Oven Baked Sweet and Sour Pork

Are you ready for, better than your favorite Chinese Restaurants takeout, Easy Baked Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe?! You’ll love this easy, family friendly recipe with simple ingredients! If you love this recipe be sure to try our Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken. I actually prefer our recipe to restaurant take-out because I know exactly what ingredients are going into it and I don’t feel sick after eating it like I do when I eat traditional fried take-out.

Recipe Ingredient Notes

To make our oven baked sweet and sour pork, you need the following ingredients:

• Vegetable oil
• Boneless Pork tenderloin roast
• Cornstarch
• Onion
• Bell peppers 
• Pineapple chunks, reserve juice
• Salt and pepper
• Sugar
• Apple cider vinegar
• Ketchup
• Soy sauce
• Garlic salt
• Cooked white rice

Equipment Needed

For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:

• Ziploc Bag (Gallon)
• Skillet
• Baking Dish (9 x 13)
• Saucepan (Medium)
• Cutting Board
• Chef Knife

How to Make Our Oven Baked Sweet and Sour Pork

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Cut pork roast into 1-inch pieces and place in a gallon sized Ziploc bag.
4. Pour corn starch into Ziploc bag, zip closed and shake until pork is evenly coated with cornstarch.
5. Carefully add pork a few pieces at a time to hot oil, let cook for 2-3 minutes, remove and place on a plate covered with a paper towel to absorb excess oil. Repeat until all pork has been cooked in oil.
6. Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and spread crispy pork in the bottom.
7. Sprinkle on chopped onion, green bell pepper, and pineapple chunks. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
8. Pour pineapple juice from pineapple chunks into a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in sugar, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce and garlic salt.
9. Bring to a boil and pour the tangy sauce over the pork, vegetables and pineapple. Gently stir to combine.
10. Place pan in oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes to continually coat pork in sweet and sour sauce.
11. Remove from oven and serve over rice.We like to top ours with chopped green onions and sesame seeds.

Storage Suggestions

Store any leftovers in an airtight container and keep in refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat any leftovers in the Air Fryer.

Serving Suggestions

We recommend serving this recipe with our copycat Panda Express Super Greens, Instant Pot White Rice, and Asian-Glazed Chicken Drumsticks. You can find more Asian-inspired recipes here.

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