I
love a good pork tenderloin. Unfortunately cooking pork tenderloin always seems
to take a lot longer than anticipated. I have been looking at ways of
cutting back my time in the kitchen hovering over my oven. It just so happens
to nicely coincide with the weather heating up – I am also looking at ways to get
dinner on the table while keeping my oven use to a minimum. So a new Crockpot recipe it is!
I love a good win-win situation.
What you need:
1 Pork
Tenderloin
1 teaspoon
Ground Sage
½
teaspoon Salt
¼
teaspoon Pepper
1
clove Garlic -minced
½
cup Water
½
cup Brown sugar
1
tablespoon Cornstarch
¼
cup Balsamic Vinegar
½
cup Water
2
tablespoons Soy sauce
How to make it:
In
a small bowl combine the seasonings {sage, salt, pepper, and garlic} and rub
over tenderloin.
Pour
the ½ cup water into the slow cooker.
Put
the seasoned tenderloin into the slow cooker.
Cook
on low for 6-8 hours.
About
20 minutes before you are ready to eat mix together the ingredients for the
glaze in a sauce pan {brown sugar, cornstarch, balsamic vinegar, water, soy
sauce} over medium heat.
Keep
stirring until you have reached the desired thickness. This usually takes about
5 minutes.
Remove
the pork tenderloin from the Crockpot and place on a tin foil lined cookie
sheet. Glaze the tenderloin and broil for about 2 minutes. Repeat this glazing
and broiling process until the desired caramelized crust is achieved. {I do it
twice}.
Adapted
from the original recipe at Big Oven.
The
original recipe has you glazing the pork tenderloin while in the Crockpot an
hour beforehand. But let me be perfectly honest and tell you that I do not have
time to be glazing anything repeatedly for a whole hour… It is almost summer
and my three children DEMAND my attention. By finishing this off by broiling at
the end I do not need to hover over my Crockpot and I get a really delicious
crust on my tenderloin… and I love a good caramelized crust. Something about it
screams summer to me.
I
love a good Crockpot meal because it saves me SO much time in the kitchen and I
rely on them for especially busy days. I especially love this recipe because
the end result is crispy and full of flavor. I hope you enjoy this recipe as
much as my family does. I am on a mission for more Crockpot meals for this
summer, as I foresee us being very busy people. So if you have one I would love
to hear about it.
Do you have a favorite Crockpot
meal?
