Slow-Cooker Chinese Pork with Garlic Noodles

We had this for dinner last night.  My boys, 1 girlfriend and I really liked it.  My husband said it was okay.  It was really easy.  The pork had really good flavor, and then the sauce flavored the noodles.  This made tons.  For those of you that don’t have kids left at home, or are single, I recommend halving this recipe.  My husband and boys are not fond of cilantro, so I didn’t include that, and I forgot the peanuts, but we will do this again for sure.

Slow-Cooker Chinese Pork with Garlic Noodles

Prep Time 30 min

Total Time 4 hr 20 min

Servings 9

Ingredients

2 pork tenderloins (1 lb each), trimmed

1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce

1 tablespoon hoisin sauce

1 tablespoon tomato sauce

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon grated gingerroot

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

3 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar

1 teaspoon dark sesame oil

2 packages (8 oz each) Chinese noodles

1 cup julienne carrots

¾ cup diagonally sliced green onions

1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves

1/3 cup chopped unsalted dry-roasted peanuts

1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro

9 lime wedges

Directions

• 1 Spray 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place pork in slow cooker. In small bowl, stir together 1 tablespoon of the soy sauce, the hoisin sauce, tomato sauce, sugar, gingerroot and garlic. Pour over pork.
• 2 Cover; cook on Low heat setting 3 hours 30 minutes. Remove pork from slow cooker to large bowl; let stand 10 minutes. Pour cooking liquid through strainer into separate bowl; cover to keep warm. Shred pork, using 2 forks; cover to keep warm.
• 3 Return cooking liquid to slow cooker; stir in remaining 3 tablespoons soy sauce, the vinegar and sesame oil. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook 10 minutes.
• 4 Meanwhile, cook noodles as directed on package. Turn slow cooker off. Add carrots, onions, cilantro leaves, shredded pork and cooked noodles; toss to coat. Sprinkle individual servings with peanuts and chopped cilantro. Serve with lime wedges.

Note: I didn’t want to use my big crockpot, so I put the meat in my small one.  Cooked the noodles in my big metal pot and then transferred the meat/sauce to the noodle pot.