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Easiest Slow Cooker Pork Roast

Frances Kellar
Using just four ingredients and our magical slow cooker, this slow cooked pork roast is ready for all your favorite dishes.
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Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings

Ingredients
  

  • One 4-pound pork butt or pork shoulder (bone in or boneless is fine)
  • 5 garlic cloves peeled and kept whole
  • 1 tablespoon flaked sea salt + 1 tablespoon smoked sea salt
  • 2 slices bacon

Instructions
 

  • To start, line your slow cooker with the two slices of bacon and place your pork roast on top.
  • Insert garlic cloves into various points of the roast, using your index finger to make a divet or small opening to place the garlic clove inside. Mix together your smoked salt and flaked sea salt then sprinkle your salt mixture on top of the roast, seasoning as much of the top and sides as possible.
  • Cover and set your slow cooker to low and allow roast to cook for 6 to 8 hours. Turn off slow cooker and let the roast cool about 30 minutes.
  • Using tongs, remove pork roast from slow cooker and place pork in a large bowl, keeping as much of it whole as possible while leaving the rendered fat liquid in the slow cooker. Remove any garlic cloves you see from the pork roast and discard. Using a couple of forks, shred pork.
  • Portion your cooked pork into 8 ounce containers and store in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Keyword pork roast, slow cooked, slow cooker, crock pot recipes