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This crock pot pork roast is full of flavor and so easy to make. It’s done in the crockpot and only has 5 ingredients. Dinner has never been easier or more delicious.

Crockpot Pork Roast was the perfect post holiday meal. After the holidays I always struggle a bit with getting back into the swing of cooking. My excuse is usually that I cooked so much over the holidays that I’m just cooked out. I can’t use that excuse this year because I didn’t really cook for Thanksgiving. We were in Utah and I bought the pies!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe
We love a good pork roast or pork tenderloin at our house and today’s recipe for Crockpot Pork Roast hit the spot this week. It smelled wonderful as it cooked and tasted great. The best part was how easy it was. A great way to ease myself into cooking again! One of the great things about this pork roast is all the options you have available to you. You can eat it just as a roast, add some potatoes and veggies and you are good to go. We decided to make Pork Nachos out of it and they were delicious. The pork would also be great shredded and put in a taco, burrito, enchilada, quesadilla, you get the idea.

How to Make a Pork Roast in a Slow Cooker
- I used a pork shoulder roast with the bone in but you can also use a boneless roast.
- Slice your onions and lay them on the bottom of your slow cooker
- Mix your seasoning and salt together and pat into the top and sides of the roast. Place the roast into the slow cooker on top of the onions.
- Pour the chicken broth around the roast. Do not pour it over the top or you will wash off the seasoning.
- I prefer to cook it on low but if you are short on time high will work fine.
- This recipe makes a lot and it freezes great. Just shred it up and put it into an airtight freezer bag.

Check out more of my favorite Crock Pot Recipes:
Slow Cooker Smothered Pork Chops
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Crockpot Pork Roast
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet onions sliced
- 5 lb. pork shoulder roast approximate weight
- 2 Tbsp McCormick Grill Mates Roasted Garlic & Herb Seasoning Mix
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 C of chicken broth
Instructions
- Grease a 6 qt. slow cooker with cooking spray.
- Place onions in bottom of cooker.
- Rub pork with seasoning blend and salt.
- Place on top of onions. Pour broth around the roast.
- Cover and cook on high for 6-7 hours or low for 9-10 or until meat pulls apart easily with a fork.
- Remove from crockpot and shred meat. Remove any large pieces of fat.
- Save some of the juice to spoon over pork when serving.

Kristie says
I made this for the first time today and I am now super popular in my home! It was delicious!!!
Carole Cash says
Can I use apple juice instead of chicken broth?
Leigh Anne Wilkes says
Haven’t tried it but I would think so.
Diana McAllister says
Grwat
Kathleen Shure says
Can you put potatoes and carrots in too?
Leigh Anne Wilkes says
yes you can
Christa says
I made this a couple weeks ago and it turned out amazing!! So I made it again today exactly as before and it is so dry and chewy. I don’t understand it. Any advice on why it turned out so different this time…?
Kelly says
I am not a contributor to this site, but I would bet it was the cut of pork you used. I’ve done this before. Some cuts of pork are just more tender. I love the shoulder personally.
Mariah says
Probably the cut of meat….not enough fat on the roast will do this
Kristie says
Perhaps it was the cut of meat the second time?
Cindia says
Hi Christa- I startedhaving this problem with roasts I have made in a crock pot for literally 20 years. They were very inconsistent. After experimenting, I finally replaced the crock pot for $35 and voila – back to normal. If you keep having this problem, maybe replace the crock pot. It seemed like it was heating just fine, but my suspicion was that some of the heating elements had gone out and it just was not getting to the right temperature anymore, and there was no way I could know that. I wasted too much money on my experiment recipes trying to fix the problem before I finally landed on the crock pot! Best of luck! Cindia