Pork Roast 3 Ways

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas! If you're like me you're all still trying to catch up on everything from the festivities. 🎄 This week has been crazy busy and it's already Wednesday. So, in order to buy myself a little time, I decided to roast one large piece of meat to last us the rest of the week.

I put a pork roast in my slow cooker this morning along with some fresh herbs and aromatics. I plopped the lid on, set the timer and walked away. After about 8-10 hours I will place it on a cutting board to shred and return to the broth in the slow cooker to stay moist. And, the best part is, is that I have a leg up on dinner for the rest of the week. Below is the recipe for cooking instructions. 

Once you have a basic cooked meat choice, you can change it up by adding different ingredients for different meal choices. Tonight will be Pork Ragu with egg noodles. Tomorrow Pork Carnitas and brown rice and then Friday night bar-b-q pork and spicy coleslaw. 

Follow up posts will done for the other recipes soon! 

Be creative. Make use of that slow cooker. If pork isn't your thing, chicken and beef work beautifully using this method as well. Enjoy! 😋

Slow Roasted Pork Butt

5-7 pound pork butt

Sea salt 

Black Pepper

2 sprigs fresh Rosemary

4 sprigs fresh Thyme

2-3 garlic cloves - peeled and smashed

1 small or 1/2 of large red onion - peeled and quartered

1 tablespoon dried Oregano

1 Bay leaf

1/2 -3/4 cup water

Crock-Pot liner

Place the liner inside the slow cooker and add your pork roast. Season generously with salt and pepper all over the roast. Pour the water around the roast. Add the remaining ingredients. No need to chop the herbs or garlic. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or until the pork is falling apart and fork tender. 

Remove the pork from slower cooker onto a large platter or cutting board. Shred with two forks and discard the bone and fat.

 Remove the herb stems, onion, garlic and bay leaf.

 Return the shredded meat back to the liquid and cover again. Place slow cooker on warm setting until ready to serve. It's that easy! 

Now you have a good amount of shredded meat to use as you please.

 How do you cook large pieces of meat to save time? I'd love to hear your tips. Please comment below. 

Love & Blessings,

D

P.S. One thing I forgot to mention above is the slow cooker liner. If you haven't already, invest in a couple of boxes of these! They're a huge convenience on clean up!!! I got these at Aldi but, I've also found them at Kroger.