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Slow Cooker Delicious Sweet and Sour Pork

Jenn Bare's slow-cooker sides. About 8 hours on Low or 4 hours on High in the crock, serves 6-8.

ApplianceSlow Cooker
Cook8 hours on Low or 4 hours on High
Serves6-8
Jenn BareWritten byJenn Bare
Slow Cooker Delicious Sweet and Sour Pork

Method

Step by step

  1. 01

    Drain pineapple chunks and reserve juice.

  2. 02

    Refrigerate pineapple chunks until ready to use.

  3. 03

    In a 4 quart slow cooker, combine carrot, onion, red bell pepper, and pork.

  4. 04

    In a bowl, stir together the reserved pineapple juice, brown sugar, rice vinegar, tomato paste, tapioca, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, salt, and sesame oil.

  5. 05

    Pour over the vegetables and pork.

  6. 06

    Cover. Cook on Low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours.

  7. 07

    Stir in reserved pineapple chunks.

  8. 08

    Taste for seasoning, adding additional salt if needed.

Tagged

bell peppersbrown sugarcarrotscrock potonionpineappleporkrice vinegar

Originally published on getcrocked.com.

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Jenn Bare

Founder of GetCrocked and lifelong slow-cooker devotee. Jenn writes every recipe here with one goal: get families back around the table without the weeknight scramble.

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