Why spend more time inside during the summer cooking when you can make our Slow Cooker Sweet and Tangy Pork delicious recipe?! You can make the tangy sauce right in the slow cooker along with the pork roast and leave it.
If you love sweet and sour chicken, you are going to like this sweet and sour pork recipe. They are very similar in taste, just a different protein using either boneless pork chops, pork butt, pork roast, pork tenderloin, or whatever your favorite cut of meat will work!
If you use boneless juicy pork chops, you can easily turn this into a tangy pulled pork recipe by shredding the pork and serving it over your favorite buns, aka one of the best busy weeknights easy dinner recipes.
More recipes to make with other cuts of pork:
- Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork Recipe
- Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches Recipe
- Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Recipe (Slow Cooker)
- Slow Cooker Balsamic Pork Roast Recipe
Related Recipe: Look for more Sweet and Sour? Try our Easy Baked Sweet and Sour Pork!
Ingredients used to make Slow Cooker Sweet and Tangy Pork:
- Boneless pork chops diced
- Diced onion
- Garlic salt
- Pineapple tidbits drained
- Ketchup
- Brown sugar
- White vinegar
- Honey
- Soy sauce
- Ginger
- Dry mustard
How to make Slow Cooker Sweet and Tangy Pork:
- Mix all ingredients together in the bottom of your slow cooker and cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 6-8 hours. Serve over brown rice.
Tips for making this slow cooking recipe:
- If the pork is looking dry or if you accidentally overcook it, try adding a little bit of either chicken broth, lemon juice, or even a tad bit of apple cider vinegar to the pork depending on the flavor you are going for.
- You can use the cooking juices to make gravy by straining the pork from it and adding a cornstarch and water slurry to a pot and cooking it till it thickens up.
- You can use pineapple chunks to replace the tidbits, just stain the pineapple juice and chop the pineapple up more so it is less than bite-sized consistency.
What to serve with this sweet and sour pork chops recipe:
- Italian Fresh Green Salad Recipe
- How to Cook White Rice in the Instant Pot
- Air Fryer Parmesan Broccoli Recipe
- Lunchbox Peppers Sauteed in Garlic and Olive Oil
- Sautéed Peppers and Onions
Other slow cooker recipes:
- Slow Cooker Creamy Ranch Chicken Recipe
- Slow Cooker Ritz Chicken Recipe
- Slow Cooker Beef Sirloin Tips and Gravy Recipe
- Slow Cooker Beef Tips and Rice Recipe
- Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef Recipe
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Slow Cooker Sweet and Tangy Pork Recipe
Ingredients
- 6-8 thin boneless pork chops diced
- ¾ cup diced onion
- 1 Tablespoon garlic salt
- 1 (20oz) can pineapple tidbits drained
- 1½ cups ketchup
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white vinegar
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in crock pot and cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 6-8 hours. Serve over rice.
Notes
- If the pork is looking dry or if you accidentally overcook it, try adding a little bit of either chicken broth, lemon juice, or even a tad bit of apple cider vinegar to the pork depending on the flavor you are going for.
- You can use the cooking juices to make gravy by straining the pork from it and adding a cornstarch and water slurry to a pot and cooking it till it thickens up.
- You can use pineapple chunks to replace the tidbits, just stain the pineapple juice and chop the pineapple up more so it is less than bite-sized consistency.
Nutrition
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
Recipe Details
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Sorry about that. Yes, drain the pineapple!