This delicious pork tenderloin recipe could not get any easier–just five minutes of prep followed by a few hours in the slow cooker. Can be frozen ahead of time!
I don’t know about you but I think at this point I am fully addicted to simple, delicious freezer meals. Even my husband, who first balked at the idea of freezer cooking and insisted he wouldn’t like any of the meals, has whole-heartedly embraced this freezer friendly lifestyle. It has not only saved us a ton of time and stress, but a ton of money as well.
Now that fall is upon us and school is in full swing, I love serving down-home comfort-food type meals, especially those that can be thrown in the slow cooker for a completely effortless meal. This slow-cooked pork “tenderloin” is a great alternative to beef or chicken and comes together in just minutes. (It is technically a pork loin roast, which lends itself better to slow cooking!) It can also be frozen ahead as part of a freezer cooking day! The recipe below makes two roasts, so if you only want one be sure to cut the ingredients in half.
Slow Cooked Pork Tenderloin
Here is what you need:
2 (2 pound) pork loin roasts 2 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix 2 cups chicken broth 2 cups red wine 1 large onion, chopped 6 cloves garlic, minced 3 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce freshly ground black pepper to tasteStep 1: Chop onion and mince garlic.
Step 2: Whisk together soup mix, chicken broth, wine, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, onion, garlic and black pepper.
Step 3: Label bags; place one 2 lb pork tenderloin in each bag and divide marinade evenly among bags. Then freeze.
Step 4: Thaw meat; add carrots and potatoes and cook in crock pot on low for 4-5 hours.
FREEZER PORK TENDERLOIN
Ingredients
- 2 2 pound pork loin roasts
- 2 1 ounce envelopes dry onion soup mix
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups red wine
- 1 cup large onion chopped
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mince garlic and chop onion.
- Whisk together soup mix, chicken broth, wine, soy sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, onion, garlic and black pepper.
- Label bags; place one 2 lb pork tenderloin in each bag and divide marinade evenly among bags. Then freeze.
- Thaw meat; cook in crock pot on low for 4-5 hours.
Recipe Notes
Preparation time: 5-7 minutes. Cooking time: 4-5 hours in crock pot. Number of servings (yield): 6 for 2 lbs of meat.
Other Freezer-Friendly Meals You’ll Love:
- Easy Slow-Cooker Cranberry Chicken
- Buffalo Chicken Soup (Easy Freezer to Slow-Cooker Recipe!)
- Freezer-to-Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Wings
- Spinach & Sausage One Pot Pasta
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What are your favorite freezer friendly meals?
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I’m guessing you put the meat AND the marinade in the crock pot, but the instructions don’t say. I wouldn’t want to end up with soup if it was meant to be the meat only!
Yes, it all goes into the crockpot! 🙂
Thanks, that was what I was wondering too!
mmmmmmm looks yummy! Thanks for sharing! I’m totally a crock pot girl!
Looks delightful! I shall bookmark it for when Pork Loin Roasts go on sale. Thank you for sharing – I love crock pot cooking.
(Sorry if this is a repeat. I tried but it said “Oh snap, there was an error.” :^) Lots of times, when that message comes up, it leaves the comment anyway. Oh snap!)
Thank you so much for sharing these recipes! I love that they’re so easy to pull out of the freezer, and for the most part they use actual food ingredients instead of packaged stuff. We’ve tried a few of them already, and are enjoying them. I’d love to see more beef recipes, if you’re up to the challenge! I know beef probably isn’t your favorite to cook, since you’re a vegetarian. 🙂
Challenge accepted! 🙂
I love cooking pork in a Crock Pot. It is so easy and turns out so good and tender every time. I must admit I have not fully embraced freezer cooking though. Part of that is because we don’t have a lot of freezer space. We just have a standard fridge with freezer and don’t have an extra deep freezer. I figure prepping everything for the Crock Pot is easy enough that I would rather fix it for dinner tonight rather than a few weeks from now. Although I do like that this recipe makes 2 meals so I could do 1 tonight and freeze the other for later, virtually eliminating the prep time for the next time we eat it.
It is definitely tough when you don’t have a lot of extra freezer space, but cooking one right away and freezing the other is a great solution!