Slow Cooker Honey-Soy Braised Pork With Lime and Ginger Recipe (2024)

This kind of dish is why people love slow cookers: very low effort, max yum. My 5 and 7 yos love it over jasmine rice with sliced avocado and cucumbers on the side. I've made this with fresh or jarred garlic and ginger. Either works.

The sesame oil should be added after cooking (at the end) or it turns bitter.

I was confused by all the conflicting comments.So I cooked it per the recipe.It was fantastic.

To make this on the stove instead of a slow cooker: heat high heat oil in a Dutch oven. Cut meat in 2-3 pieces, season with salt and pepper, and sear on all sides until golden brown. Will probably take 15 mins. Meanwhile, chop your ginger and garlic. Remove the meat from the pan. Sauté aromatics. Add sauce to the pan, scrape up the burnt bits of pork, bring to a boil. Put meat back in the pot and bring to a boil. Cover and put in a 250 oven for 4 hours (for about 4 lb of meat).

Sometimes, I can't believe some of the comments made here....Susan, chopping garlic and ginger is substantial pre-crockpot prep? Lordy girl, don't ever make a real braise, you'll be dog-tired. Guessing you don't cook a lot.

Had great intentions of starting this in the morning to be ready for dinner in the evening... Needless to say I didn't get it all prepared until close to 3 pm. Luckily, this recipe worked a treat in our pressure cooker - 30 mins on high with 30 mins natural release. Made it per the recipe otherwise, and it was delicious!

Giving just 2 stars. First the pre-crockpot prep is not an easy 5 min. There is some substantial chopping and dicing to do. All that would have been worth it for a delicious braising sauce to spoon over the meat at the end. I did not like this sauce. Meat came out fine, but sauce tasted burnt/bitter. I tried to doctor it w rice wine, apple cider vinegar, more honey. Nothing helped the bad aftertaste.

I followed some of the suggestions: 1/2 cup of honey and added about 1/2 cup of water . I had plenty of sauce. With many comments about it being too salty, I used Trader Joe’s Soyaki sauce for the soy sauce and thinking was a great alternative.Pork was tender, sauce was delicious and the scallions, sesame seeds and limes added great texture and color. I didn’t use any grated lime due to other comments and don’t think it was missed. Will definitely make again!

This was an enjoyable meal that allowed the meat to get some nice crispy edges while still being moist and flavorful. However, given the calories and effort required, I have to recommend the Skinny Taste Banh Mi Bowl recipe over this one. Virtually the same flavor payoff (my fiancé didn’t realize it was a different recipe) with less work and fewer calories. Highly recommend serving both recipes with rice, cilantro, jalapeños/Serrano peppers, pickled carrots, cucumbers, and a sriracha aioli.

I’ve made this twice, once with a pork roast and once with a beef roast. Both times baked in a Dutch oven for 2-3 hours. The beef was much better than the pork!

I initially rated this three stars, but I took the leftovers out of the freezer last week and used them in a stir fry, and they were delicious. I simply froze hunks of the cooked meat in the sauce, and then I used the sauce in the stir fry. Bumped it up to four stars and will definitely make it again!

Due to coronavirus shortages at the grocery stores, I had to settle for pork tenderloin instead of pork shoulder. I know that's a completely different cut of meat. I still followed all of the instructions and slow-cooked it on low for about 6 hours. Was still able to shred it (although it was a bit dry). We ate it with white rice and had the leftovers as pork fried rice the next day.

I enjoyed this. No burnt flavor as I followed other reviewers’ advice and swapped 1/4 cup of brown sugar for the honey. I only added lime as a garnish at the end and didn’t use much of the sauce. We ate it with squeezed lime juice, scallions and cilantro over white rice and it was pretty delicious.

I used an Instant Pot and it worked well! Cooked on high for 30 minutes and then natural release (it was over an hour before I opened it up). It was tender and there was no burned taste. I also used coconut aminos instead of tamari or soy sauce and it was not salty at all. I used a lot a red chili powder instead of the flakes and it came out with a nice spice balance of sweet and spicy. I would have used much less sesame oil since the sauce at the end was too oily.

6 pound pork roast in 300 degree oven for about 5 hours, basted a couple times; used olive oil instead roasted sesame oil for the roast, based on previous comments; then added a drizzle of sesame oil at the end while reducing the sauce. In addition to the suggested garnishes, I served this with quick pickled veggies (carrots and cucumbers, radishes next time) - the pickled veggies really added brightness to the dish as a whole.This was terrific and easy - great combo! Will be on repeat.

Chopped and seared the port butt/shoulder. Didn't season the meat given the amount of salt in the soy sauce. Braise with 1 cup soy and 1 cup honey for each 4lbs. Used stock to cover. Did not add sesame oil and lime during the braise. Added lime at the end. The sauce didn't thicken, but was tasty. Served with rice, roasted sweet potatoes, cucumbers, scallions, sesame seeds, and sriracha mayo.

If you make with 1 pound pork, how long would you cook it?

Followed the ingredients exactly but braised in the oven per Meghan's note from a year ago, because the thing about cooking meat in the slow cooker is you don't get that lovely sear. These flavors and that method yielded a truly delicious dish. Portioned out the leftovers and froze them, and they're just as good. This is a keeper.

I don't eat pork. Could I make this with chicken thighs?

can I use bone-in

We loved this recipe! Super easy and super delicious. We ate this in butter lettuce "cups" with pickled veggies. And then we ate the leftovers on a baguette with some sriracha mayo - a delicious little bahn mi style sandwich!I will try to trim my pork shoulder a bit better next time because we ended up with a lot of fat to skim off the sauce before cooking it down and there was still a little too much in the sauce.

Didn’t read other comments before making it and followed the recipe as is. Didn’t find it to taste burnt or bitter at all. Made for a satisfying meal.

I’m cooking for just 2, and am curious if anyone knows by how much I should reduce this recipe?

Made the mistake of adding the lime juice to the slower cooker, didn’t have any issues with bitterness! Only had Trader Joe’s Soyaki on hand, so I halved the honey to account for its sweetness. Delicious and will definitely repeat!

This was really excellent especially for how easy it was. I didn't have enough honey on hand so I subbed in a little brown sugar and pineapple juice for what I didn't have. Turned out very good. Served over brown rice with roasted broccoli. This pork would make really excellent fusion tacos too.

Delicious. Like others have noted, I felt there was a slight bitter aftertaste, however, not enough to keep me from making it again. Next time I will hold the lime zest until the slowcooker is done.

Has anyone made this without sesame oil? My daughter is allergic to sesame. Is there another oil we can use for added flavor?

I’ve made this many times - some where I measured/have all the ingredients and most where I wing it. It’s never not been good - really good!! Which is amazing for how easy it is. Garlic & ginger from a tube? Awesome. Red pepper flakes vs a couple splashes of Franks Hot Sauce! Both are terrific. Lime juice, grapefruit juice, whatever you have that’s acidic? Throw it in. You can leave this for many hours and it only gets better. The prefect “you don’t have to be perfect” recipe…

The recipe was great! I opted to add the lime juice at the end and instead of rice we had some roasted butternut squash. They paired really nicely : )

I did this over 2 days. I cooled the sauce overnight so I could skim off the solidified fat more easily. I think my slow cooker runs hot, because 8-9 hours would have definitely been way too long. Parts of the meat were a bit dried out staffer 7 hours. Next time I think I’ll do 6 hours on low and will add a cup of water to the liquid as others have suggested. Tastes great though!!