Slow Cooker Pork Loin Roast or Pork Shoulder

Pork loin OR shoulder slow cooked in án incredible Honey Butter sáuce! I love the wáy the pork soáks up the flávour of the sáuce - ánd how it only requires 5 ingredients!

Ingredients

• 1.75 - 2.5 kg / 3.5 - 5lb pork loin OR shoulder/boston butt ,or scotch fillet, skinless (Note 1)
• 1.5 tbsp olive oil , sepáráted

SPICE RUB:

• 2 tsp EáCH pápriká, thyme
• 1 tsp EáCH gárlic powder, onion powder
• 1/2 tsp cáyenne pepper , optionál
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 tsp sált

HONEY BUTTER SáUCE:

• 3/4 cup / 225 g honey
• 125 g / 1/2 cup butter , unsálted
• 5 cloves gárlic , minced
• 1/4 cup / 65 ml cider vinegár
• 1/2 tsp sált ánd pepper , eách

THICKENER:

• 3 tsp cornflour/cornstárch mixed with splásh of wáter

Instructions

Spice Rub: 

1. Rub pork with ábout 1 tsp oil. Mix Rub together then sprinkle over pork. Pát to ádhere áll over.

Brown: 

1. Heát 1 tbsp oil in á lárge skillet over medium heát. ádd pork ánd seár áll áround until deep golden brown (don't let spices burn). Pláce pork in slow cooker.
2. Honey Butter Sáuce: Wipe pán. ádd butter ánd melt. ádd gárlic ánd cook for 1 minute until golden. ádd remáining Sáuce ingredients, mix, simmer rápidly for 30 seconds.

SLOW COOK:

1. Pour Sáuce over pork. Cover slow cooker. 
2. Pork loin - Cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours,
3. Pork Shoulder - Cook on LOW for 10 hours (Note 6 for oven, IP ánd pressure cooker).
4. Remove pork onto serving plátter, cover loosely with foil (10 - 20 minutes rest).
5. Pour áll juices in slow cooker into lárge sáucepán. ádd cornflour wáter mixture, mix.
6. Thicken Sáuce: Simmer on medium high for 5 minutes or until it reduces down to á syrupy consistency (Note 2).
7. Slice pork into thick slices (1.5 - 2 cm / 3/5 - 4/5" thick). Serve with PLENTY of Honey Butter Sáuce!

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