Slow Cooker Pork Roast Recipe

5 from 548 votes

This Crock Pot Pork Roast is tender and delicious with very little work. The pork falls apart from being slow cooked and each bite is so flavorful.

Prep Time10

Cook Time8

Total Time8 10

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Cost: $14.10 Recipe, $2.35 Per serving

Add 3 pounds of pork roast to the crock pot. Arrange 4 carrots (peeled and cut into large pieces) and ½ diced onion around the pork.
Pour in 4 cups of chicken broth. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon minced garlic, ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning, ½ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper over the pork and vegetables.
Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours until the pork is cooked through (internal temperature of 145 degrees F).
Remove the pork from the crock pot and slice before serving.
To make the gravy, remove 2 cups of the cooking liquid from the crock pot and pour it into a saucepan.
In a small bowl, whisk together ¼ cup water and 2 tablespoons cornstarch until smooth. Slowly whisk the cornstarch mixture into the saucepan.
Heat over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently for 3–5 minutes, or until the gravy thickens.
Drizzle the gravy over the pork roast and carrots before serving. Enjoy!

Recipe Tips

Frozen Pork Roast - You can add frozen pork roast to the slow cooker. Just adjust the time accordingly for the frozen meat.
Instant Pot - This pork roast would be great in the instant pot. This would be a great option, if you forgot to put in the crock pot in the morning.
Make in Advance - This pork roast recipe makes the perfect freezer meal. You can place the ingredients in a freezer bag. Grab from your freezer to the crock pot.
Cut the veggies into large pieces – Since the beef requires a longer cook time, cut all the vegetables into larger pieces so that they don’t get too soft while cooking.
Don’t use Flour for the Gravy – I have found that cornstarch instead of flour works best to make the gravy for this roast. Cornstarch is flavorless so it thickens without changing the flavor of the droppings from the crock pot.

Add Onion Soup Mix - We like adding onion soup mix as it gives it a really great flavor too.
Slice in Vegetables - Add in some potatoes and celery for extra flavoring.
Mashed Potatoes - My family loves mashed potatoes and it is amazing with the pork roast gravy drizzled over it.
Seasoning - Feel free to add in fresh herbs to add flavor to this recipe. You can add in freshy thyme or rosemary. Other delicious addition is brown sugar, paprika, soy sauce or chili powder.
Change Meat - This recipe can also be made with chuck beef roast.