Aloha Pork

There are a lot of good reasons to love a crock-pot meal. They are easy. You just throw everything into a pot, wait and you are done. They make your house smell divine. All. day. long. This is especially helpful on the last day of a bronchiolitis confinement. I speak from experience here. Finally, I think it is impossible to have a bad meal from a crockpot. Slow cooked tender meat with the flavors that have been combining for hours, I mean really.

I got this recipe from my neighbor Jenny, who I believe got it from her grandmother. Unfortunately when I went shopping for the items I was stationed at my mom's house trying to recover from three nights of three hours a piece sleep, and I didn't have the recipe with me. So I bought pork roast instead of pork chops. I had double the meat I needed, so I just doubled the other ingredients. I don't know how it would turn out with pork chops but I'm sure that would be good too. My family - including Abbie - declared this a delicious meal - which is huge considering Abbie doesn't like most things I make. Finally, it was also nice to eat the other white meat - because we eat chicken a lot around these parts.

Aloha Pork - Jenny Steed

4 pork chops (boneless)

2 t. oil

1-8 oz. can crushed pineapple

1/2 c. chopped green pepper

1/2 c. water

1/3 c. brown sugar

2 T. quick Tapioca

2 T. ketchup

2 t. soy sauce

1/2 t. dry mustard

Brown chops in oil.  Combine remaining ingredients.  Place chops in crock-pot adding other ingredients on top.  Cook for 6-8 hours on low or 4-5 hours on high.

Finally Russ sent me this link and I laughed so hard. I love to cook, and I love Brian Regan so this was perfect. Truly this man understands my life.