Delicious Slow Cooker Pineapple Pork with the sweetness of crushed pineapple, the spicy kick of sambal oelek, plus soy sauce, maple syrup and red and green pepper. Perfect with rice or noodles.
You can never have enough Slow Cooker recipes in my opinion, especially when you know you have a busy day ahead and when you know the last thing you will feel like doing at the end of the day when you get home is to stand at the stove for a half an hour or longer cooking up something for dinner.
That is where crockpot recipes like this Slow Cooker Pineapple Pork come in really handy, you can prep everything in the morning (or even the night before and keep in a tub in the fridge) add to the slow cooker, set it on the desired timing and set off on your way knowing that when you get home a delicious healthy meal will be waiting for you.
I often make extra when I cook something in my slow cooker too, as there is nothing better than having leftovers to freeze, I often set aside a batch cooking day here and there, especially if I know I have a busy week ahead.
If you have some friends who want to share the work. Organizing a batch cooking day with friends is a great way to make lots of yummy meals with half the chore. Plus it's fun too when you have some good friends for company and you will be surprised how many more meals you can get cooked up in one day.
Most tend to use their slow cooker in the winter rather than the summer, but really it is ideal to use any time of the year.
Looking for some other slow cooker recipes to try? Check out these:
- Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Brisket
- Beef and Vegetable Casserole
- Slow Cooked Chicken
- Slow Cooked Chicken Casserole
- Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato and Turkey Casserole
- Slow Cooker Irish Beef Stew
- Slow Cooked Chinese Style Pork Tenderloin
- Slow Cooked Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin
- Slow Cooked Spicy Asian Beef
- Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwich
- Slow Cooked Sweet Onion Braised Beef
or head on over to my FULL RECIPE INDEX for over 700+ delicious Slimming Eats recipes.
When you are buying a slow cooker, it's always worthwhile bearing in mind the features it may have. Choosing one which allows you to use the inner pot as a searing pot can come in really handy when you want to sear the meat or vegetables prior to cooking or you want to add some starch to thicken your sauce afterwards.
This Russell Hobbs Digitial Slow Cooker has those features as mentioned above as well as a digital time, with low, high and keep warm features.
HOW CAN I ADD VEGETABLES TO THIS SLOW COOKER PINEAPPLE PORK?
There are already peppers and onion in this Slow Cooker Pineapple Pork, but add some more vegetables by serving it with some additional stir-fried vegetables along with your rice or noodles. Mushrooms, bean sprouts, baby corn etc would all go really well. You could ever skip the rice or noodles and serve with some Roasted Cauliflower Rice or Spiralized vegetables.
TO MAKE THIS DELICIOUS SLOW COOKER PINEAPPLE PORK YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING KITCHEN ITEMS:
- Slow Cooker
- Kitchen Scales
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Wooden Spoon
- Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
- Chopping Board
- Mixing Bowl
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Slow Cooker Pineapple Pork
This recipe is gluten free, dairy free and Weight Watchers friendly
Gluten Free - use gluten free soy sauce and starch*suitable for freezing
Ingredients
- 900g of lean pork shoulder, cut into chunks
- 1 onion, halved and sliced
- 1 cup (240ml) of crushed pineapple, canned ) -
- 2 tbs of maple syrup
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 2 teaspoon of grated fresh ginger
- ¼ cup (60ml) of soy sauce
- 2 tbs of tomato paste
- 1 tbs of sambal oelek (chilli paste)
- ½ cup (120ml) of water
- 1 red pepper, sliced
- 1 green pepper, sliced
- 1 tbs of cornstarch (or arrowroot or tapioca)
Instructions
- Add the crushed pineapple, garlic, ginger, sambal oelek, soy sauce, tomato paste, maple syrup and water to a bowl, and whisk to combine.
- Add the pork and onion to slow cooker, pour over the top the sauce and mix.
- Add lid and slow cook for 5 hours on high.
- Mix the cornstarch with a little water to make a slurry.
- Add this into the pork, along with the red and green pepper.
- Stir to combine.
- Add lid and slow cook for a further 1 hour on high.
- Season with salt and black pepper as needed.
- Serve with your choice of sides
- Enjoy!!
Notes
Don't fancy pork? use chicken thighs instead
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Nutrition Information
Yield 6 Serving Size 1 servingAmount Per Serving Calories 231Total Fat 3.8gSaturated Fat 1.4gCholesterol 60.3mgSodium 601mgCarbohydrates 18.4gFiber 1.4gSugar 12.5gProtein 33.6g
J sales says
Can't get sambal can I substitute chilli flakes or harrissa paste
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi there, you should be able to get sambal oelek at most large grocery stores, it is also available on Amazon. But as a replacement chilli flakes should work okay, you won't get quite the same flavour, but it will still add the kick.
Jenny says
How spicy is it please? It looks delicious, but my kids are quite fussy about eating anything spicy.
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Jenny, I would just leave out the sambal oelek if they don't like spicy. It's not overly spicy, but does have a slight kick.
Ashleigh says
Hiya can you do this in the pro king cooker? If so how long do you think it would take?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Ashleigh, I think it will work perfectly in a pressure cooker, however without testing it myself I can't be definite on timing, but my first try would be 15 mins, allow the pressure to release naturally, and then switch to saute mode and add in the cornstarch slurry stirring till thickened. Add the peppers in at the beginning with the pork.
Sarah says
Hi do I add the pineapple juice
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
I added just the crushed pineapple. Enjoy 🙂
Samantha Biston says
Hi would you be able to use fresh pineapple instead of canned pineapple to save on syns?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Samantha, using fresh won't reduce the syns unfortunately, as it is still cooked in the recipe and only fruit which in it's raw form will be syn free. I can't say how fresh pineapple would work in this recipe, I don't think it will yield the same result because canned pineapple is part cooked in the canning process.
Emma Hudson says
Do you think this would work by replacing the meat options with some sort of beans or lentils to make it suitable for vegetarians? And if so which do you think would work best?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Emma - I can't personally say without testing. White beans with some butternut squash or sweet potato might work really well.
Sarah says
I used 2 pork steaks that I had, fresh pineapple, 2 fresh chillis and brown sugar instead of Maple syrup. I cooked on the hob for an hour and it was amazing. I served it with rice. I know I've adapted this a lot but I loved the sound of the ingredients together and wanted to try it and we loved it! Defo doing this again, will try your way if I have all ingredients though!
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Sounds perfect, glad you enjoyed
Kay C McDonald says
Lovely, full of flavour. Definitely make again.
Carla M says
This is fabulous, and so easy!
I'm curious if this would work with stewing steak or chicken (my colleague loves the idea of the tast but cannot eat pork!)
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Chicken thighs should work okay, you may want to cook for less time though. 6 hours max on low.