Savory aromas fill your house while this Slow Cooker Pork Roast is cooking. It’s a simple Sunday dinner at its finest, and perfect for gathering everyone around the table. It’s naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and full of flavor. The pork shoulder roast cooks surrounded by carrots and potatoes making this a one-pot dinner. Herbs add flavor and dimension to this down-home classic, making it a recipe you’ll come back to over and over again.

Step 1: Start by dicing the onion and mincing the garlic.

Step 2: Cut the potatoes and carrots into larger-sized chunks.

Step 3: Then season the pork roast with salt, and pepper, and sear on both sides until well browned.

Step 4: Remove the pork roast from the pan and add it to the slow cooker. Then add the onions and garlic to the same pan and cook briefly stirring constantly. Add the chicken stock and scrape the bottom of the pan to get those browned bits loosened up and into the liquid.

Step 5: Pour the onion mixture over the top of the pork roast in the slow cooker bowl.

Step 6: Pile the potatoes and carrots over the top and tuck in the sprigs of herbs. Your slow cooker will be quite full and you won’t be able to see the pork roast.

Step 7: Cover with the lid and cook low and slow for 8-ish hours until the pork roast is fall apart fork tender. Remove the the herb sprigs before serving.

Cooking times vary with slow cookers, so try and check your pork roast early the 1st time you make it around 6 hours or so on low. See if it’s fork tender or needs to go the full 8+ hours.