Red Wine and Garlic Slow Cooker Roast

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup chopped onion, or more to taste
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic, or more to taste
  • 1 quart hot water
  • 4 cubes chicken bouillon
  • 1 (3 pound) pork roast
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 large Idaho potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 cup baby carrots, or as desired
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons raw sugar
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups port wine, or to taste

Directions

Cook and stir onion and garlic in a skillet over medium heat until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Combine onion mixture, hot water, and chicken bouillon in a bowl.

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Place roast is same skillet used for onion mixture; cook over medium heat until roast is browned on all sides, 4 to 5 minutes.

Place roast in a slow cooker and drizzle olive oil over top of roast. Arrange potatoes and carrots around roast. Pour broth mixture over roast; add butter, bay leaves, sugar, salt, and black pepper. Pour wine over entire mixture.

Cook on High for 4 to 5 hours. Change setting to Low and cook for 2 to 3 hours more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).