Pork Roast Dinner Ideas

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1. Slow cooker pork shoulder with gravy. A Food Lover's Kitchen says 4-5 hours on high or 7-8 on low. Skim the fat before thickening the gravy.
2. Sheet-pan pork loin, carrots, shallots. Food.com has you roast the vegetables 10-12 minutes first, then add the browned loin for 30-40 more.
3. Coffee-crusted pork loin roast. Make It Like a Man checks the pan every 20 minutes, adding stock if dry; 350°F oven, 145°F to 160°F.
4. Parmesan honey slow cooker roast. Cookpad's recipe plans six to seven hours on low, or four to five on high. Feeds 6-8.
5. Three-envelope slow cooker roast. Cookpad: ranch, onion soup and au jus packets on a 3-4 lb loin half with carrots, baby gold potatoes.
6. Apple smoked pork roast with baked beans. Cookpad's recipe gives it four to six hours in the crockpot. It feeds 4-5, with baked beans alongside.
7. Pork roast with cinnamon apples. The ingredient list adds potatoes, carrots, onions, apples, water, cinnamon candies and sugar.
8. Curry mustard pork roast, mint chimichurri. Per Cookpad, a bone-in, centre-cut roast takes about 1 hour 15 minutes and serves three.
9. Instant Pot frozen pork roast. Forgot to thaw it? Cookpad's recipe allows about 1 hour 30 minutes, with a honey, soy and ginger sauce.
10. Polish-style pork roast with potatoes. The Cookpad recipe uses a 3-4 pound boneless Boston butt with onion, celery, carrots and herbs. Serves 6-8, with leftovers.
11. Classic pork roast and potatoes. Slice the potatoes thin and chop an onion. The Cookpad recipe takes 2 to 2½ hours and serves 8.
12. Slow cooked roast, ranch mashed potatoes. Cream of mushroom and onion soup mix, about eight hours per the Cookpad recipe, with glazed carrots on the side.
13. Fruit-glazed Boston butt with rice. The blackberry jam, plum jelly and duck sauce glaze is scaled for 15 servings in the Cookpad recipe.
14. Grilled pork loin with garlic, onion. Mac Murphy's Cookpad recipe took two and a half hours for a 2.4 lb lean loin, serving four.
15. Caramelized Brussels sprouts side. Sprouts start browning in 8-12 minutes; can be made at least a day ahead, per Make It Like a Man.
16. Braised red cabbage side. Reheat while the pork rests; Make It Like a Man says you could make it at least a day ahead.
17. Chestnut puree side. Make It Like a Man warms it with a little milk until it's the texture of loose mashed potatoes.
18. Orange cardamom jus. Make It Like a Man deglazes the pan with stock, adds cardamom, then reduces it to a syrup.
19. Mashed potatoes or steamed vegetables. Both suit the slow cooker roast. A garden salad and dinner roll work too.
20. Rest the roast before slicing. A Food Lover's Kitchen rests its crockpot roast 10-15 minutes so the juices redistribute and slices stay moist.
21. Pork roast noodles from leftovers. In the Cookpad recipe, shredded pork, wide noodles and the cooking broth come together in 30 minutes. Serves 4-6.
22. Leftover pork sandwiches or stir fry. Slow cooker roast leftovers also reheat well for a quick meal the next day.

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