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    hello! i’m stopping by from the marvelous monday (This Gal Cooks) link up. this looks amazing – i adore crockpot recipes, thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:36 am

      Hi Angela, thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  7. Corinna @ The Sweet Spot Blog says

    December 27, 2012 at 3:13 am

    Hi there,
    Just stopping over from the Harvest of Friends blog hop! So glad I came across your blog. Now following you on Twitter and Facebook! If you have a moment to follow back, you can find me at http://thesweetspotblog.com. Thanks!
    Corinna from The Sweet Spot Blog

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:36 am

      Hi Corinna, thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  8. Kristen says

    December 27, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    Oh yum! I love using a slow cooker but am not that great at it. This recipe looks wonderful and not too hard.

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:37 am

      Try it and let me know how you like it!

      Reply
  9. Hailey says

    December 27, 2012 at 8:19 pm

    This looks great! My husband calls me a {chicken}etarian. I am writing this one down for him. I love using a crockpot too.

    Hailey @ Love, Laughter and Lipstick

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:37 am

      lol Hailey, that’s cute. Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  10. Melissa Libertad says

    December 28, 2012 at 2:36 am

    I have yet to make a pork pot roast. I need to get on it. Thank you for sharing. 🙂

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:38 am

      yes, get on it! lol

      Reply
  11. WhatJeanLikes says

    December 28, 2012 at 5:35 am

    Love LOVE my crock pot!! This looks like a recipe I need to bookmark and try in the future. I love how the slow cooker makes everything so moist and tender. Yummy!

    Thank you so much for linking up to the Aloha Friday Blog Hop last week. I am following you by the way. 🙂

    If you have time, we’d love to have you come and link up to the Aloha Friday Blog Hop if you haven’t already! (Thank you so very much if you’ve already linked up, I truly appreciate it!!)

    Come and link up, enter the giveaway (if you haven’t yet) and celebrate the coming weekend with us!

    Aloha,

    Jean {What Jean Likes}

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:40 am

      Hi Jean, it really does!
      Thanks for the feature!

      Reply
  12. Eleyn says

    December 28, 2012 at 6:14 am

    That looks so delicious! Btw, I found your blog through the Aloha Friday Bloghop! Happy Holidays!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:40 am

      Hi Eleyn, thank you for stopping by!

      Reply
  13. Angela Paris says

    December 28, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    well now that looks pretty amazing! 🙂

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:40 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  14. mail4rosey says

    December 28, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    One of my faves, and you can see how tender it is in that last picture! Visiting from the Aloha Hop. happy weekend to ya!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:41 am

      Yes, definitely! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  15. Lenetta Carnes says

    December 28, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    Pork is my favorite meat. This looks great. I found you through the Aloha Blog Hop. Stop over and say hi if you get a chance. Have a great day. 🙂

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      December 30, 2012 at 7:41 am

      Hi Lenetta, thanks for stopping by!

      Reply

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