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Slow Cooker Pork Roast

This hearty pork roast is falling off the bone and surrounded by flavorful root
vegetables this is comfort food at its finest.

Servings: 6 servings

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Prep Time
15 minutes

Cook Time
8 hours

Total Time
8 hours, 15 minutes

Course:

Main Dish

Cuisine:

American

Keywords:

slow cooker easy pork roast root vegetables

Instructions

1 Heat olive oil in large skillet on high heat, generously season pork roast with
season salt, brown on all sides in pan about 5 minutes a side. Remove browned
pork roast to slow cooker. Add sliced onions to pan and allow to soften scraping
bits from bottom of pan add in can of diced tomatoes and 1 cup chicken stock,
and thyme bring to a simmer. Back to the roast pour cream of mushroom soup over
roast, now pour onion tomato mixture over that, place parsnip and carrots on
top, cover and cook on LOW setting for 8 hours. Thirty minutes before eating,
mix flour with a 1/2 cup of chicken stock making a paste, drizzle in to slow
cooker using fork stir thickener in as good as possible. Taste add salt and
pepper if needed.