Slow Cooker Crock Pot

With the large number of pork loin crock pot meals coming out on Internet web sites, separating the good ones from the inferior can be likened to the proverbial search for the needle in a haystack. However with these recipes you need not look far or wide.

Pork Loin with Sherry and Apple Juice

The ingredients you will have to use for this pork loin crock pot meal are 3 lbs of loin roast, a teaspoon of salt and pepper, an onion (large, sliced), half a tablespoon of garlic powder, sherry (a couple of tablespoons), sugar (half a cup), a tablespoon of soy sauce, hot water (1 and 1/3 cup) and half a tablespoon of red wine vinegar.

You will also need the following ready: a cup of ketchup, 2 red bell peppers (crushed), 2 green bell peppers (crushed), 1 apple (crushed), a couple of tablespoons of cold water, and a 10 ounce can of apple juice.

Start cooking this pork loin crock pot meal by flavoring and sautéing the roast in a skillet. Use as many onions and garlic as necessary. Be sure to remove the fats and excess juices before putting the roast in the slow cooker.

Place the garlic and onions beneath the roast. When the loin chops have been placed on top of it, set the other ingredients inside as well: the sugar, apple juice, sherry, ketchup, soy sauce, the vinegar and the others. Pour in the water last.

Let this pork loin crock pot meal cook for 8 hours (on a low setting). When 7 hours have passed, add the bell peppers, sliced apples, cornstarch and two tablespoons of cold water. Now set it to high, and cook for another two hours.

Pork Loin Laden with Mushrooms

To create this dish, prepare a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1 can (10 ounce) of mushroom soup, onion (chopped, half a cup), loin chop (4 lbs), a cup of water, pepper (1/3 tablespoon), ground cayenne pepper, 2 lbs of potatoes (diced), bay leaf, carrots (2 small pieces, sliced thin), and a teaspoon of hot sauce.

Commence making this pork loin crock pot meal by preparing the roast in the skillet. Take a medium size bowl and mix in the salt, pepper, ground cayenne pepper, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, water and everything else. Put it in the crock pot, and place the bay leaf last.

Sprinkle some hot sauce and turn on the crock pot. Cook at a high level for 4 hours. After three and a half hours, open and add a few drops of hot sauce, and also a little more of the mushrooms.

To serve, set the roast on a large platter. Cook the juices in the crock pot on a high setting for another 30 minutes.

Just seeing pork loin crock pot meals on the table have a way of making you feel good. Yes, you can order it, but somehow, knowing that you actually cooked it makes the dish all the more satisfying.

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