Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Sweet Potatoes

By nanasally4

DFinase

Ingredients

• 2-3 lbs pork loin
• 3 granny smith apples, thick sliced skin on
• 1 Bosc pear, thick sliced skin on
• 3/4 cup white wine
• 1 cup apple cider-not apple juice
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 2 large onions, roughly chopped
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tbsp garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, minced
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 tbsp butter (1 to sauté, 2 for the crockpot)
• 1 tbsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp ground black pepper

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

1. Pork- in a large sauté pan add 1 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp oilive oil and heat to medium. Season the pork loin well with salt and pepper and sear on medium heat until golden brown on all sides. Just a minute or less per side
2. Crock pot - add the pork to the crock pot. To the pan with the pork drippings, add the apple cider and just deglaze the pan and stir/scrape up all the drippings with a spatula. Add immediately to the crock pot
3. Add everything else to the crock pot, vegetables, seasoning, butter, apples, pears, wine, onions, sweet potatoes, etc
4. Cook - 8 to 10 hours on low or 6 to 8 hours on high
5. You can thicken the sauce with corn starch and water if desired