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This recipe is obviously not a complete meal but Pork is pretty versatile, you can serve whatever you want with it. Personally I am partial to wild rice and a vegetable of some sort when I serve this. The recipe calls for baking this in the oven but I have cooked it many times in a slow cooker and it works just fine.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 (5 pound) boneless pork loin
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a bowl, combine sage, salt, pepper, and garlic. Rub thoroughly all over pork. Place pork in an uncovered roasting pan on the middle oven rack.
• Bake in the preheated oven approximately 3 hours, or until the internal temperature reaches at least 150 degrees F (65 degrees C), depending upon your desired doneness.
• Meanwhile, place sugar, cornstarch, vinegar, water, and soy sauce in a small saucepan. Heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to bubble and thicken slightly. Brush roast with glaze 3 or 4 times during the last 1/2 hour of cooking. Pour remaining glaze over roast, and serve.

You can find a printable version of this Herb Roasted Pork With Glaze by clicking here

Recipe Alterations

I really enjoy this recipe the way it is so I do not change a lot but I still do change a few things such as:

1. Instead of using plain vinegar I instead will use apple cider vinegar as we find it tastes so much better
2. I will usually switch the sage out for some other spice

Family Taste Test

My whole family loves the glaze in this recipe. Even my son, who I thought would find this too strong a flavor but instead he eats it up. When I make the glaze I double it and pour some over the pork after it is cut up as a sauce as well. The sage the recipe calls for I can take or leave. I am not a huge fan of sage and sometimes will substitute various other spices depending on my mood that particular day.

My Thoughts

The simplicity of this recipe is great especially when the flavor is so good. I love that I can just put the pork loin in the oven (or slow cooker) with a very basic rub, and the glaze is just as simple to make. It tastes like a lot of work went into it when really it took almost no time at all. I recommend this recipe to everyone seeing as I make it a lot and throughly enjoy it. This is a recipe I will hang on to and continue to make down the road.

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