Pork Tenderloin sorta makes me happy. Okay, I lied. This balsamic pork tenderloin really makes me happy.
Let me tell ya why. It just couldn’t get any easier. Seriously.
Probably because it takes all of five minutes of my time to make, leaving my slow cooker to work its magic and make me look like the best cook ever.
Gosh, I love it when that happens.
You just open up a package of pork tenderloins from the grocery store, whisk up some simple ingredients that you have on hand in your pantry, toss it all into the slow cooker, set the timer, and then at supper time your family thinks you hung the moon – or something of grand proportions.
It’s awesome, I think.
Totally 100% awesome.
Or lazy. Or something.
But, whatever it is, I’m totally in love with the result it gives me with this fabulously tender, flavorful, and delicious balsamic pork tenderloin.
If you’ve happened to try my Balsamic Beef recipe that I shared many, many, many months ago, then you’ll realize that this uses the same balsamic mixture that I use with the beef recipe.
Let me tell you something. If you’ve not tried that recipe, you really, really should take care of that right about now! (I’m kidding. Sorta)
Once you’ve cooked your balsamic pork tenderloins, they will literally being falling apart tender. I have to use tongs and a huge slotted spoon to get mine out of my slow cooker!
Once you remove your pork tenderloins, you can spoon over more of the balsamic gravy that has cooked with the pork or you can pour it into a saucepan and cook it until it has reduced by half for a thick, sweet, delicious glaze. Your call.
For these photos, I couldn’t wait on cooking it to reduce. We were starving and I had to get supper on the table immediately!
I’m sure you all have experienced that a time or two in your lives.
Right?
So, pull out that slow cooker and toss this in as soon as humanly possible. I promise you’ll thank me.
Here’s my Balsamic Pork Tenderloin Recipe. You are gonna LOVE it!
Balsamic Pork Tenderloin Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 2-3 pound boneless pork tenderloin
- 1 cup chicken stock or broth, or broth
- ½ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce, or coconut aminos
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
Instructions
- Place pork tenderloin into the insert of your slow cooker. In a 2-cup measuring cup, mix together all remaining ingredients. Pour over pork and set the timer for your slow cooker. (6-8 hours on Low)
- Once pork tenderloin has cooked, remove from slow cooker with tongs into a serving dish. Break apart lightly with two forks and then ladle about ¼ – ½ cup of gravy over pork tenderloin.
- Store remaining gravy in an airtight container in the refrigerator for another use.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
This has quickly become one of my favorite recipes. I made it again today and it is just amazing!
I’m so glad you enjoy it, Donna! It’s one of our favorites, too!
GREAT!!
Will this work just as well with a wild pig tenderloin? Is there anything I should do to make it taste less game-y?
Soak the wild meat overnight in either saltwater or milk. Takes out the “gamey” taste.
Wow! I saw this while searching for a crock pot pork loin recipe and I am so glad I did!
I’ve always felt guilty because my son adores pork and me, not so much. So, he gets his pork fix when eating out. I want to like it, truly I do but every recipe I’ve tried comes up short and I’ve felt like I wasted my money. Until I found this one. Thank you so much for sharing this! It was delicious. Now I can cook the home made pork roast dinner I’ve always dreamed about and actually like the taste of it! Seriously. It’s fabulous. I’ve printed it, marked it as FANTASTIC and will make it again and again. I didn’t even have regular balsamic but I did have some good quality raspberry balsamic and so I used it. This was so very, very good!
I’m so glad you all enjoyed it!
This recipe was amazing!!!! Will definitely make it again. Thanks for sharing!
Hi, looks delicious. I love balsamic and I love the slow cooker. Its great when you come home from a crazy day with the kids and the house smells like you’ve been slaving over the stove all day. I’m just about to throw all the ingredients in the crock pot now. The variations I will do are as follows: about 1 lb of pork tender, with the full sauce recipe, with 1 tsp of ground dry ginger added and 1 clove of garlic omitted.
Will keep ya posted..
Wish me luck
I am trying this recipe for the first time. You don’t have a recommended crock-pot size in the recipe. Is this best in a 3.5 or a 5q?
I have two small pork tenderloins that add up to over two pounds. How does that affect your cooking time?
And should the pork be almost completely submerged by the liquid? I guessed and used a 3.5q crockpot, but that did cover almost all of the tenderloins.
It sounds delicious, but if I have cooked it wrong there is always the emergency frozen pizza in the freezer:)
So how did it turn out?? I too only have a crock pot. What temperature did you use low or high?
Just made this. Awesome. Thinking about making this into a cold sandwich for an upcoming party. Any suggestion as to what else to put on the bread besides the cold shredded pork?
Pork tenderloin is one of my favorites and I always have one around. Im deeply in love with balsamic vinegar, my pantry is full of it including an 18 year old vinegar given as a gift from my son who is a Chef. Im excited about making this tonight, a marriage of my 2 favorite things,
Hi Robyn – this recipe looks delicious, I’m having a dinner party this weekend and thinking of serving it! Quick question that I am embarrassed to ask. What do you mean by insert? Do you mean place the pork on the rack or does it sit directly in the liquid. Thanks so much!!
Hi Jenn,
The insert is the portion of the slow cooker that you can remove from the slow cooker to wash, etc. Yes, the pork does sit directly on the bottom of the slow cooker insert in any liquids. Hope that helps!