Jan

The honey garlic butter sauce gives this roast the bomb! The slow cooker makes it easy to prepare or choose oven roast recipe.

Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 1 hour Rest: 15 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Pork Loin:

4–5-pound (2-2.5 kg) pork loin roast, trimmed of skin and fat

1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil, divided

RUB:

2 teaspoons paprika (mild or smoked)

1 teaspoon brown sugar

1 teaspoon each garlic powder and onion powder

1/2 – 1 teaspoon red chili powder

2 teaspoons coarse salt

1/2 teaspoon black cracked pepper

HONEY GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE:

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup unsalted butter

6 cloves garlic, finely chopped or minced

3 tablespoons soy sauce

2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar

pinch of salt

1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper

ADDITIONAL:

1/2 cup beef or chicken broth

1/2 cup water

4 teaspoons cornstarch

INSTRUCTIONS

Pork Loin:

  1. Pat dry pork with paper towel. Combine 1 tablespoon of oil with rub ingredients. Season pork, rubbing the mixture into the meat.
  2. Heat remaining oil (about 2 teaspoons) in a large pan or skillet over medium heat. Sear pork all over until golden browned, rotating the pork around to avoid burning.

SAUCE:

  1. Melt butter in the same pan the pork was in while scraping up any leftover bits in the pan. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant. Stir in remaining sauce ingredients bring to a boil to a rapid simmer for 1 minute.

SLOW COOK:

  1. Place seared pork in a 6-quart slow cooker. Pour sauce; cover with lid and cook on Low heat setting for 4-5 hours.
  2. Transfer pork onto serving dish and tent loosely with foil. Let rest for 10-15 minutes.
  3. While pork is resting pour juices from the slow cooker bowl into a pot large enough to fit the liquid. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
  4. Mix 2 tablespoons of the juices with 4 teaspoons of cornstarch. Whisk cornstarch slurry into sauce and let simmer for a good 5 minutes, or until thickened into a syrup-like consistency. (Sauce will thicken as it cools).
  5. Slice pork and serve drizzled with Honey Garlic Butter Sauce.

OVEN ROAST:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F
  2. Place seared/browned seasoned pork in a roasting pan.
  3. Prepare sauce as above. Reserve 1/2 cup sauce for basting. Pour remaining sauce over pork.
  4. Add in 1/2 cup stock and 1/2 cup water around the pork.
  5. Cover and roast for 20 minutes. Baste with half of the reserved sauce and continue roasting, uncovered, for a further 15 minutes. Baste again and roast for a further 10-15 minutes, until a meat thermometer registers 145 F in the thickest part.
  6. Transfer pork onto serving plate and baste with pan juices. Tent loosely with foil and rest for 10-15 minutes.
  7. Scrape up any browned bits leftover in the pan, mixing them through the pan juices and pour juices into a pot. While in cornstarch/stock and water mixture and bring to a simmer. Slowly add in 1/4 cup water, whisk, then add another 1/4 cup if needed, until reaching a honey-like consistency. (Sauce will thicken as it cools).
  8. Slice pork and drizzle with Honey Garlic Sauce.

Bon Appetit😋