re: Cheap and easy crock pot pork roast with pics

I add the flour to the meat when I brown it and I throw in just a wee bit extra to brown in the pot. Deglaze that pot to get the fond and add all of that to crock pot. That's what I would do. I don't like really thick gravy. I like it to have some body.

If I need it to be thicker after a roast is done, I take the oil off the top of the drippings and brown some flour in that and add some onion after it's browned, cooking that in the mixture and a little garlic later one. You can add whatever other veggies you like depending on the flavors you want for that cut of meat.

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I always wonder how much liquid other people put in. I always feel like I put too much.

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Same here. I know what I do for a rump roast and that's fine, but I haven't made a pork roast in a while. I love pork roast gravy and the crock pot version appears to have a good bit of liquid in the picture. I like the gravy more than the meat.

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I always wonder how much liquid other people put in. I always feel like I put too much.

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I was the same way. For whatever reason, when I was introduced to crock pot cooking, I was under the assumption that everything had to be submerged in liquid. You can imagine my dismay when I stumbled across a rib recipe that used no liquid at all.

I would buy a candle that smelled like this pic looks.

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The smell it emits is worth the price of admission, but the end product will be money

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A beef and pork roast cooked together makes a heck of a gravy. I need to do that.