The Best Slow Cooker Pork Roast With Carrots & Potatoes| Easy Crockpot Dinner Recipe

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon

Vegetable broth is lower in calories, and water with bouillon is a cost-effective substitute.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier with a higher smoke point, while canola oil is more budget-friendly.

Put all the onions (green, red, white) into the slow cooker to use them up.

Add one whole jalapeno pepper to the slow cooker without cutting it.

Season the pork roast with onion powder and garlic powder.

Let the pork roast slow cook in the slow cooker.

After about four hours of cooking, check the pork roast.

Get some of the broth from the slow cooker and pour it into a bowl.

Add flour and corn starch to the broth in the bowl and mix to thicken it.

Pour the thickened broth back into the slow cooker.

Cook the carrots and potatoes separately in another pot.

Add the cooked carrots to the slow cooker and season them with parsley and salt.

Chop the potatoes into medium-sized pieces and add them to the slow cooker.

Add some parsley for color to the dish.

Cover the slow cooker and let it simmer for a few more minutes to thicken the sauce.

Check the pork roast, which should be nice and juicy and tender.

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