How to Cook a Pork Pot Roast in the Oven 🍖 🍎🍏🥔🍠🥕 Root Vegetables & Apples 🧅🧄 Mother's Day Recipe 🌸💐🥀

white wine

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + vinegar

Vegetable broth provides flavor without alcohol.

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: pork tenderloin

💰Cheaper: pork butt

Pork tenderloin is leaner, while pork butt is often cheaper.

Start by searing the pork roast on the stovetop in canola oil.

Heat 2 tablespoons of canola oil on medium-high heat for about 1-2 minutes.

Add the pork roast to the pan and brown it for 4-5 minutes per side until browned on all sides.

Remove the roast from the pan and set it aside in a 9x13 casserole dish.

Deglaze the pan by adding 0.5 cup of apple cider vinegar and scraping the bottom to get the flavorful bits up.

Add 1 packet of onion soup mix to the deglazed liquid and mix it in, letting the heat help dissolve it.

Prepare the root vegetables and apples, chopping them into about 1-inch pieces.

Add approximately 4.5 pounds of chopped baking potatoes, apples, sweet potato, onions, carrot, and celery to the casserole dish, ensuring they are not stacked too high.

Pour the deglazed liquid over the vegetables in the casserole dish.

Add 0.5 teaspoon each of garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, and salt to the dish.

Pour in 3 cups of apple juice, or substitute with vegetable stock if preferred.

Add 3 medium bay leaves to the dish, tucking them in among the vegetables.

Cover the casserole dish with aluminum foil and bake at 350°F for 2 hours.

After 2 hours, remove the foil and bake uncovered at 350°F for an additional 40 minutes.

Baste the roast with the liquid from the pan after it has been cooking covered for 2 hours.

After basting, return the dish to the oven uncovered for 40 minutes.

Turn off the oven and let the roast sit in the residual heat uncovered for another 20 minutes.

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