Soy Braised Pork

Today I have a delicious and easy addition to your craving for Asian style food!  Pork is slow cooked with soy sauce and other seasonings plus veggies then served over rice to make a wonderful meal that is full of flavor and sure to satisfy.  Feel free to add more or different veggies of your choice or to leave the meat out all together and make this vegetarian!  You could also use boneless, skinless chicken breast in place of the pork.  The possibilities really are endless!  Enjoy!

Soy Braised Pork (adapted from Cooking Light, April 2014)

1 lb. pork loin, cut into 1" cubes
2 t. sesame oil
1/4 c. + 1 T. soy sauce, divided
1 c. low sodium chicken broth
1 1/2 T. rice vinegar
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 jalapeno pepper, minced
1 small yellow onion, diced
2 medium carrots, sliced
1 T. cornstarch
4 oz. snow peas

In a 4 qt. crock pot that has been sprayed with cooking spray, place the pork.  Pour the sesame oil, 1/4 c. soy sauce, chicken broth and rice vinegar on top.  Add the garlic, jalapeno pepper, onion and carrots.  Stir to combine.  Cook on low for 4-6 hours or on high for 2-4 hours.  Twenty minutes before serving mix the cornstarch with the remaining 1 T. soy sauce and stir to combine.  Pour the cornstarch mixture into the crock pot and stir to combine (this will thicken the sauce a bit.)  Add the snow peas, replace the lid and continue cooking for 20 minutes.  Adding the snow peas just before cooking will insure they maintain some crunch!  Serve over white or brown rice.

4 servings (220 calories each serving) according to my calculator on loseit.com