Slow Cooker Cranberry Pork Loin
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You won’t believe how tender this slow cooker cranberry pork loin is! Cranberry sauce is combined with onion soup mix in this recipe, and it’s a perfect pair. It’s a wonderful comfort food weeknight meal or can even be the main dish for a holiday dinner.
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Delicious! I pulled apart the pork as I had lots of yummy liquid and I wanted to absorb it all. Kids and I loved it served over mashed potatoes. A great way to use up all that left over cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving
– Karolina
I mix Lipton onion soup mix with cranberry, which helps this dish to taste more savory than sweet. This is one of those three ingredients recipes that you can make any night of the week!
I’m excited to start the holiday recipes with this slow cooker cranberry pork loin. Typically when you think of pairing cranberry with a protein, you think turkey, but surprisingly cranberry is even better with pork!
Key Ingredients
- Pork Loin – This is the larger than a pork tenderloin and has a little bit of fat. It has amazing flavor and doesn’t dry out in the slow cooker.
- Lipton Onion Soup Mix – This adds a punch of onion flavor to the recipe and pairs very well with cranberry. If you prefer to make a homemade mix, try this homemade onion soup mix recipe.
- Whole Cranberry Sauce – I use one can of whole cranberry in this recipe, though you can use homemade slow cooker cranberry sauce if you have it. We also use whole cranberry sauce in our slow cooker cranberry chicken.
- Fresh Cranberries – (OPTIONAL) If desired you can garnish with fresh cranberries, I only do this if I am serving for company.
How to make Cranberry Pork Loin
- Stir together a quick cranberry mixture.
- Pour it over the pork loin in your slow cooker.
- Cook until tender, then slice and serve with sauce.
What To Serve With This Recipe
Choose one or more of these options. Think holiday dinner when serving this crock pot cranberry pork.
- Additional cranberry sauce – we love to serve cold cranberry on the side of this pork just as you would turkey.
- Rice Pilaf – I make Farmstand Wild Rice Pilaf or Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes.
- Slow Cooker Dinner Rolls
- Slow Cooker green bean and bacon or slow cooker green bean casserole.
- Ceaser Salad – Try this ceaser dressing for the BEST ceaser salad, we make it often.
Variations
- Cranberry Orange Pork Loin – Add a 1/2 cup of orange marmalade to this recipe, you’ll be amazed at how well orange and cranberry go together.
- Cranberry Pork Loin with Sauerkraut – Add 1 bag of sauerkraut around the pork loin. This is for all my sauerkraut lovers!
- Pineapple Cranberry Pork Loin – Add a drained can of crushed pineapple to this recipe.
- Flavor burst – Want to add depth of flavor and uniqueness to your recipe? Add one tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce or soy sauce.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! I have done this recipe with my homemade slow cooker cranberry sauce and had great results. Use 1 1/2 to 2 cups of fresh cranberry sauce if you have slow cooker cranberry butter, that works great too!
You can use a can of Campbell’s French Onion Soup (don’t add water) in place of the powdered mix. Alternatively, you can use a half cup of dried minced onions. If you can’t have onions, skip it!
Try this cranberry and onion mixture over boneless pork ribs, pork butt, or even chicken thighs.
Yes, use a can of jellied cranberry in this recipe. I know many people don’t like whole cranberry sauce and making this switch won’t affect the recipe at all.
Slow Cooker Cranberry Pork Loin Recipe
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Ingredients
- 4 lb. pork loin, 3-4 lbs
- 14 oz. can whole cranberry sauce
- 1 oz. packet Lipton onion soup mix
Optional but recommended for serving
- 1 can cranberry sauce (whole or jellied), cold cranberry sauce on the side of this pork for serving is AMAZING. Grab another can if you can.
- fresh cranberries for garnish
Instructions
- In a small bowl add the cranberry sauce and the onion soup mix, stir until combined.
- Add the pork loin into the slow cooker.
- Pour over the cranberry mixture.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Slice and serve with the sauce in the slow cooker.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
Other great slow cooker pork loin recipes:
Brown Sugar Sesame Pork Loin and Honey Apple Pork Loin are both easy, flavorful meals.
Honey Garlic Pork Loin and Green Chile Pork Loin add bold twists to the classic pork loin.
Apple Barbecue Pork Loin and Pineapple Pork Loin are sweet and savory options the whole family will love.
super easy and so good I added a 1/2 cup of orange marmalade sauce makes an excellent gravy as well Just add a little cornstarch to thicken
I’m going to try this using a slow-oven…sooo looking forward to the aroma inside the house after raking leaves !…
can i substitute country for bonless ribs for pork loin n this recipe?
That will work great!
Yummy! So good! Day one ate with sides. Day 2 shredded and ate on hamburger buns. The family LOVED it!
How long would I cook a smaller pork loin? Thank you.
About 5-6 hours on low.
Thank you
haven’t tried this one yet but use one from Kraft’s what’s Cooking that is our current favourite
Slow cooker Cranberry -Orange Pork Roast Has a bit of Catalina dressing & soy sauce & orange zest & juice
Can I substitute jellied cranberry sauce?
yes, that will work fine.
In your opinion how would the Lipton onion beef flavor soup workout with taste?
I think it should do fine for regular onion soup already tastes beefy to me.
I have made this, it’s wonderful………also did it with chicken breasts, also good
Do you think this recipe could transfer to an instant pot?
Hi Sarah, I think so. You will have to add some sort of watery liquid though.
By accident I bought pork tenderloin. Can I use same recipe and just cook on low for 3-4 hours vs 8 hours?
yes, that should work fine. I don’t think 3 hours on high would be long enough, probably more like 4. The slow cooker barely starts cooking at 2 hours.
Thanks so much for the quick response!
I have made this for years and my kids love it! I sometimes add sauerkraut to it while cooking. I especially do this for New Years Eve with masked potatoes… yummmmmmmmmmy