Slow Cooker Thai Style Pork
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Slow Cooker Thai Style Pork
Description
This recipe slow cooks a 3-pound pork roast with strips of sweet bell pepper alongside a sauce made from teriyaki, rice wine vinegar, garlic, and optional red pepper flakes. The long, slow cooking process at low heat breaks down the pork roast into tender, easily shredded meat. After shredding, creamy peanut butter is mixed in, adding richness and a hint of nuttiness that complements the tangy and savory elements of the dish. The resulting shredded pork offers a balance of sweet, salty, and mildly spicy flavors, with tender bites contrasted by the texture of the cooked bell peppers. It is served best over jasmine rice or another preferred rice, where the rice soaks up the flavorful juices. Optional toppings like chopped peanuts, cilantro, and lime wedges add fresh texture and brightness when served. This recipe also works well as a make-ahead meal, with leftovers storing and reheating well.
Ingredients
- 3 lb pork roast
- 2 Sweet Bell Pepper cut into strips, red, orange or yellow
- 1/2 cup teriyaki sauce
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tsp red pepper flakes optional
- 1/4 cup peanut butter creamy
Instructions
- Trim any large pieces of fat from the roast, then place the pork, bell peppers, teriyaki sauce, vinegar, garlic and red pepper flakes in a crock pot on low for 7-8 hours. or high for 5-6 hours.
- After it has cooked, use a fork to shred the pork and remove about half of the juices in the slow cooker. Add back in the shredded pork and the peanut butter and stir until combined.
- Serve over jasmine rice (or whatever rice you prefer) and top with any combination of the toppings that you prefer. Enjoy!
Notes
- Store leftovers in an airtight container refrigerated for up to three days or frozen up to three months.
- The flavor remains consistent when reheated, making this a good choice for meal prep lunches.
- Top servings with chopped peanuts, cilantro, teriyaki glaze, Japanese spicy mayo, yum yum sauce, or fresh lime wedges for added flavor and texture variety.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 404 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 404kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 56g | 112% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 143mg | 48% |
| Sodium | 1094mg | 46% |
| Potassium | 1081mg | 23% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 1440IU | 29% |
| Vitamin C | 52mg | 58% |
| Calcium | 33mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
5
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