Sides
Slow Cooker Garlic Roast Pork with Sweet Potatoes
Jenn Bare's slow-cooker sides. About 7-8 hours in the crock, serves 8-10.
Written byJenn Bare
Method
Step by step
- 01
Trim the visible fat on the pork roast.
- 02
Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large heavy skillet.
- 03
Sprinkle salt and pepper on pork roast, brown roast in hot oil on all sides, for about 10 minutes total time.
- 04
Remove browned roast to a plate and temporarily set aside.
- 05
In fat in skillet (add a little extra oil if needed), saute sliced onion and minced garlic, seasoned with the poultry seasoning, just until onion starts to soften; place in bottom of slow cooker.
- 06
Turn heat to high and add white wine to skillet; scrape up all the bits sticking to skillet (in other words, deglaze the pan), then pour this mixture over the onions in the slow cooker.
- 07
Cover onions with cubed raw sweet potato.
- 08
Place browned pork roast on top of sweet potato cubes, then pour chicken stock over roast.
- 09
Cover. Cook on Low for 7 to 8 hours, or until sweet potatoes are tender and pork is cooked.
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Originally published on getcrocked.com.
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Jenn Bare
Founder of GetCrocked and lifelong slow-cooker devotee. Jenn writes every recipe here with one goal: get families back around the table without the weeknight scramble.
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