Sunday Pork Roast is an easy to make comfort food that is hearty, filling, and can easily feed the whole family for Sunday dinner. This recipe includes instructions for a classic oven braise as well as cooking in a slow cooker or Instant Pot.
Sunday dinner means a lot of things to a lot of people. It can be the time you gather with friends and family, or the time you are relaxing for just a little longer before starting another work week. In either case, an easy and delicious dinner is the perfect way to enjoy Sunday evening—or any evening! This recipe is simple, affordable and delightfully delicious.
You will start this dinner by coating the roast in oil and then sprinkling the spices over it. This will cook for 30 minutes in a high heat oven to blast the roast with heat and seal in those perfect flavors. Then, you will reduce the heat and bake for another hour. At that point, you will add the vegetables and apple juice to the roast, which will cook the veggies, add flavor, and keep the roast sweet and juicy. Bake that for another hour to two hours until the pork and vegetables are tender.
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Do I roast it covered or uncovered?
The pork roast has so much fat to render, that we want it uncovered, otherwise it will steam and it won’t get that great roasted flavor.
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Can I use a pork loin with this recipe?
Not really. This recipe calls for a cut of pork that requires a longer time in the oven. That is good because it allows enough time for the vegetables to cook through. A loin roast cooks significantly faster, and will not give you enough time to cook your veggies thoroughly enough.
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Can I use other kinds of potatoes with this recipe?
Yes. Red and Yukon Gold potatoes go best with this recipe. Russet potatoes are a little too starchy and don’t work as well. We like the baby red potatoes, which are fun too, because they can remain whole. If you can’t find ones that are about the size of a golf ball or smaller, you can cut up larger ones.
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Why is the temperature so high to start?
The initial high temperature sears the outside of the roast and keeps the inside juicy.
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Do you have a gravy recipe that can go with this?
This recipe doesn’t make a specific gravy, but you can find a guide to making gravy here, which will show you how to make gravy to go with any meal, whether from scratch or from your roast’s drippings.
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This was great! I love the slightly sweet flavor the apple juice gave it.
OMG!! This was delicious! I had a 4.48 lb pork shoulder blade – boneless! Rubbed with olive oil and added all those wonderful spices. after 1 -2 hours, added all the veggies including potatoes carrots, celery, and onion, Smelled wonderful throughout the house while it roasted. I did also remove LOTS of fatty liquid from the pot. Way too oily to enjoy. Eveyone raved!!! Will make again for sure!!!
Absolutely delicious! Was skeptical about Apple juice but followed recipe. Slight sweetness but great blend with spices and natural meat juices. It’s a keeper😋! Another winner.
Will be adding this to my list of favorites. The only think I changed is I used Smoked paprika on the pork.
We had this for Easter dinner and everyone loved it! And easy prep!
We love this recipe! We are going to serve it to guests tonight. Thanks!
I received chef Rachel’s family favorites cookbook for my birthday February 10th 2023 and have already made three recipes out of it. I did find a typo or missing piece on the Sunday pork roast telling us to preheat our oven to 450. This recipe is on page 57 of my cookbook. Just thought for future reference you might want to update that. Thank you Rachel for all the wonderful recipes I’m going to continue to cook out of this cookbook as much as I can! My goal is to do one to two recipes a week. Thank you for your dedication and all the delicious food recipes!
looking for a quick pork roast recipe. Not only was this great it was easy. My husband is a picky eater and after one bite he said “This goes to the top of the A List!” I didn’t even know there was an A llist. I’ll be looking for more recipes from the Stay at Home Chef.
we made this as recipe stated not complicated.rubbed with oil and recipe seasoning threw pork shoulder in a roasting pan less mess.it browned great then followed along.very tasty!the only change is no rosemary.i would definetly make this again!thanks
I bought your cookbook Family Favorites and on page 57 Sunday Pork Roast, it is missing the first step to preheat oven to 450 degrees. I love the book!!!!!