Easy Baked Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe (2024)

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You'll love this easy baked sweet and sour pork recipe. Juicy pork with green peppers, onion and pineapple tossed in a sweet and tangy sauce.

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Are you ready for,better than your favorite Chinese Restaurants takeout, Easy Baked Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe?! You’ll love this easy, family friendly recipe with simple ingredients!

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If you love this recipe be sure to try ourBaked Sweet and Sour Chicken. I actually prefer our recipe to restaurant take-out because I know exactly what ingredients are going into it and I don’t feel sick after eating it like I do when I eat traditional fried take-out.

If you want to enjoy a full Asian-inspired night at home, eat this Sweet and Sour Pork with ourBaked Crab Rangoons,Baked Veggie Egg RollsandChicken Fried Rice​ easy recipes!

Ingredients needed to make Easy Baked Sweet and Sour Pork:

  • Vegetable oil
  • Boneless Pork tenderloin roast
  • Cornstarch
  • Onion
  • Bell peppers
  • Pineapple chunks, reserve juice
  • Salt and pepper
  • Sugar
  • Apple cider vinegar
  • Ketchup
  • Soy sauce
  • Garlic salt
  • Cooked white rice

How to make Easy Baked Sweet and Sour Pork:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Cut pork roast into 1-inch pieces and place in a gallon sized Ziploc bag.
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  • Pour corn starch into Ziploc bag, zip closed and shake until pork is evenly coated with cornstarch.
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  • Carefully add pork a few pieces at a time to hot oil, let cook for 2-3 minutes, remove and place on a plate covered with a paper towel to absorb excess oil. Repeat until all pork has been cooked in oil.
  • Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and spread crispy pork in the bottom.
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  • Sprinkle on chopped onion, green bell pepper, and pineapple chunks. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  • Pour pineapple juice from pineapple chunks into a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in sugar, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce and garlic salt.
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  • Bring to a boil and pour the tangy sauce over the pork, vegetables and pineapple. Gently stir to combine.
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  • Place pan in oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes to continually coat pork in sweet and sour sauce.
  • Remove from oven and serve over rice.We like to top ours with chopped green onions and sesame seeds.
  • Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat leftovers in the Air Fryer.

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Serves: 6

Easy Baked Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

This easy baked sweet and sour pork recipe is loaded with green peppers, onion and pineapple tossed in a sweet and tangy sauce.

Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 35 minutes mins

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups vegetable oil For frying only
  • 2 pounds boneless pork loin roast
  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 1 onion cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 green bell pepper cut into bite sized pieces
  • 20 ounces pineapple chunks reserve juice
  • to taste salt and pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 6 cups cooked rice

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

  • Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.

  • Cut pork roast into 1-inch pieces and place in a gallon sized Ziploc bag.

  • Pour cornstarch into Ziploc bag, zip closed and shake until pork is evenly coated with cornstarch.

  • Carefully add pork a few pieces at a time to hot oil, let cook for 2-3 minutes, remove and place on a plate covered with a paper towel to absorb excess oil. Repeat until all pork has been cooked in oil.

  • Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and spread pork in the bottom.

  • Sprinkle on chopped onion, green pepper, and pineapple chunks. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

  • Pour pineapple juice from pineapple chunks into a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in sugar, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce and garlic salt.

  • Bring to a boil and pour over the pork, vegetables and pineapple. Gently stir to combine.

  • Place pan in oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes to continually coat pork in sauce.

  • Remove from oven and serve over rice.

Notes

Reheat any leftovers in the airfryer to keep it crispy.

Nutrition

Calories: 778 kcal · Carbohydrates: 137 g · Protein: 40 g · Fat: 7 g · Saturated Fat: 2 g · Cholesterol: 95 mg · Sodium: 818 mg · Potassium: 888 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 69 g · Vitamin A: 223 IU · Vitamin C: 27 mg · Calcium: 50 mg · Iron: 2 mg

Equipment

  • Ziploc Bag

  • Large Skillet

  • 9×13-inch Baking Pan

  • Medium Saucepan

Recipe Details

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese

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  1. Greg says:

    Have made this twice now. I cut the sugar to 1 cup the first time and 1/2 cup the 2nd and honestly can’t tell the difference.

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