Slow Cooker Brown Sugar and Balsamic Pork Loin

        

 Pinterest Recipe? Why yes, yes it is.  And an excellent one at that. Easy to put together in the slow cooker and melt in your mouth yumminess!

After clicking several links, I finally tracked it down to Danielle at Let's Dish who adapted it from Wendee who posted it to Allrecipes.com (links below to their versions).  I adapted it slightly from Danielle, mostly to accommodate that I used boneless country ribs instead of a tenderloin or loin. The ribs have more fat in them  so I didn't add the water to either step in their recipes and did remove most of the melted fat (with a turkey baster--great fat removing tool) before adding the sauce.

We will definitely be making this again. 

Recipe by Danielle at Let's Dish, which she adapted from a recipe called Herb Roasted Pork by Wendee on Allrecipes.com

I've adpated it slightly from both so I'll post my version.

  Slow Cooker Brown Sugar & Balsamic Pork Loin (or country ribs)

Recipe by Glenna Anderson Muse adapted from Danielle and Wendee

Ingredients:

• 3 lbs Country Ribs (the ones without the bones) trimmed of big pieces of fat
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 Tbsp Smoked (or regular) Paprika
• 1 Tbsp Cavender's All Purpose Seasoning (or other all purpose seasoning such as Mrs. Dash, Emeril's, Paul Prudhome's, etc)
• 2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce

Directions: 

Place in slow cooker and cook on low for 7-8 hours.  Remove all about about 1 cup of juices or fat that has accumulated in pot. Ribs will have cook down to tender chunks.

Whisk together:

• 2/3 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/2 cup Balsamic Vinegar
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch

Pour sugar/vinegar mix over pork and cook for 1 hour longer on low.   Sauce will thicken slightly in the pot.

 

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