Our friends at All-Clad in conjunction with the Today Food Club sent us a brand new, nifty slow cooker. This is one is serious. A shiny stainless steel, 7 quart beauty that was begging to be broken in. For its maiden voyage, I created a Sweet & Sour Pork recipe that was nearly perfect straight out of the gate, but after three tests, I can confirm that this recipe will be a hit on your dinner table. Granted, Blaise wouldn’t eat it in this video, but he finally took a bite in the outtakes and happily gobbled down a few more bites as I put away the cameras.
Sweet & Sour Pork
This recipe has a good number of possible substitutions, depending on what you keep on hand in your own pantry. Some include:
- Chicken for pork
- Canned pineapple (drained) instead of fresh
- Ketchup for tomato paste (though reduce the brown sugar to 1/4 in that case)
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger for the 1 Tbs ginger paste
- White vinegar for rice wine vinegar
As always, any questions about this recipe or others, give me a holler in the comments and I’ll get right back to you!
PrintSweet & Sour Pineapple Pork
- Total Time: 6 hours 15 mins
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Description
A slow cooker sweet and sour pork with fresh pineapple.
Ingredients
- 1.5 – 2lb boneless pork sirloin roast
- 1 Tbs oil
- 1 Tbs flour
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 2 red bell peppers chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1/2 fresh pineapple chopped
- 4 ounces water
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 1 Tbs ginger paste
- 2 Tbs soy sauce
- 2 Tbs agave nectar (or honey)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbs rice wine vinegar
Instructions
- Cut the pork roast into 2 inch cubes and toss with flour. Sear the pork cubes in a skillet over high heat in 1 Tbs oil just to get some browning on the outside of each.
- Add the pork and all other ingredients into the slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 6 hours. *If you prefer your peppers less soft, wait to add them until the last hour of cooking
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 6 hours
- Category: Entree
- Cuisine: Asian
*Original recipe by Joanie Simon (JoanieSimon.com)
*The slow cooker featured in this video recipe was provided by All-Clad
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