Slow Cooker Honey Apple Pork Loin
Pork loin stuffed with granny smith apples and drizzled with cinnamon. Great over rice pilaf.
Servings: 6
Calories: 618kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 lb. pork loin I use a center cut
- 2 granny smith apples sliced and divided
- 1 white onion sliced
- 1/2 cup butter sliced
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tsp. dried thyme or a few sprigs of fresh
Instructions
- Cut slits on the top of the pork loin, I cut about an inch down. Plug in apple slices into the slits. Set aside.
- Add the onions and remaining apple slices down in the slow cooker. Lay over the slices of butter.
- Add the pork loin.
- Sprinkle the pork with the salt, pepper and cinnamon. Add the thyme.
- Drizzle over the honey.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- When the cooking time is done. Remove the pork onto a platter and let rest for at least 5 minutes. Slice and serve.
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Nutrition
Calories: 618kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 68g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 231mg | Sodium: 365mg | Potassium: 1230mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 505IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 2mg