Slow Cooker Italian Pork Roast (4 Ingredient)

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This easy Slow Cooker Italian Pork Loin recipe is incredibly flavorful with tender, fall-apart pork. With 4 simple ingredients plus pantry spices, it's a winner for weeknight cooking or a super low-effort Sunday dinner.

For more ideas, this 3-ingredient crockpot pineapple pork is a reader favorite and this Asian-inspired crock pot pork tenderloin recipe is bright with orange flavors.

A dish of herb-crusted slow cooker pork roast is served on an oval platter with roasted potatoes, carrots, and onions, reminiscent of a savory slow cooker Italian pork roast. A green striped cloth is partially visible on the side, gracing a white wooden table.

Slow Cooker meals are a lifesaver for families with little cooking or food preparation time. Or when you, the chief cook, need a night off from cooking.

This fall-apart-tender Slow Cooker Italian Pork Roast is one of the simplest meals you can make. Yet special enough to serve for a Sunday supper.

Slow cooker meals are incredibly delicious in that the ingredients take their sweet time to flavor and season... and become mouth-wateringly tender as happens with this pork roast.

Why I love this recipe

Four simple ingredients: (pork roast, onion, potatoes, and broth).
Simple seasonings: (garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper).
5 minutes of prep: (I don't even sear the roast -- although it would enhance the flavor if you wanted to!)

Ideas For Leftover Pork Roast

The leftovers send this pork loin to the top of my recipe list. It's a one-cook-yields-multiple-meals scenario. I like to get a roast big enough for leftovers. Here are some of my favorite ideas:

Shred the pork and add a favorite BBQ sauce for pulled pork sandwiches.
Add shredded pork to stir-fry vegetables and serve over your favorite grain.
Combine the pork with grape tomatoes and serve over pasta.
Tacos.
Empanadas.
Enchiladas.
Add it to pizza - like this Street Corn Pizza.
Make a hash with any leftover potatoes, onion, and pork.

A seasoned Italian pork roast is placed in a slow cooker along with chopped potatoes, carrots, and onions. The ingredients are ready for slow cooking.

Recipe FAQs

How long will leftovers from this pork roast last?

You can keep them covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days u002du002d and I've got plenty of ideas for how to use them above!

What cut of pork roast should I use for this recipe?

Use pork loin roast to get good slices (tenderloin would also work), but if you'd prefer this recipe to yield shredded pork a boneless pork shoulder or pork butt would work best here.

A platter of Italian pork roast, tender from the slow cooker, is sliced and surrounded by roasted vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and peppers on a white dish. A green and white striped cloth is partially visible on the side.

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Author: Stephanie Wilson

5 Ingredient Italian Slow Cooker Pork Roast

This easy Italian Slow Cooker Pork Roast is incredibly flavorful with tender, fall-apart pork. With 5 simple ingredients, plus pantry spices, it's a winner for weeknight cooking or Sunday supper.

4.4 from 24 votes

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Prep: 5

Cook: 4

Total Time: 4 5

Servings: servings

Equipment

Crock-Pot 6-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker, Stainless Steel

Ingredients

▢ 2-3 lb pork roast
▢ 1 onion chopped
▢ 2 lbs small red potatoes quartered
▢ 1 sweet potato cut into bite-size pieces
▢ ½ teaspoon garlic powder
▢ 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
▢ 1 cup broth chicken or beef
▢ salt and pepper to taste

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Instructions

Put the pork roast in a slow cooker. Arrange the onion and potatoes around the roast in the base of the slow cooker.
Pour the broth over the pork roast, potatoes, and onions.
Sprinkle the garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper on the roast and potatoes. Place the lid on the crockpot and cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 8 hours.
Remove the roast from the slow cooker and let rest for 7 minutes. Meanwhile, transfer the potatoes and onions to a serving platter and reserve cooking juice to serve with the roast. Slice the roast and transfer to the platter.

Notes

Use pork loin roast to get good slices (tenderloin would also work), but if you'd prefer this recipe to yield shredded pork a boneless pork shoulder or pork butt would work best here.

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