Whole30 Sweet & Sour Pork
This Whole30 Sweet and Sour Pork is a healthy spin on one of my favourite Chinese takeout dishes. Tender pieces of pork and juicy chunks of pineapple are coated in a delicious sweet and sour sauce that tastes just like the real thing, but without all of the bad stuff! Best of all, it takes just 25 minutes to make! This recipe is Whole30, Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free and Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal.
I’ve been getting so many requests for more takeout inspired dishes, so here is another easy one for you! This Whole30 Sweet and Sour Pork tastes just like the real thing with tender pieces of pork, juicy chunks of pineapple and a thick sauce that is the perfect combination of sweet and sour. I think you are going to love this one pan dish that comes together in just 25 minutes! Eat it on its own, or on a bed of cauliflower rice for a more filling meal, just be sure to make extra because leftovers reheat well.
Other takeout fakeout recipes that you might enjoy…
- Black Pepper Chicken
- Moo Shu Pork
- Chicken Chow Mein
- Spicy Orange Chicken
- Thai Basil Beef
- Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Kung Pao Cauliflower
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Sweet & Sour Pork
Ingredients
Pork
- 1.5 pounds pork tenderloin
- 1 1/2 tbsp coconut aminos (or tamari/soy sauce)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp pineapple juice
Sweet & Sour Sauce
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup pineapple juice
- 3 tbsp coconut aminos (or tamari/soy sauce)
- 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp honey 3 medjool dates
- 5 dried apricots
Stir Fry
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 onion
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp diced ginger
- 1 1/4 cups diced pineapple
- 2 tbsp chopped scallions
- 1 tsp white sesame seeds
Instructions
- Cut the pork tenderloin into small bite sized cubes. In a bowl whisk together the coconut aminos, baking soda and pineapple juice and add in the cubed pork. Toss the pork cubes so that they are all well coated in the marinade. Set aside.
- In a high speed blender or nutribullet container combine the garlic, pineapple juice, coconut aminos, apple cider vinegar, tomato paste, honey or dates and dried apricots and blend until completely smooth.
- Cut the green and red bell pepper into small cubes and thinly sliced the onion.
- Heat 1/2 tbsp sesame oil in a pan on high heat. Add in the pork and cook for approximately 5 minutes until the pork is seared and golden in color on all sides. Transfer the cooked pork to a plate and set aside.
- Lower the heat to medium high and add the remaining 1/2 tbsp sesame oil to the pan. Add the chopped ginger to the pan and cook for 2 minutes until it becomes fragrant and then add the chopped onion and peppers. Leave to cook for 5 minutes until the peppers begin to soften.
- Return the pork back to the pan and add in the pineapple. Pour the sweet and sour sauce overtop and stir to ensure everything is well coated in the sauce. Leave to cook for 2-3 minutes until everything is heated through. Garnish with chopped scallions and sesame seeds before serving.
Nutrition
This was amazing! Perfect combo of sweet tangy and savory! A hit for the whole family
So happy to hear that!
This is a great healthy version!
Yum! It looks great and I’m going to try it!! Just an FYI coconut aminos are not SCD legal. I think you’ve mentioned in the past they work for you, but just wanted to let other readers know in case they don’t
I don’t believe this is SCD legal. It contains Coconut Aminos, which are illegal ingredients.
Omg this was SO good and a huge hit in my house!!
A new staple for whole30 meals. So delicious!
This recipe is not SCD legal for several reasons.
1- coconut aminos
2- canned tomato products need to be chosen carefully as some have sugar or starches added.
3- you would need to use fresh pineapple since most canned products also have added or concentrated sugars.
I am sorry but I disagree. I buy tomato sauces and pastes easily with no added sugar and I buy canned pineapple canned in only pineapple juice. No added anything. I have no difficulty finding these items whatsoever.
Flippin amazing. Didn’t have enough pineapple juice so topped it off with a bit of apple juice and fortunately it didn’t explode. Wish I could have seared my pork as nicely, but I think I used too much marinade.. Can’t imagine how good it would have tasted if I didn’t bungle that, will have to try this one again!
Delicious 😋 We are new to SCD and I ran the coconut aminos by my sons GI doc and nutritionist who said to use it in moderation and watch for upset. Considering that he is a teenager going from a regular diet with added sugar to a modified SCD, we feel fortunate to have found this site with so many fresh, healthy recipes for him to try. After only three weeks he is showing an improvement.
In Carmen’s cookbook she has a recipe for Coco-not Aminos, that is a SCD legal substitute.
This was delicious! The pork was perfectly tender and the sauce…so good!
This is SO good. I steeped the dried apricots a little, since I only had a food processor and I wanted to be sure they would puree smoothly, and I added a few red pepper flakes, otherwise, I followed the recipe exactly (though I did double it–so glad I did!). I used chicken rather than pork (what I had on hand) and it was better than take-out. Thank you!!!!
This is a great recipe. Easy and so flavourful. Will definitely make it again.