What is coconut sugar, anyway?
- It is made from the sap of coconut palm trees. They pound the tree to get the sap, then cook it to get most of the water out, sort of like making maple syrup. It comes in liquid, block and granular form. For this recipe, you want the grainy stuff.
Is there anything that can substitute coconut sugar?
- Light brown sugar is probably the best substitute. It doesn’t have the same hint of caramel, but it still pairs well with the other flavors in the sauce.
What about rice vinegar? Is there a substitute for that?
- Rice vinegar has a mild flavor with a hint of sweetness. The best substitute is apple cider vinegar, which has the same hint of sweetness. You can also use mild white wine vinegar, but it’s not as sweet, so add an extra teaspoon of coconut sugar to the sauce to make up the difference.
Sweet and Sour Pork Crockpot
- Combine coconut sugar, ½ cup chicken broth, vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce, tomato paste, ginger, and salt and pepper, pork, onion, bell peppers, and pineapple in a slow cooker. Cook on low heat for 7 hours.
- When timer goes off, whisk together cornstarch and ⅓ cup chicken broth until cornstarch dissolves. Add to the crock pot and stir. Set crock pot to high heat and cook for the last 30 minutes.
- Optional: top with green onions and sesame seeds.
- Serve with jasmine rice, cooked according to the package.
Sweet and Sour Pork Crockpot
Now you can make Chinese restaurant favorite at home! You are going to love my Crockpot Sweet and Sour Pork and how easy it is to make.
- Preparation time: fifteen minutes
- Time to cook: 7 hours
- Total Time: 7 hours fifteen minutes
- It serves:6
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1/2 cup chicken soup
- 1/3 cup rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 4 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon Tomato paste
- 1/2 teaspoonful ginger
- pepper to taste
- 1 and 1/2 pounds pound boneless pork loin cut into 1 into cubes
- 1 big Onion cut into 1 into cubes
- 1 Red pepper cut into 1 into cubes
- 1 orange pepper cut into 1 into cubes
- 8 oz pineapple candy exhausted
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- top with green onions and sesame seeds
Instructions
- Combine coconut sugar, ½ cup chicken broth, vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce, tomato paste, ginger, and salt and pepper, pork, onion, bell peppers, and pineapple in a slow cooker. Cook on low heat for 7 hours.
- When timer goes off, whisk together cornstarch and ⅓ cup chicken broth until cornstarch dissolves. Add to the crock pot and stir. Set crock pot to high heat and cook for last 30 minutes.
- Serve with jasmine rice, cooked according to the package.
- Optional: top with green onions and sesame seeds.
