Slow Cooker Pork Loin Roast OR Pork Shoulder
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!
Ingredients
Instructions
- 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.
Timer: 1m - 4
Pour Sauce over pork. Cover slow cooker.
- 5
Pork loin - Cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours (see Note 2 for cook times for different sizes)
Timer: 5h - 6
Pork Shoulder - Cook on LOW for 10 hours (see Note 2 for cook times for different sizes, and Note 4 for oven, InstantPot and pressure cooker methods).
Timer: 10h - 7
Remove pork onto serving platter, cover loosely with foil (10 - 20 minutes rest). (See Note 6 on Doneness)
Timer: 20m - 8
Pour all juices in slow cooker into large saucepan. Add cornflour water mixture, mix.
- 9
Thicken Sauce: Simmer on medium high for 5 minutes or until it reduces down to a syrupy consistency (Note 3).
Timer: 5m - 10
Slice pork into thick slices (1.5 - 2 cm / 3/5 - 4/5" thick). Serve with PLENTY of Honey Butter Sauce!