Pork Roast Recipe
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This easy Pork Roast recipe makes the most juicy, tender, and flavorful roast! Cooks in a slow cooker with only three simple ingredients for the BEST pork roast that pairs deliciously with many other dishes!
This is the most delicious pork roast recipe, and I’m sharing tips for the easiest way to make it! With just three ingredients and a slow cooker, you’ll be amazed at the juicy flavor and extremely tender roast – and everyone will ask you for the recipe!
There are just a few tricks that I’ve found that I want to share with you so you’ll love this pork roast as much as we do.
My recipe is simple and doesn’t include many ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need to make it.
Ingredients
Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full listing of ingredients, instructions, notes, and estimated nutritional information.
- Pork Butt – also called Boston Butt.
- Worcestershire sauce – You can substitute coconut aminos if sensitive to soy.
- Stone House Seasoning – Our family’s homemade seasoning blend of salt, pepper, and garlic, adds incredible flavor to this roast and many dishes! Use it or your favorite dry rub recipe.
How to Make the BEST Pork Roast
To make this recipe, I begin with my pork, the seasonings, and the right amount of time in my slow cooker. Cooking it low and slow is the secret!
You’ll need a 6-quart slow cooker or larger with a tight-fitting lid. I have found that one with a WARM setting works best for this recipe.
- Prep and Season. Add the pork into the slow cooker with the fat facing up. This allows the fat to render into the roast as it cooks for fantastic flavor and tenderness. (I don’t brown my pork before cooking.) Season the pork as directed in the recipe.
- Cook Low and Slow. You’ll cook the pork on the LOW setting for 8-10 hours. When checked with an internal read thermometer, the internal temperature should reach between 190º F and 205º F. Leave the meat in the slow cooker on the WARM setting for about four more hours or until the meat will easily pull with two forks.
- Serve. Remove the pork roast from the slow cooker, allow it to rest for a few minutes before serving, and baste it with a few tablespoons of pan juice. Serve it similar to how you serve a beef roast or shredded, as I do in my Pulled Pork recipe, where I serve it with BBQ Sauce.
What to Serve with Pork Roast
Pork Roast is delicious with so many dishes! Here are a few favorite side dishes to enjoy with it:
Tips for Tender, Juicy Pork Roast
By cooking the pork roast low and slow (8-10 hours) and then holding it in the slow cooker on warm for a few hours longer, you’ll get the most tender, juicy, and delicious pork! It tastes incredible!
Storage and Freezer Instructions
To store. Place cooled pork in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Add some juices from the slow cooker to the meat to keep it moist and tender. Store for up to 3 days.
To freeze. Allow it to cool completely and store it in an airtight, freezer-safe container in the freezer for up to 2 months. Add some juices from the slow cooker to the meat to keep it moist and tender.
To thaw. If frozen, allow it to thaw in the refrigerator overnight before reheating for best results.
To reheat in the oven. (Best choice) Preheat oven to 250º F. Place the pork into an oven-safe baking dish. Cover lightly with foil and reheat until the meat reaches 165º F when checked with an internal read thermometer, about 20-30 minutes.
To reheat in the microwave. Place the pork into a microwave-safe dish. Cover lightly with a damp paper towel. Reheat in 1-minute increments until the meat reaches 165º F.
More Pork Recipes
Slow Cooker Balsamic Pork Roast Recipe
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BBQ Pork Tenderloin Recipe
45 mins
The Best Pulled Pork Recipe (with Video)
12 hrs 5 mins
Frequently Asked Questions
Pork butt
No – browning the pork is unnecessary before cooking in the slow cooker.
Place the roast with the fat side facing up. This allows the fat to render into the roast as it cooks.
Here’s my family’s favorite Pork Roast recipe. I hope you love it as much as we do!
Pork Roast Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Slow Cooker 6-quart
Ingredients
- 1 (3-5 pound) Pork Butt
- 8-10 dashes Worcestershire sauce, or coconut aminos
- 3-5 tablespoons Stone House Seasoning, or your favorite Dry Rub Recipe
Instructions
- Prep. Place meat in the slow cooker with the fat side facing up. Add dashes of the Worcestershire sauce to the top of the meat and season with Stone House Seasoning.
- Cook the Pork Roast. Cook on low setting of slow cooker for 8-10 hours. Internal temperature of pork roast should be between 190º F and 205º F. Leave meat in the slow cooker on the "warm" setting for about 4 more hours or until the meat will easily pull with two forks.
- Serve. Remove the pork roast from slow cooker and allow to rest about 5-10 minutes before serving. Optional: Baste with a few tablespoons of the warm pan juices from the slow cooker.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
If food is the way to a man’s heart this recipe is the answer! I have made this roast for him many times and he says everytime that I am the best cook. Although it is always good, he notices when I vary from your rub recipe.
Thank you for your help!!!!
Oh my goodness, I know what you mean! Isn’t this pork roast simply amazing?! I’m so glad you both love it! xo
This is a delicious pork roast. My 5 year old granddaughter loves it and her 1 and 1/2 year old brother can’t get enough. Easy recipe. Added potatoes and carrots.
Amazing! This is probably the millionth recipe I’ve swiped off the Internet but it’s the very first time I’ve left feedback – it’s THAT good! I could write poetry about my pork. Thank you! Incredible!
Holy cow, this is best pot roast I’ve ever had! Actually it’s the only pot roast I’ve ever made. We had a big family gathering yesterday and usually I’m known for the desserts I make, that changed yesterday with this very EASY recipe. I didn’t have Worcestirshire sauce but it was still so yummy, your dry rub recipe is perfect. I read many of the reviews before hand which helped alot. I did add potatoes, carrots and onions. I had a 10 pounder, kept it on low for 10 hrs, flipped it at 8 hours and put it on warm for 4 hrs, just like recipe called for. Thank you thank you thank you! This is definitely a keeper!
So….I have a pork lion on hand and wanted to try a new way to cook it..found your recipe and your roast pic is gorgeous. I know loin is a way trimmer meal so I thin slices an onion and grated two large clove of garlic on the bottom of the crockpot. I the. Add 3 Tbls cooking sherry. I had a garlic and rosemary rub on hand and coated it with that, patting it down…also added a few dashed of liquid smoke because I didn’t have worchoreshire. It’s raw and already smells and looks good, can’t wait to try it. I only added the little bit of liquid because of the cut of meat being lean didn’t want a dry roast.
Oh my word. Flat out incredible.
Used the dry rub from the link in this recipe. This is the best pulled pork I have ever had for flavor and tenderness. And so easy! A busy momma with hungry boys can’t beat that! Many thanks!
I’m so glad you loved it, Laura!!! xo
Can you tell me what dry rub you use? I’ve never used one, so I don’t have a favorite.
i just put this in the crockpot. The dry rub smells amazing! I only made a fourth of the recipe since I had barely enough paprika and I substituted the brown and white sugar with coconut palm sugar. If this tastes half as good as it smells, then this is a winner! Thanks!
I was looking forward to trying this recipe, as my other pulled pork recipe uses half a bottle of chili sauce and other high calorie, high carb ingredients. I liked the dry rub idea and roasting it dry in the slow cooker. It was easy enough, but mine turned out quite dry (no fault of the recipe – perhaps the cut of pork I used). We tweaked it at the table and it was yummy. Thank you for posting the method and my family looks forward to this again!
Can you use A-1 steak sauce instead of Worcestershire sauce?
For cryin’ out loud, Danny. use anything you want if it sounds good to you.
OOOOOhhh A-! sounds like the Bomb! I’ll have to try that.