Pulled Pork Pasta
2 Comments Aug 08, 2024
Updated Jun 02, 2025
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Make this slow cooker pulled pork pasta! It’s such a different dinner idea. It features a flavorful, tender pork loin served with egg noodles.
The slow cooker is a great tool for cooking meat for pasta recipes! Try my slow cooker beef and noodles and slow cooker chicken and noodles.
When I think of cooking pulled pork in the slow cooker, I usually think of sandwiches or even slow cooker pork burritos. This recipe shows how to prepare pork with Italian flavors, and we serve this buttery, tender pulled pork over egg noodles, which I believe is the perfect accompaniment for this dish.
Key Ingredients
- Pork Loin: Lean and tender—perfect for shredding after slow cooking.
- Stone Ground Mustard: Adds tang and helps the seasonings stick.
- Garlic, Shallot & Rosemary: Fresh aromatics that build deep flavor.
- Red Wine & Balsamic: Add richness and balance to the garlic butter sauce.
- Butter: Makes the sauce silky and indulgent.
- Egg Noodles: A hearty base that soaks up every drop of flavor.
Variations
- Another cut of pork that can be used is a pork shoulder or pork butt. You will want to shred the meat carefully and separate and discard the fatty pieces. Also, degrease the sauce in the crockpot with paper towels.
- Leave out the red wine if you don’t like wine. You can use a light beer or chicken broth in its place.
- If you don’t have egg noodles on hand, you can use what you have on hand, such as fettuccine or penne pasta; though egg noodles are the best choice for this recipe.
How to serve:
- We love serving this pork as is over the noodles, but adding a green salad with a cool ranch dressing is what we love to do.
- This pork is amazing in a split-open baked sweet potato (great leftovers idea).
- You can also serve the pork over mashed potatoes or rice pilaf.
Pulled Pork Pasta
Ingredients
- 3-4 lbs. center cut pork loin,
- ½ cup stone ground mustard
- 1 tsp. minced dried onion
- ½ tsp. onion powder
- 1 tsp. ground mustard, (dry powder mustard)
- ½ tsp. sea salt
- ½ tsp. ancho chili powder
- ¾ cup dry red wine, merlot works perfectly
- ⅓ cup chicken broth
- 9 garlic cloves
- 1 shallot
- ½ cup butter
- 4 sprigs fresh Rosemary, divided
- 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
- 1 lb. egg noodles, or your favorite pasta
- Chopped parsley, as garnish
Instructions
- Heat a large frying pan or skillet over high heat.
- Pat pork loin dry and brush with stone ground mustard.
- Combine the seasonings in a small bowl (minced onion, onion powder, ground mustard, salt, and chili powder), then coat the pork with the seasoning.
- Add pork loin to the pan or skillet and sear all sides, this should take about two minutes per side. This will seal in the flavor.
- Combine minced shallot, garlic, softened butter, and ½ tbsp rosemary leaves in a food processor or blender. Purée for 10-15 seconds. Slowly incorporate the red wine, chicken broth, and balsamic vinegar. Purée 10 more seconds *For this step- you can use an immersion blender, food processor, or blender to break down the sauce.*
- Add the sauce to a saucepan over medium heat and cook until it simmers.
- Add the pork loin to the crock pot. Pour the sauce around the sides of the pork loin. Add remaining rosemary sprigs around the sides. Cover and cook for 7-8 hours on low or until the pork shreds easily.
- Boil and drain your favorite pasta. We recommend egg noodles for this dish.
- Remove rosemary sprigs from the crockpot and shred the meat.
- Add noodles to a large serving bowl and top with pulled pork. Garnish with chopped parsley and Rosemary sprigs and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
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And if you’re craving something traditional, Crockpot Spaghetti and Meatballs is always a winner for pasta night.
Hi there, I have a few questions.
1. When does the minced onion go in? Is that to go in with the seasoning?
2. Does the seasoning exclude the rosemary?
sorry I just feel using the phrase “seasoning” is a little vague in this instance.
3. You say to serve with pasta but you’d recommend egg noodles. This may be an American vs non-American thing but where I am egg noodles refers to the noodles used in Asian cooking. Are you referring to the noodles use din Asian cooking or a specific kind of pasta?
Hi!
1. The minced onion is dried, so it goes with the seasonings. I updated the recipe card to be more clear.
2. The rosemary goes in steps 5 and 6.
3. The egg noodles are pictures and they are not asain. I hope this helps!