Crock Pot Pork Roast Recipe
This easy crock pot pork roast recipe cooks all day in your slow cooker. With carrots, potatoes and fall-apart tender meat, it's a cozy, comforting meal that's perfect for Sunday dinner.
Ingredients
- 3 poundboneless pork shoulder roast (or boneless pork butt)
- 1 teaspoonsweet paprika
- 1 teaspoongarlic powder
- 1 teaspoononion powder
- 1 teaspoonsalt
- ½ teaspoonblack pepper
- 1 tablespoonolive oil
- 1 largeyellow onion (chopped)
- 4 clovesgarlic (minced)
- 3 tablespoonsall-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cupslow sodium chicken broth
- 6 mediumcarrots (cut into 1-inch pieces)
- 1 ½ poundswhole baby potatoes
Directions
- 1
Combine the paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Rub the seasonings over all sides of the pork shoulder.
- 2
Heat the olive oil in a large pan on the stove over medium-high heat. When the pan is hot, add the pork and sear on all sides until browned, about 3-4 minutes per side. Transfer roast to the slow cooker.
- 3
Reduce the heat under the pan to medium. Add the onion to the pan and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and flour to the pan and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
- 4
Pour in the chicken broth to deglaze the pan, stirring and scraping up any browned bits, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- 5
Add the carrots and potatoes around the meat in the slow cooker. Pour the contents of the pan into the slow cooker, using a spatula to scrape it all into the crockpot.
- 6
Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours, until the meat shreds easily with a fork and the vegetables are tender.
- 7
Remove the pork to a clean bowl and shred the meat with two forks, discarding extra fat. Season to taste with more salt and pepper, if needed, then serve with the potatoes, carrots and a drizzle of the juices from the slow cooker.