Crock Pot Pork Roast With Gravy – A Simple New Recipe Idea
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Our version of Crock Pot Pork Roast with Gravy only has 3 ingredients but it is packed with flavor. This easy slow cooker pork roast is perfectly paired with mashed potatoes and your favorite vegetable side dish such as green beans or carrots for comfort food at its best.
Crock Pot Pork Roast with Gravy Recipe
Growing up, I don’t remember eating many pork roasts; instead, Mom typically made beef roast like our Beef Roast French Dip or this Crock Pot Beef Roast and Gravy. My kids, on the other hand, are obsessed with pork – bacon, pork sausage, bacon, pork chops, bacon, pork steak, and bacon. So naturally, this slow cooker pork roast was a hit with my family.
This Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Gravy is a winner in my eyes because it uses canned soups (no packets)- simple pantry ingredients – with little to no prep needed. Pork roast tends to have a nice natural fat content, and when slow cooked, it mixes with the soups to create its own gravy. I recommend serving this over mashed potatoes.
How to Make a Tender Pork Roast
The goal is for the meat to be fork-tender. When you try to remove the roast from the crock pot, it should fall apart into large pieces. This is when you know it’s gonna be delish.
To get a tender pork roast, a 3-5 pound pork roast will take 5 to 6 hours on high or 8-10 hours on low in the slow cooker. Be sure to season the pork generously with salt and pepper. Dredging in flour and browning in oil before slow cooking will also add another layer of flavor, but isn’t necessary to end up with a delicious entrée.
Slow Cooker Pork Roast and Gravy Ingredients
- Pork Roast
- Condensed French Onion Soup
- Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
- Salt and Black Pepper
- All Purpose Flour (optional)
How to Make Boneless Pork Roast Recipe for the Crockpot
Step By Step Instructions
- Season pork roast on all sides generously with salt and pepper.
- If desired, dredge pork roast in flour, and brown in a large skillet in vegetable oil on all side. This step can be omitted.
- Whisk together both cans of soup in a small bowl.
- Add pork roast to crock pot insert and pour soup mixture over top.
- Cover and cook pork on high until the roast falls apart.
- Serve with mashed potatoes or egg noodles if desired.
For the full recipe and ingredient amounts for a crock pot pork roast recipe, scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of this page.
Recipe FAQs
- Use a pork shoulder roast – also know as a pork butt or Boston butt. You need a pork roast with some fat on it. Pork loin roast isn’t your best option for this recipe.
- This is a 3 ingredient pork roast recipe; however, there is an option for additional flavor if desired. Try dredging the pork roast in flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Brown the roast in oil in a skillet on all sides. This will make a more flavorful pork roast; however, it is not mandatory.
- Thaw the pork roast before adding to the slow cooker.
- For easy clean-up, use a slow cooker liner.
- A typical pork roast weighs 3-5 pounds (thanks Mom for that info).
- For a 3-5 pound pork roast, it will take approximately 5-6 hours on high or 8-10 hours on low to get the pork roast to the fork tender stage.
- This slow cooker pork roast with gravy is perfect to make on the weekend, and then put in the refrigerator for later in the week. Keep all the gravy from the crock pot to keep the pork moist.
- Want a different version? Try our Easy Slow Cooker Pork Roast.
- Try our other pork recipes including Sweet and Sour Pork, Grilled Pork Shoulder Steak, Oven Pulled Pork, Cider Glazed Pork Loin and Mom’s Pork Ribs.
Favorite Pork Roast Recipes
Want to try some different flavors with your crock pot pork roasts?
Recipes using Canned French Onion Soup
Looking for more recipes using condensed French Onion Soup? Check out our post about what to make with canned French Onion Soup.
- French Onion Joes
- French Onion Rice Casserole
- Crock Pot French Onion Pork Chops and Rice
- French Onion Shepherd’s Pie
Do you have to brown a pork roast before putting it in the crockpot?
No, this is an optional but highly recommended step. You can completely omit this step and still have a tasty dinner; however, taking the extra effort to brown the pork roast first will result in a better flavored-dish.
Should pulled pork be covered in liquid in slow cooker?
It’s ok if your pork is not completely submerged in liquid when you start cooking. You can flip the pork over half way through cooking, if desired.
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Crock Pot Pork Roast with Gravy
Ingredients
- 3-5 pound pork roast ( pork shoulder, pork butt or Boston butt)
- 10.5 ounces cream of mushroom soup
- 10.5 ounces condensed French Onion Soup
Instructions
- Mix together cream of mushroom soup and condensed French Onion Soup.
- Optional step: dredge thawed pork roast in 1/2 cup flour that has been seasoned with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Brown all sides of pork in a skillet of hot vegetable oil.
- If you do not brown the roast, season all sides with salt and pepper.
- Add pork roast to slow cooker insert. Pour soup mixture over top.
- Cook on low for 8-12 hours or high for 5-6 hours or until the pork is fork tender.
Notes
- This is a 3 ingredient pork roast recipe; however, there is an option for additional flavor if desired. Try dredging the pork roast in flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Brown the roast in oil in a skillet on all sides. This will make a more flavorful pork roast; however, it is not mandatory.
- Thaw the pork roast before adding to the slow cooker.
- For easy clean-up, use a slow cooker liner.Â
- A typical pork roast weighs 3-5 pounds (thanks Mom for that info).
- For a 3-5 pound pork roast, it will take approximately 5-6 hours on high or 8-10 hours on low to get the pork roast to the fork tender stage.
- This slow cooker pork roast with gravy is perfect to make on the weekend, and then put in the refrigerator for later in the week. Keep all the gravy from the crock pot to keep the pork moist.
- Try our other pork recipes including Sweet and Sour Pork, Grilled Pork Shoulder Steak, Oven Pulled Pork, and Mom’s Pork Ribs.Â
- The nutritional information is auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used. It should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
Nutrition
Please specify what kind of pork roast to use. Is it pork butt or pork loin or pork shoulder? This recipe sounds pretty good and easy. I would like to try asap. I also have pork chunks for carnitas in the freezer. I wonder if this would work?
Sorry about that! We fixed it in the post. We suggest pork butt or pork shoulder over pork loin. You want something with a bit more fat than a pork loin roast usually has. Pork chunks should work, might just want to think about cooking time since it’s not one large piece of meat. Thanks so much for asking so that we could add that information.
Sounds very good can you use pork gravy and Lipton onion soup mix instead of cream of mushroom soup?
You should be able to! Let us know how it turns out.
I would have to say this was the best pork roast I’ve ever eaten. I took some to my brother who has ALS and he said the pork is very yummy. So tender and juicy. My husband agrees, too. Can’t wait to make it again. Thanks for the wonderful and EASY recipe.
Linnie –
Thank you so much for your comments and we are so glad everyone enjoyed it!
I absolutely love this! I wanted to add as well if you don’t have the condensed onion soup that you could use a packet of onion soup dip mix and add water. Turns out just as good.
Brandy – So glad you enjoyed it and that’s a great substitution! Thanks for sharing.
I have at least a 8 lb pork butt, how long do you suggest I cook it in the slow cooker? I am guessing that I would double the soups used.
You should still be looking at 8-10 hours on low in the crock pot for a bigger roast – you want it to be fork tender so you could always allow for an extra hour of cooking time and if it’s done, just turn it to warm. You may not need to double the soups…you’ll have more juice from the pork as it cooks!
What if you don’t care for cream of mushroom, can you omit or substitute?
You could use another type of cream soup – celery or chicken. A can of condensed French Onion soup could work too.
Sounds very good can you use pork gravy and Lipton onion soup mix instead of cream of mushroom soup?
You should be able to!
This was an easy and amazing recipe! It’s a KEEPER!!!
So glad you enjoyed it! We love it too.
This is EXCELLENT!! The best pork roast I have ever had! My husband told me not to ever lose this recipe. I did brown the roast well as suggested. Thank you for posting this recipe.
It’s a favorite of ours too! Glad you liked it.
Hi Looks yummy 😋I Was going to use Lipton onion soup mix & cream of mushroom soup? Because that’s what I have on hand So just wondering if you put any other liquid in there like beef stock or beef broth Thanks
We don’t put any other liquids when we use the two cans of soup. If you are going to the dry onion soup mix, you might add a half a soup can of water or so when you mix it and the cream of mushroom soup together.
Easy and delicious!!! We ate ours over mashed potatoes! So yummy! Great flavor!!!
Thanks for the comment…this is definitely one of our favorites!
Megan, I would like to thank you for the attention you give to comments. It’s unusual to see replies from past posts. Making a pork roast tomorrow using your recipe. Thanks so much
Awww, thanks, Donna!
This was so good and easy to make. Even my picky Grandson liked it.
Glad you AND your grandson enjoyed it!
Megan, this is a lovely recipe. I use it for beef rump roast as well.
I used to make this recipe years ago and started back again. I add a box of sauted mushrooms, lipton onion soup packet, can of mushroom soup, can of French onion soup. Back when I was younger they had cream of celery soup, but I didn’t care for it. If I’m making a pork roast I throw in a green bell pepper.
I have noticed that the Mom and Pop grocery stores have some excellent prices on their meats as compared to the commercially owned chains. Within the last 2 months at 2 different stores I have found sirloin bone in pork roasts for 99 cents a lb!!! Beef rump roasts at 2.39 a lb. I was amazed and very happy. I know one has an ad they post. I haven’t checked out the other store yet to see if it does. Thank you so much for all you do!
Not sure if it’ll come out right or good but going to dredge in flour and brown on all sides, then set aside and in same pan add onions, celery, and carrots, let sauté for a min then deglaze the pan and add into slow cooker, then add in the browned meat, I’m also going to add small halved red potatoes, then add the soup mixes and hope everything cooks alright and tastes good.
That sounds yummy! I might try adding those other ingredients as well! I plan on making this recipe tomorrow!
How was it? The browning definitely helps to keep it tender. I used to make this recipe years ago and started back again. I add a box of sauted mushrooms, lipton onion soup packet, can of mushroom soup, can of French onion soup. Back when I was younger they had cream of celery soup, but I didn’t care for it.
I hope it came out good.
I am not able to find the condensed French onion soup, just the regular. Will the regular can work also? I am. making this for my moms birthday tomorrow. She will be 86.
Your recipe looks yummy.
It should work though it might be more liquid as regular soup cans are larger than condensed soup cans and the soup is usually looser (is that a word?).
Excellent and definitely keeping the recipe. I browned the pork without using flour and added mushrooms. I’ve never used condensed French Onion soup before for cooking and can’t wait to try other recipes. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe.
This is going to be our dinner tonight what a beautiful recipe for a rainy May Day! I don’t have to fuss over it much!