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    Dutch Oven Garlic Boneless Pork Loin Roast

    October 4, 2019 by Helene Dsouza 17 Comments

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    Helene Dsouza
    Dutch oven cooked boneless pork loin roast. Stuffed with garlic and seasoned with a selection of spices, this pork roast is cooked and served with potatoes.
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Roasting Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
    8 servings
    RECIPE
    How to Cook a Boneless Pork Loin Roast

    Perfectly cooked boneless pork loin roast flavored with garlic and prepared with potatoes in the Dutch oven

    crispy fat caps of a pork loin roast

    Make your own boneless pork loin roast easily (It's exceptionally easy!) and surprise your family and friends.

    You will get to nurture your pork roast to get a lovely crispy crust with juicy, flavorful meat slices.

    You might also like a homemade German pork loin roast with Sauerkraut or this Italian Porketta.

    Jump to:
    • 📕 What is a pork loin roast?
    • 🔪 How to cook it?
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💭 FAQs
    • 🍴 Serving
    • 💡 Leftover uses
    • 💬 Comments

    📕 What is a pork loin roast?

    A pork loin roast is a whole pork loin roasted in the oven.

    The pork loin is a pork cut between the shoulder and the behind legs of the animal.

    Pork Loin meat is tender and the leanest and is situated next to the tenderloin (filet).

    This meat cut has a thin fat cap which will help you to cook a perfect juicy pork loin roast.

    🔪 How to cook it?

    This is how to roast a pork loin in the oven in 3 straightforward stages and steps in the Dutch oven.

    The full printable recipe with ingredient and instruction details including video is situated at the bottom of this post.

    sliced pork loin roast

    Step 1

    Prep your raw pork loin by cutting a grid pattern into the fat cap.

    Poke into the meat with a knife and stuff with garlic cloves. Do that all over the pork loin.

    prepare pork loin roast

    Season the meat with pork roast seasoning, place into the dutch oven with sliced onions, caraway seeds and fats.

    season pork loin roast

    Step 2

    Brown the meat on all sides over your kitchen stove first.

    Add bouillon cube with water or broth to your roast, this will be your sauce later.

    Turn roast fat cap up and close the Dutch oven with a lid.

    process of preparing pork loin roast

    Step 3

    Roast your boneless pork loin for 30 minutes. [first roasting round]

    Take out your roast from the oven and pour more water and arrange your potatoes around the roast.

    roasted pork loin roast

    Roast another 30 minutes. [second roasting round]

    Prepare your slurry with all-purpose flour and water and pour that to your roast. This will help the sauce to thicken.

    slurry for pork loin roast

    Cook your roast 10 more minutes until it's cooked through and done.

    Slice your roast to serve.

    sliced pork loin roast

    📖 Recipe

    How to Cook a Boneless Pork Loin Roast

    Dutch Oven Garlic Boneless Pork Loin Roast

    Dutch oven cooked boneless pork loin roast. Stuffed with garlic and seasoned with a selection of spices, this pork roast is cooked and served with potatoes.
    4.94 from 16 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: American, German
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Roasting Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8 servings
    Calories: 380kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    For the Roast (comes with a sauce)

    • 2.2 Pounds Pork Loin
    • ~10 Pieces Garlic Cloves peeled, whole
    • 2 Tablespoon Pork Seasoning
    • 2 Onion sliced
    • 1 Tablespoon Caraway Seeds Whole or Cumin
    • 2 Tablespoon Fat or Butter
    • 2 Cups Vegetable Broth or Bouillon Cube + Water
    • 1 Cup Water
    • 10 Potato peeled and quartered

    For the Slurry

    • 1 Tablespoon All-Purpose Flour
    • 1 Cup Water
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Cut a grid pattern into the fat cap of your pork loin. *see Notes
      2.2 Pounds Pork Loin
    • Poke into the pork loin and stuff with a garlic pod. Repeat the process all over the pork loin to use up all the garlic.
      ~10 Pieces Garlic Cloves
    • Season your loin with a pork seasoning rub.
      2 Tablespoon Pork Seasoning
    • Preheat yout oven to 460° Fahrenheit/ 240 Celsius.
    • Place the pork loin into a Dutch oven and arrange onion slices around the roast. Sprinkle caraway or cumin seeds over the pork loin and add in pork fats or butter.
      2 Onion, 1 Tablespoon Caraway Seeds Whole, 2 Tablespoon Fat
    • Take the Dutch oven to your stove and heat up. Brown all sides of your roast by turning the meat during the cooking process.
    • At the same time add in your broth or 1 bouillon cube with water and mix it into the sliced onion.
      2 Cups Vegetable Broth
    • Turn your pork loin fat cap up, close with a lid and place your Dutch oven into the oven.
    • Cook your roast at 460° Fahrenheit/ 240 Celsius for 30 minutes. [1st roasting round]
    • Take out your roaster, pour the remaining 1 cup water in and arrange the potatoes around the roast.
      1 Cup Water, 10 Potato
    • Place the roast back into the oven but without a lid, and roast another 30 minutes but this time at 400° Fahrenheit/ 200 Celsius. [2nd roasting round]
    • Prepare your slurry by mixing together the all-purpose flour and water. Combine with a whisk to a smooth consistency.
      1 Tablespoon All-Purpose Flour, 1 Cup Water
    • Take out your roast and pour slurry in. Make sure that it mixes into the sauce.
    • Place the roast back into the oven for the last time and roast for another 10 minutes at 400° Fahrenheit/ 200 Celsius. [3rd roasting round] or until golden crispy at the top and juicy cooked on the inside.
    • To serve cut your roast into slices.

    Notes

    1. Cutting the fat cap in a grid pattern will help with the roasting of the fat parts. That way the fats will get nice and crispy and the meat will cook through better. Mine already came that way, the butcher did it for me.
    2. Always place the pork loin fat cap up into the oven to roast.
    3. The gravy isn't super thick, if you want it thicker, skip adding that 1 cup of water to the roast during the cooking process.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Dutch Oven Garlic Boneless Pork Loin Roast
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 380 Calories from Fat 81
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 9g14%
    Saturated Fat 3g15%
    Cholesterol 82mg27%
    Sodium 328mg14%
    Potassium 1642mg47%
    Carbohydrates 40g13%
    Fiber 8g32%
    Sugar 2g2%
    Protein 36g72%
    Vitamin A 222IU4%
    Vitamin C 33mg40%
    Calcium 134mg13%
    Iron 11mg61%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    💭 FAQs

    What seasoning do you use for your pork loin roast?

    I love to mix my seasoning for pork loin roast because I get to choose the flavor profile.

    Technically, it's a pork loin roast rub.

    This is the only seasoning that you need in this recipe.

    You can also use store bought pork roast seasoning or simple pork seasoning.

    What temperature is a pork loin roast done?

    The pork loin is cooked in the oven at 460° Fahrenheit/ 240 Celsius, and after the potatoes are added at 400° Fahrenheit/ 200 Celsius.

    The new USDA guidelines recommend an internal temperature of 145 to 160 degrees Fahrenheit / 60 degrees Celsius, and that's when your roast is done.

    You can check the inner temperature with a meat thermometer.

    How long to cook pork loin roast in the dutch oven?

    You will take about 15 minutes to prep your pork meat.

    The browning of the meat over the stove in the dutch oven takes about 5 minutes.

    The pork loin roast with potatoes will cook for altogether 70 minutes in the same dutch oven at a fixed oven temperature.

    The TOTAL pork roast cooking time with cooking on the stove and in the oven is 75 minutes, 1 hour 15 minutes.

    pork loin roast with potatoes

    Why do you cook your roast first on the stove?

    Because the initial all-around browning of the roast over the stove heat will help to release flavors and will give your roast a lovely color.

    Why do you roast your pork loin in stages?

    The roast is cooked in 3 stages in the oven.

    Because the roast needs to be cooked on higher heat at first and potatoes are added afterward and the slurry to thicken at the end.

    To break it down:

    The first is with the Dutch oven lid on high heat for 30 minutes.

    The second round includes the potatoes and some more water and is on a lower heat setting for 30 minutes.

    The third includes the slurry to thicken the sauce during the last 10 minutes of roasting duration.

    roasted pork loin roast

    🍴 Serving

    The pork roast comes with potatoes, but you can serve it with other side dishes as well.

    In that case, you can even switch the potatoes out and cook the roast with root vegetables such as carrots and turnips, or you add Sauerkraut instead of the potatoes.

    You can always serve other separately cooked side dishes with this boneless pork loin roast recipe.

    For example, roasted green beans, brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes, potato dumplings, bread dumplings, braised red cabbage, german coleslaw, and other salad side dishes.

    sliced pork loin roast

    💡 Leftover uses

    Occasionally, we have a few slices of pork loin roast leftover.

    The pork meat will taste even better in another dish.

    Here are some leftover pork loin roast recipes.

    • Make a sandwich with the meat
    • Add it to your fried rice cut into pieces
    • Add a slice to your lunch salad
    • Serve it up with mashed potatoes the next day
    How to Cook a Boneless Pork Loin Roast
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    1. David says

      July 21, 2021 at 1:57 am

      Followed from what I read to a T.
      Absolutely delicious. Flavorful and perfectly done. Pork was excellent, potatoes had a fondant flavor

      Only issue a ran across is 4 cups of liquid in total was just too much or maybe a rue instead of the last extra cup of water for a slurry. It never really turned into a thickened gravy. Maybe slightly thicker than Au just.
      All in all, if that's the biggest complaint, it's very minor and doesn't detract at all from the Savory goodness.

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        July 22, 2021 at 4:26 pm

        Thanks for sharing that David. Yeah, our gravy isn't super thick. I have added that point and turned it into an option for those who want a thicker gravy with this pork dish. I'm glad to know that you loved all the flavors in this dish. 🙂

        Reply
    2. Dana says

      December 07, 2020 at 8:00 pm

      5 stars
      Definitely the best recipe for pork loin! I didn’t do the slurry but added drop dumplings at the end. Pork is so tender and tasty!

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        December 13, 2020 at 5:02 pm

        great idea with the dumplings Dana. Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂

        Reply
    3. Amy Torres says

      August 13, 2020 at 3:56 pm

      5 stars
      Not bad for the first time

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        August 19, 2020 at 3:14 pm

        thanks for your feedback! 🙏

        Reply
    4. Vessy says

      July 01, 2020 at 1:26 pm

      5 stars
      It was delicious! I baked it with some beets and leeks, which were also super yummy. 😊

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        August 19, 2020 at 3:18 pm

        Nice idea to add beets and leeks, will try that next time. thanks for sharing 🙂

        Reply
    5. Terry says

      January 18, 2020 at 7:26 pm

      It does not say what kind of broth to use beef or chicken

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        January 19, 2020 at 6:57 am

        Hi Terry,
        Thanks for pointing this out. A vegetable broth will be more suitable. I fixed it in the recipe and added veg broth to the ingredients instead of just broth.

        Reply
    6. wilhelmina says

      October 09, 2019 at 1:45 am

      5 stars
      Love this easy recipe! So tasty and perfect for any occasion!

      Reply
    7. Justine says

      October 08, 2019 at 9:15 pm

      I love that you stick the garlic cloves IN the roast - that gives it such good flavor!

      Reply
      • David says

        July 21, 2021 at 12:09 am

        I do kinda the same thing with beef roast I make, whole cloves punched in

        Reply
    8. A_Boleyn says

      October 06, 2019 at 5:45 pm

      Looks delicious. I'm in favour of low-maintenance roasts with the addition of veg and side starches in batches.

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        October 06, 2019 at 6:04 pm

        ditto! 🙂

        Reply
    9. John / Kitchen Riffs says

      October 06, 2019 at 5:29 pm

      Love a good pork roast! Your method is easy and looks like the result is really, really tasty. Excellent recipe -- very clear and concise. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Helene Dsouza says

        October 06, 2019 at 6:05 pm

        thanks for sharing your point of view John. 🙂

        Reply

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