I hope everyone had a nice holiday. I know that was 2 weeks ago, but this is my first post since then. Now it’s time to dive into 2010 with a nice slow-cooker recipe.
This week, I decided to get back into the habit of menu planning. This was not a New Year’s resolution; it’s something I have been meaning to do for a long time.
I was having a hard time coming up with ideas, so I went to a Kraft Kitchens e-mail newsletter and started clicking on links. I came up with a week’s worth of dinners, made a list, and went to the grocery store.
The first recipe I made was this Slow-Cooker Sweet and Sour Pork. It uses barbecue sauce and chicken broth for the flavor. I also added a little bit of the juice from the canned pineapple.
What You Need!
1-1/2 lb. boneless pork loin, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 onion, chopped
3/4 cup KRAFT Original Barbecue Sauce
1 can (14-1/2 oz.) chicken broth
1 can (8 oz.) pineapple chunks in juice, drained
1 green pepper, chopped
2 cups instant white rice, uncookedMake It!
PLACE meat in slow cooker; top with onions.
ADD barbecue sauce and broth; cover with lid. Cook on LOW 6 to 7 hours (or on HIGH 4 hours).
STIR in remaining ingredients. Cook, covered, on LOW 30 min. or until rice is tender.
The recipe calls for a boneless pork loin, but I substituted pork chops because they were on sale for pennies on the dollar compared to the pork loin. It required a bit more work, but the new kitchen shears I got for Christmas made quick work of that.
I like that the recipe calls for adding the green pepper near the end of cooking. I never thought of doing that, but I hate how mushy peppers get in slow-cooker recipes.
Tip: cut up the peppers when you are putting everything else in the slow-cooker and put them in a container in the frige until needed. That way, you only have to do veggie prep once and it’s easy-peasy to throw the chopped peppers, pineapple, and rice in a the end, without having to lug out your cutting board and knife again.
Both my husband and I liked this dish.
Sorry that I don’t have any pictures. I didn’t realize I would like this so much that I would want to blog about it.
I am not much of a pork eater. Can you sub Chicken instead of Pork?
I think this recipe would work just fine with chicken. I just asked my husband his opinion and he said the thinks it would be really good.
I don’t eat much pork, either. This is the first time I have made anything with pork in years!