Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Pork
This Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Pork is better than take out!! Tender, flash fried
pieces of pork get mixed with bell pepper, onion, pineapple and a sweet and savory
sauce. Anytime you want a delicious dinner pop this in the slow cooker and you will
have
a family favorite in no time.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 605kcal
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless pork chops cubed
- ⅓ cup cornstarch
- ⅓ cup oil
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 sweet onion chopped
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 20 ounces pineapple chunks with the juice 1 can
- ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
- 3 Tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 3 Tablespoons ketchup
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- sesame seeds for garnish
- 1 scallions for garnish
Instructions
- Coat your pork pieces in cornstarch.
- Heat up the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Brown the pork quickly in the pan. We are not looking to cook the pork through, just get a little color on each side.
- Place the browned pork in the slow cooker.
- Add the chopped bell peppers, onion and pineapple (reserve the juice).
- In a small mixing bowl combine the sugar, brown sugar, pineapple juice, vinegar, soy, ketchup, garlic, ginger and pepper .
- Pour the sauce over the pork in the slow cooker and stir.
- Cook on low for 4 hours, stirring once or twice to make sure the sugars are not burning.
- Garnish with scallions and sesame seeds and serve over white rice.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 605kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 101mg | Sodium: 442mg | Potassium: 911mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 54g | Vitamin A: 787IU | Vitamin C: 53mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 2mg