Slow-cooked hoisin pork

Serves: 4

Time to make: 3 hrs 15 mins

Hands-on time: 15 mins

Ingredients

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2 teaspoons olive or vegetable oil

500g diced lean pork

1 onion, chopped

1 red capsicum, diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 stalks celery, chopped

2 tablespoons tomato paste

400g can chopped tomatoes

¼ cup hoisin sauce

1 tablespoon salt-reduced soy sauce

2 cups liquid no-added-salt chicken stock

500g orange kumarasweet-potatoX, peeled, cut in 2cm pieces

400g can red kidney beans, drained, rinsed

⅓ cup fresh coriandercilantroX

Instructions

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1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Place a large, non-stick frying pan over a high heat and add half the oil. Brown pork in 2 batches. Place in a casserole dish. Add remaining oil to pan and cook onion, capsicum, garlic and celery for 5 minutes or until soft.

2 Add tomato paste, tomatoes, hoisin sauce, soy sauce and stock. Bring to the boil. Transfer mixture to casserole dish, cover and bake for 2 hours. After 1 hour check casserole to see if more water is needed. Add 1 cup water if necessary.

3 Add kumara and kidney beans. Cover and return to oven for 1 more hour or until pork is tender. Served garnished with coriander.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free hoisin sauce and soy sauce and check tomato paste and stock are gluten free.
Slow cooker variation: This recipe can also be cooked for 6–10 hours in a slow cooker on low.

HFG tip

This dish freezes well for up to 1 month.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 454 cal

Kilojoules 1900 kJ

Protein 36 g

Total fat 10 g

Saturated fat 3 g

Carbohydrates 60 g

Sugar 17 g

Dietary fibre 10 g

Sodium 670 mg

Calcium 100 mg

Iron 6 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.

First published: Sep 2013

One comment on Slow-cooked hoisin pork

Arlene Du Cann May 15, 2021 at 4:04 pm #

I’ve made this several times now and it is delicious. I don’t usually buy kumera so I put in a mix of potatoes and carrots as I have both of these in my garden. I particularly like the recipe because I live alone and can freeze the extra portions in single serve size.

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