Slow Cooker Pork Loin with Creamy Gravy

Slow cooker pork loin with creamy gravy is such an easy and comforting dinner option. It cooks while you are busy living your life and is tender and tasty when you are ready to eat.

Delicious filling dinners don’t have to be hard to make. This super simple recipe allows you to cook a great meal with very little effort.

Pork loin is such a great cut of meat for a crock pot meal. It is super versatile and can take a lot of different kinds of flavor combinations.

It cooks up tender and juicy when cooked low and slow. We love pork chops in mushroom soup gravy, so I wanted to do a play on that recipe.

You can cook it to a point that it is easy to slice like I did here. With a bit more cooking it can be shredded a bit as well.

Both presentations work well for this meal. It looks nice sliced and served with a bit of the gravy. It also tastes amazing if it is presented in a more homestyle way as hunks of meat that are served in the gravy.

Either way it is delicious served with mashed potatoes, wide egg noodles or rice. Serve it next to or right on top of one of those choices.

Then all you need is a vegetable and dinner is done. This is always a hit with our family and I’m sure it will be with yours as well.

Tips for cooking pork

Whole muscle cuts of pork such as pork loin are considered to be cooked to a safe temperature when they reach 145℉. It will still have a blush of pink in the center at that temperature but is perfectly safe to eat.

You are welcome to cook it to 165℉ if you don’t want the pink center. Either way it is sure to be delicious.

If you intend to slice it, pull it out of the slow cooker in that temperature range and allow it to rest for 10 minutes before cutting it. Failing to let the meat rest will increase your chances of dry meat.

Pork loin is not a cut of meat I would normally recommend for pulled pork. It is too lean and easy to dry out for most recipes.

However when it cooks in a moist slow cooker environment like it does in this recipe, it can be cooked to a higher internal temperature to the point that it will shred without drying out. Then you can take a scoop of gravy with bits of pork in it and serve it over your potatoes or pasta for a super comforting dinner.