This Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Sesame Pork Loin is full of flavor and takes only minutes to put in the slow cooker.
I found this idea in an old cookbook I was going through last week. I planned to follow the recipe exactly but found I was out of honey which was the main ingredient in the recipe. Instead this recipe is named Brown Sugar Sesame Pork Loin instead of honey. I Think the brown sugar is great in this recipe and am glad I was out of honey.
I forgot to take photos of the plated dish so you can see what this pork loin looks like sliced. But I do have a video below that shows the plated dish.
Ingredients
- 4 lb. pork loin (this is the larger than a pork tenderloin, look at the wording on the packaging)
- 1/2 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp. sesame oil
- 2 Tbsp. white vinegar
- 3/4 tsp. ground ginger
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 Tbsp. toasted sesame seeds
- 1 white onion, diced
Slow Cooker Size:
- 6 quart or larger
Instructions
- In a medium sized bowl add the reduced sodium soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, vinegar, ginger, garlic, sesame seed and onion. Stir.
- Add the pork loin to the slow cooker. Pour over the sauce.
- Cover and cook for 7 hours on low. If you use smaller pork loin or tenderloin, you may want to reduce the time to 6 hours on low. Serve and enjoy!
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Easter is just around the corner and the crock pot is a great way to make the ham. My go to recipe is Brown Sugar Ham though I really want to try this Maple Mustard Ham from the Frugal Girls! However you make a ham in the slow cooker it always turns out great. I hope you have a great week!
This looks sooo good, Sarah! Love your recipes here in Ky. ! 🙂
If you cook it on high would it only be 3.5 hours? Do you have an instant pot equivalent?
I don’t have instant pot info. I think 3.5 – 4 hours should work fine.
Hi! What did you eat for sides with this? What would your suggestions be? Thank you!
Hi Mariah. I love white rice with this and a dinner salad. 🙂
This was SO tender and flavorful! I ended up using 2 lbs of pork tenderloin because we are only a family of 3 and that’s what I could find at our grocery store, also didn’t have any sesame seeds, so skipped those this time (but will definitely add next time). Cooked in slow cooker for 6 hours on low and shredded the pork in the slow cooker when it was finished cooking. Served over brown rice the first night. Tonight I used about a cup of the pork and the rest of the rice and made pork fried rice – added in a bunch of veggies and a little more soy sauce and it was delicious! I have about 2-3 cups of pork left and will freeze for a meal later on. Excellent recipe – thank you for sharing it!!
I love what you did with the recipe!