Slow-Cooker Pork Loin

Kelli Foster
Kelli FosterCulinary Producer at The Kitchn
I'm a recipe developer, food writer, stylist, and video producer, with more than 10 years of professional experience. As an expert meal planner and avid home cook who loves grocery shopping and helping people figure out what to cook for dinner, I'm a natural fit as The Kitchn’s Dinner Therapist. Since graduating from The University of Scranton and The French Culinary Institute, I've authored three cookbooks: Buddha Bowls, Plant-Based Buddha Bowls, and The Probiotic Kitchen. My kitchen superpower is turning a random assortment of ingredients into easy, delicious dinners that even my young son will eat.
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This slow-cooker pork loin is cooked over a bed of thick-cut carrots and red potatoes with a sweet and tangy sauce to bring it all together.

Serves4 to 6

Prep5 minutes

Cook3 hours to 6 hours

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If you like pork tenderloin, it’s time you try boneless pork loin. Consider it tenderloin’s larger, equally mild cousin. It’s the star of this super-simple cozy dinner, in which the slow cooker does all the work to create juicy pork loin with a side of thick-cut carrots and baby red potatoes. Plus, you’ll love the sweet and tangy sauce that brings it all together.

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A Pork Loin Drop Dinner in the Slow Cooker

Save for cutting up some carrots and potatoes and mixing up a simple sauce, this recipe skips the upfront prep work. There’s no need to sear the pork first — just nestle it over the vegetables in the slow cooker, generously season with salt and pepper, and blanket it with a honey-balsamic sauce. Then, all it needs is time.

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Slow-Cooker Pork Loin

This slow-cooker pork loin is cooked over a bed of thick-cut carrots and red potatoes with a sweet and tangy sauce to bring it all together.

Prep time 5 minutes

Cook time 3 hours to 6 hours

Serves 4 to 6

Nutritional Info

Ingredients

  • 1 pound

    baby red potatoes, halved

  • 1 pound

    carrots, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces

  • 1

    (2- to 3-pound) boneless pork loin

  • Kosher salt

  • Freshly ground pepper

  • 1/4 cup

    honey

  • 1/4 cup

    balsamic vinegar

  • 1/4 cup

    low-sodium chicken broth

  • 1 tablespoon

    cornstarch

Instructions

  1. Place the potatoes and carrots in the bottom of a 6-quart or larger slow cooker. Generously season the pork loin all over with salt and pepper. Place in the slow cooker on top of the vegetables.

  2. Place the honey, vinegar, broth, and cornstarch in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth. Pour over the pork loin.

  3. Cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the middle of the pork loin registers 155°F, 5 to 6 hours on the LOW setting or 3 to 3 1/2 hours on the high setting. Slice the pork loin and serve with the vegetables and sauce.

Recipe Notes

Storage: Leftovers will keep in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

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