Description
This Tender Pineapple Pork in a Slow Cooker is juicy, sweet, and savory. Slow-cooked pork shoulder melts in your mouth with pineapple and a flavorful sauce, perfect over rice or noodles for an easy weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
Ingredients
- 2 lbs pork shoulder or pork butt, cut into 2-inch chunks
- 1 can (20 oz) pineapple chunks with juice
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional for heat)
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 2 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp water (optional, for thickening sauce)
- Chopped green onions for garnish
Instructions
Instructions
- Place pork chunks in the slow cooker along with sliced onions.
- In a bowl, mix pineapple with juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. Pour over pork.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6–7 hours or on HIGH for 3–4 hours until pork is tender.
- Optional: To thicken sauce, remove pork and whisk cornstarch with water, stir into the liquid, and cook on HIGH for 10–15 minutes.
- Serve pork with sauce over rice or noodles, and garnish with chopped green onions.
Notes
For extra flavor, sear pork in a skillet for 2–3 minutes per side before slow cooking. You can also add bell peppers or carrots to the crockpot for a colorful meal.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 6–7 hours
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American / Asian-inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 620mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
Keywords: pineapple pork, slow cooker pork, crockpot pork, sweet and savory pork
