Italian Pork Crock Pot Recipe 455 Food

SAUCY ITALIAN SLOW COOKER PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat.
• Season pork chops with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Sear pork chops in skillet for 2-3 minutes per side, just to form a crust. Transfer pork chops to slow cooker.
• Add remaining ingredients (including remaining salt and pepper) to the slow cooker and stir to combine.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours, until pork chops are tender and cooked through.
• Serve over spaghetti or fettuccine noodles with sauce spooned on top, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley, if desired.

SLOW COOKER PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Coarsely chop together the rosemary, sage and thyme, and transfer them to a small bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of the oil, and stir to combine.
• Score the fat cap of the pork shoulder in a crosshatch pattern, then rub it all over with 2 1/2 tablespoons salt and 2 teaspoons pepper.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons oil, and heat until shimmering. Add the pork, fat-side down, and brown it well, 3 to 4 minutes, then brown it all over, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer the pork to a large plate.
• Add the wine, garlic and allspice to the pan, bring to a simmer and reduce by about half. Set aside.
• Put the carrots, celery, onions and bay leaves in the insert of a 7-quart slow cooker. Rub the herbed oil all over the pork, being sure to push some into all the natural divisions between muscles; place it on top of the vegetables, and pour in any collected juices. Add the reduced wine mixture and the chicken broth, cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
• Transfer the pork to a cutting board, and tent with foil. Transfer the vegetables to a serving platter with a slotted spoon. Discard the bay leaves, and tent the vegetables with foil. Pour the juices into a liquid measuring cup, and let them settle for about 10 minutes. The fat should rise to the surface; spoon off as much as you can, and discard. Pour the juices into a small saucepan, and bring to a boil.
• While the juices boil, make a cornstarch slurry: For every cup of juices, mix 1 teaspoon cornstarch into 1 tablespoon cold water until dissolved. Reduce the heat so the juices are simmering, whisk in the slurry and cook, whisking frequently, until the sauce has slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the parsley. Season with salt if necessary.
• Slice the pork against the grain into 1/4-inch-thick slices, and arrange on a large platter with the vegetables. Ladle some of the sauce on top. Season the meat with a pinch of salt, and garnish with the remaining 2 tablespoons parsley. Serve with egg noodles, and pass the remaining sauce.

ITALIAN PORK SANDWICHES FROM THE CROCK POT

Steps:

• In large skillet heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Brown pork on all sides. Sprinkle pork with Italian seasoning and garlic.
• Place in 4-quart slow cooker and pour vinegar over. Cover and cook on low heat setting for 6-8 hours, until pork is very tender.
• Slice pork and put it back in the pot with the juices for 30 minutes.
• Put pork slices on rolls. Top with cheese slice and pepper rings. Drizzle each sandwich with some of the juices from the pot.

ITALIAN PORK LOIN (IN A CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place peppers and onions in the bottom of crock pot.
• Rub pork loin with salt, pepper, Italian Seasoning, garlic powder, Thyme and Fennel seed.
• Place the pork loin on top of the peppers and onions in crock pot.
• Pour spaghetti sauce over the pork loin making sure to cover the roast.
• Pour the red wine vinegar in the spaghetti sauce jar and replace the cover; shake the jar so the vinegar mixes with any sauce left in the jar.
• Pour the vinegar around the pork loin.
• Add the two bay leaf.
• Cook at low setting for 8-10 hours.
• Remove pork loin and slice and put the slices back into the sauce in the crock pot.
• Serve with your favorite pasta.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN-STYLE PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Combine garlic, salt, basil, oregano and red pepper flakes in small bowl; rub over roast.
• Place half of onion slices into slow cooker. Cut roast in half to fit into slow cooker. Place one half of roast over onion slices; top with remaining onion slices and other half of roast. Pour pasta sauce over roast. Cover; cook on LOW 8 to 9 hours until roast is fork tender.
• Remove roast from cooking liquid; tent with foil. Let liquid in slow cooker stand 5 minutes to allow fat to rise. Skim off fat.
• Stir beans into liquid. Cover; cook on HIGH 10 to 15 minutes or until beans are hot. Cut pork. Serve with beans mixture and garnish wi fresh basil, if desired.
• I did not use the beans, so I used corn starch to thicken the liquid and spooned it over the rice and pork.