Crockpot Cuban Style Pork Tenderloin
Slowly cooked to tender perfection in a delicious sauce composed of zesty citrus, savory soy sauce, fresh garlic, and herby oregano, this incredible Crockpot Cuban Style Pork Tenderloin is bursting with flavor! It’s an unbelievably good weeknight meal that is ridiculously easy to make!
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time3 hours hrs 30 minutes mins
Total Time3 hours hrs 35 minutes mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Cuban
Keyword: crockpot cuban style pork tenderloin, cuban pork tenderloin, pork tenderloin
Servings: 6
Calories: 255kcal
For Crockpot Cuban Style Pork Tenderloin
- 2 pounds pork tenderloin 2 tenderloins about 1 pound each
- ¾ cup orange juice
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ cup chicken broth or vegetable broth, low sodium or no sodium added
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
For Gravy
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Place the pork tenderloins in your crockpot.
Combine the orange juice, lemon juice, chicken broth, soy sauce, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper in a bowl and pour this sauce over the tenderloins in the crockpot.
Set the crockpot on high and cook for 3½ hours or on low for 5 to 6 hours.
To make the gravy strain the remaining sauce. In a small sauce pan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter and add about ½ cup of the sauce and the flour. Quickly whisk and after the sauce thickens, add the remaining sauce, whisk and cook for about 3 minutes.
Serve the pork tenderloin with gravy and a side of mashed potatoes.
- Watch the salt. Because the soy sauce is salty as well as the chicken broth you don’t need to add too much salt to the sauce mixture.
- Keep the pork warm. Some slow cookers have timers which are really helpful. Yet, for food safety make sure your pork doesn’t stay in the crockpot too long once it’s done cooking.
- Make it spicy. Cuban food tends to be less spicy. But you can easily add some heat to the pork if you like by adding a sliced jalapeno in with the sauce.
- Leftovers will keep in the refrigerator for 4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months in an airtight container or sealed freezer bag.
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 255kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 108mg | Sodium: 278mg | Potassium: 719mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 188IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 2mg