If you visit this blog often, you may have heard me whine once or twice about moving away from the city and my favorite Chinese take-out. Living out in the country definitely has it’s perks, but doing without my Friday night egg rolls, pork dumplings and Lo Mein has taken some getting used to.
This slow cooker Asian pork recipe is just as good as stopping into your favorite Chinese restaurant on your way home from work. All you have to do is pop the ingredients into the slow cooker in the morning, and presto… the flavorful aroma of Chinese five-spice infused pork is ready and pull-apart delicious come dinnertime.
Slow Cooker Asian Pork
Ingredients:
1⁄4 cup soy sauce or tamari
1⁄2 cup hoisin sauce
1 Tbsp tomato paste
2 Tbsp honey
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 tsp grated fresh ginger
1 1⁄2 tsp sesame oil
2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
2 lb pork shoulder
1⁄4 cup chicken broth
Directions:
1) Whisk together soy sauce through fivespice powder. Add to large plastic bag with pork. Marinate overnight.
2) Place pork with marinade into slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 hours. Add broth to slow cooker and cook for an additional 30 minutes. Remove pork and shred with two forks.
Serve with rice or noodles. At home Asian cooking doesn’t get any easier than this slow cooker recipe, and it’s delish!
If you enjoyed this recipe, you might also like these Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps.
Slow Cooker Asian Pork
Ingredients
- 1 ⁄4 cup soy sauce or tamari
- 1 ⁄2 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 2 Tbsp honey
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 1 ⁄2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- 2 lb pork shoulder
- 1 ⁄4 cup chicken broth
Instructions
- 1) Whisk together soy sauce through fivespice powder. Add to large plastic bag with pork. Marinate overnight.
- 2) Place pork with marinade into slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 hours. Add broth to slow cooker and cook for an additional 30 minutes. Remove pork and shred with two forks.
- Serve with rice or noodles. At home Asian cooking doesn't get any easier than this slow cooker recipe, and it's delish!
This sounds yummy. My husband loves Asian food but I hate to cook it. All the different flavors and steps. He does it and makes a mess out of the kitchen. Not to mention, using every pot in the house. I could make this and he wouldn’t have to know I did it in the crockpot LOL
Oh my gosh, this sounds so good. We ordered half a hog recently so I’ve been looking for new easy ways to fix pork. This is going on the list and on my Pinterest board. Thanks.
Thanks for this! One of the best recipe I’ve seen online. Which do you think goes best with it, rice or noodles? Hmm.
This looks much healthier than takeout but just as wonderful! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Looks yummy! Thank you for the recipe.
I love this yummy delicious recipe and am going to make it for a fun Sunday dinner. It looks easy to make. That is what I like about your recipes-they are so easy to make!