Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2012

Delicious and simple!;)

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Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2012

Really easy to do and white rice is a great complement!! I added orange juice since I used fresh pineaple and it worked great!

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christinegil

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2011

This was good but with the following changes: double the sauce, sprinkle with garlic powder, put the peppers & onions towards the end of cook time. It took more than 30 minutes to thicken with cornstarch...but definitely a keeper for our family!

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Frisco

Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2011

Yum, Yum...oh and did I mention this tastes wonderful :-)

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Angela

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Arlington, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 21, 2011

Easy, yes -- good, sorry but no. Not the sweet n sour sauce you're thinking of. After slow cooking, it REALLY grabs the vinegar flavor. Plus - like other reviewers have said, it needed ketchup, but even that didn't seem quite right. And I seem to have bad luck w/pork in the crock pot getting way too dry. All in all, a waste of some pork loin since only I ate it, and I couldn't eat much. Excited at the idea, but it just didn't come together for me.

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1PICKLELOVER

Reviewed: May 22, 2011

Excellent recipe, a hit with kids!

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familycook

Reviewed: May 15, 2011

I did not like this at all. I will not make it again!

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Jag777

Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2011

This was delicious. I made it in the crockot. The sauce was so good. My friend just asked me for the recipe.

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Caryn

Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2011

This is an easy and delicious Chinese meal! It's a shame that so many people had a bit of trouble with it, complaining of it being "bland". So, I changed it just a bit (sorry) and it came out really good. First, instead of tossing the pork in paprika, I tossed it in flour MIXED with paprika AND garlic powder. I then browned it in a bit of oil. For the sauce, I used rice wine vinegar instead of cider vinegar as it's sweeter and not as strong. I doubled the brown sugar and used 1/4 cup of low sodium soy sauce and added at least 3 Tbsp. of ketchup. Most sweet and sour sauces call for ketchup and this addition made a big difference when added to the pineapple juice. My next addition was mainly to address the "blandness". I added a Tbsp. of hoisin sauce and 2 tsp. of chili-garlic sauce to give it a little heat and some pizzaz. I also made sure I tasted it before I added the pork - if it doesn't taste good (sweet n sour) before it starts cooking it's not gonna turn out good in the end. I let that cook on low for 4 hours. While that was cooking I cut an onion, a couple of carrots, and red & green peppers into strips and fried them until tender crisp. I added the veggies and pineapple to the crock pot and cooked for another 2 hours on low. The sauce thickened up on it's own due to the flour mixture coming off the pork. It smelled heavenly, the pork was tender - no disappearing veggies. I served it over white rice topped with toasted sesame seeds and thin sliced green onion - YUM!

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2011

This reciepe was very easy, and tasted pretty good. I didn't cook it in a slow cooker, which may have made a difference in taste. I would have liked a stronger flavor, but my family LOVED it. I cooked it in the oven, and not the slow cooker. I cooked it for only 2 hrs on 350. I will for sure be making this one again!

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